अय्यूब 38

1Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:

2Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words?

3Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

4Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

6Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

7When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?

8Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:

9When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

10I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:

11And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

12Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

13And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

14The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment:

15From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

16Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

17Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

18Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things?

19Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness:

20That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.

21Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

22Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail:

23Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?

24By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?

25Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:

26That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:

27That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

28Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?

29Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

30The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

31Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?

32Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

33Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?

34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

35Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?

36Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?

37Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

38When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

39Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

40When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?

41Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?

1Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit:

2[Quis est iste involvens sententias sermonibus imperitis?

3Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos: interrogabo te, et responde mihi.

4Ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terræ? indica mihi, si habes intelligentiam.

5Quis posuit mensuras ejus, si nosti? vel quis tetendit super eam lineam?

6Super quo bases illius solidatæ sunt? aut quis demisit lapidem angularem ejus,

7cum me laudarent simul astra matutina, et jubilarent omnes filii Dei?

8Quis conclusit ostiis mare, quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens;

9cum ponerem nubem vestimentum ejus, et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiæ obvolverem?

10Circumdedi illud terminis meis, et posui vectem et ostia,

11et dixi: Usque huc venies, et non procedes amplius, et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos.

12Numquid post ortum tuum præcepisti diluculo, et ostendisti auroræ locum suum?

13Et tenuisti concutiens extrema terræ, et excussisti impios ex ea?

14Restituetur ut lutum signaculum, et stabit sicut vestimentum:

15auferetur ab impiis lux sua, et brachium excelsum confringetur.

16Numquid ingressus es profunda maris, et in novissimis abyssi deambulasti?

17Numquid apertæ sunt tibi portæ mortis, et ostia tenebrosa vidisti?

18Numquid considerasti latitudinem terræ? indica mihi, si nosti, omnia:

19in qua via lux habitet, et tenebrarum quis locus sit:

20ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos, et intelligas semitas domus ejus.

21Sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses, et numerum dierum tuorum noveras?

22Numquid ingressus es thesauros nivis, aut thesauros grandinis aspexisti,

23quæ præparavi in tempus hostis, in diem pugnæ et belli?

24Per quam viam spargitur lux, dividitur æstus super terram?

25Quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum, et viam sonantis tonitrui,

26ut plueret super terram absque homine in deserto, ubi nullus mortalium commoratur;

27ut impleret inviam et desolatam, et produceret herbas virentes?

28Quis est pluviæ pater? vel quis genuit stillas roris?

29De cujus utero egressa est glacies? et gelu de cælo quis genuit?

30In similitudinem lapidis aquæ durantur, et superficies abyssi constringitur.

31Numquid conjungere valebis micantes stellas Pleiadas, aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare?

32Numquid producis luciferum in tempore suo, et vesperum super filios terræ consurgere facis?

33Numquid nosti ordinem cæli, et pones rationem ejus in terra?

34Numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam, et impetus aquarum operiet te?

35Numquid mittes fulgura, et ibunt, et revertentia dicent tibi: Adsumus?

36Quis posuit in visceribus hominis sapientiam? vel quis dedit gallo intelligentiam?

37Quis enarrabit cælorum rationem? et concentum cæli quis dormire faciet?

38Quando fundebatur pulvis in terra, et glebæ compingebantur?

39Numquid capies leænæ prædam, et animam catulorum ejus implebis,

40quando cubant in antris, et in specubus insidiantur?

41Quis præparat corvo escam suam, quando pulli ejus clamant ad Deum, vagantes, eo quod non habeant cibos?]

1But the Lord, responding to Job from a whirlwind, said:

2Who is this that wraps sentences in unskilled words?

3Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

4Where were you, when I set the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

5Who set its measurements, if you know, or who stretched a line over it?

6Upon what have its bases been grounded, and who set forth its cornerstone,

7when the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful noise?

8Who enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if issuing from the womb,

9when I stationed a cloud as its garment and wrapped it in a mist as if swaddling an infant?

10I encircled it with my limits, and I positioned its bars and doors.

11And I said: “This far you will approach, and you will proceed no further, and here you will break your swelling waves.”

12Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place?

13And did you hold the extremities of the earth, shaking them, and have you shaken the impious out of it?

14The seal will be restored like clay, and it will remain in place like a garment.

15From the impious, the light will be taken away, and the exalted arm will be broken.

16Have you entered the depths of the sea, and have you taken a walk in the uttermost parts of the abyss?

17Have the gates of death been opened to you, and have you seen the doors of darkness?

18Have you considered the breadth of the earth? If you know all things, reveal them to me.

19Which is the way that holds the light, and which is the place of darkness?

20In this way, you might lead each thing to its final place, and understand the paths of its house.

21So then, did you know when you were to be born? And did you know the number of your days?

22Have you been admitted into the storehouses of the snows, and have you gazed upon the stockpile of the brimstone,

23which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, for the day of the battle and the war?

24In what way is the light scattered, and the heat distributed, over the earth?

25Who gave a course to the rainstorms, and a path to the resounding thunder,

26so that it would rain on the earth far from man, in the wilderness where no mortal lingers,

27so that it would fill impassable and desolate places, and would bring forth green plants?

28Who is the father of rain, or who conceived the drops of dew?

29From whose womb did the ice proceed, and who created the frost from the air?

30The waters are hardened to become like stone, and the surface of the abyss freezes over.

31Will you have the strength to join together the sparkling stars of the Pleiades, or are you able to disperse the circling of Arcturus?

32Can you bring forth the morning star, in its time, and make the evening star rise over the sons of the earth?

33Do you know the order of heaven, and can you explain its rules here on the earth?

34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an onslaught of waters will cover you?

35Can you send forth lightning bolts, and will they go, and on returning, say to you: “Here we are?”

36Who placed discernment in the guts of man, or who gave the rooster intelligence?

37Who can describe the rules of the heavens, or who can put to rest the harmony of heaven?

38When was the dust cast to become the earth, and when were its clods fastened together?

39Will you seize prey for the lioness, and will you sustain the lives of her young,

40as they rest in their dens or lie in wait in pits?

41Who provides the raven with its meal, when her chicks cry out to God, as they wander around because they have no food?