Job 14

1Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

2Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.

3And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee?

4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

5The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.

6Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.

7A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.

8If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust:

9At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.

10But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?

11As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up:

12So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.

13Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt remember me?

14Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.

15Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.

16Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.

17Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.

18A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.

19Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man.

20Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.

21Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.

22But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.

1[Homo natus de muliere, brevi vivens tempore, repletur multis miseriis.

2Qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur, et fugit velut umbra, et numquam in eodem statu permanet.

3Et dignum ducis super hujuscemodi aperire oculos tuos, et adducere eum tecum in judicium?

4Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine? nonne tu qui solus es?

5Breves dies hominis sunt: numerus mensium ejus apud te est: constituisti terminos ejus, qui præteriri non poterunt.

6Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.

7Lignum habet spem: si præcisum fuerit, rursum virescit, et rami ejus pullulant.

8Si senuerit in terra radix ejus, et in pulvere emortuus fuerit truncus illius,

9ad odorem aquæ germinabit, et faciet comam, quasi cum primum plantatum est.

10Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quæso, est?

11Quomodo si recedant aquæ de mari, et fluvius vacuefactus arescat:

12sic homo, cum dormierit, non resurget: donec atteratur cælum, non evigilabit, nec consurget de somno suo.

13Quis mihi hoc tribuat, ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me donec pertranseat furor tuus, et constituas mihi tempus in quo recorderis mei?

14Putasne mortuus homo rursum vivat? cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito, expecto donec veniat immutatio mea.

15Vocabis me, et ego respondebo tibi: operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram.

16Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti: sed parce peccatis meis.

17Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea, sed curasti iniquitatem meam.

18Mons cadens defluit, et saxum transfertur de loco suo:

19lapides excavant aquæ, et alluvione paulatim terra consumitur: et hominem ergo similiter perdes.

20Roborasti eum paululum, ut in perpetuum transiret: immutabis faciem ejus, et emittes eum.

21Sive nobiles fuerint filii ejus, sive ignobiles, non intelliget.

22Attamen caro ejus, dum vivet, dolebit, et anima illius super semetipso lugebit.]

1Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

2He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.

3And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?

4Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?

5The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with you; you have determined his limits, which cannot be surpassed.

6Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.

7A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.

8If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,

9at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted.

10Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?

11It is as if the waters had receded from the sea and an emptied river had dried up;

12just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.

13Who will grant this to me, that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by, and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?

14Do you suppose that a dead man will live again? On each of the days in which I now battle, I wait until my transformation occurs.

15You will call me and I will answer you; to the work of your hands, you will extend your right hand.

16Indeed, you have numbered my steps, but you have been lenient with my sins.

17You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse, but you have cured my iniquity.

18A falling mountain flows away, and a stone is transferred from its place.

19Waters wear away stones, and with a flood the land is reduced little by little; and similarly, you will destroy man.

20You have strengthened him for a little while, so that he may cross over into eternity. You will change his face and send him forth.

21Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.

22And in this way his body, while he yet lives, will have grief, and his soul will mourn over himself.