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Giobbe 8
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Giobbe 8
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Il corso inarrestabile della giustizia divina
8 Allora prese a dire Bildad il Suchita:
2 Fino a quando dirai queste cose
e vento impetuoso saranno le parole della tua bocca?
3 Può forse Dio deviare il diritto
o l'Onnipotente sovvertire la giustizia?
4 Se i tuoi figli hanno peccato contro di lui,
li ha messi in balìa della loro iniquità.
5 Se tu cercherai Dio
e implorerai l'Onnipotente,
6 se puro e integro tu sei,
fin d'ora veglierà su di te
e ristabilirà la dimora della tua giustizia;
7 piccola cosa sarà la tua condizione di prima,
di fronte alla grandezza che avrà la futura.
8 Chiedilo infatti alle generazioni passate,
poni mente all'esperienza dei loro padri,
9 perché noi siamo di ieri e nulla sappiamo,
come un'ombra sono i nostri giorni sulla terra.
10 Essi forse non ti istruiranno e ti parleranno
traendo le parole dal cuore?
11 Cresce forse il papiro fuori della palude
e si sviluppa forse il giunco senz'acqua?
12 E' ancora verde, non buono per tagliarlo,
e inaridisce prima d'ogn'altra erba.
13 Tale il destino di chi dimentica Dio,
così svanisce la speranza dell'empio;
14 la sua fiducia è come un filo
e una tela di ragno è la sua sicurezza:
15 si appoggi alla sua casa, essa non resiste,
vi si aggrappi, ma essa non regge.
16 Rigoglioso sia pure in faccia al sole
e sopra il giardino si spandano i suoi rami,
17 sul terreno sassoso s'intreccino le sue radici,
tra le pietre attinga la vita.
18 Se lo si toglie dal suo luogo,
questo lo rinnega: «Non t'ho mai visto!».
19 Ecco la gioia del suo destino
e dalla terra altri rispuntano.
20 Dunque, Dio non rigetta l'uomo integro,
e non sostiene la mano dei malfattori.
21 Colmerà di nuovo la tua bocca di sorriso
e le tue labbra di gioia.
22 I tuoi nemici saran coperti di vergogna
e la tenda degli empi più non sarà.
Job 8
Revised Geneva Translation
Job 8
Revised Geneva Translation
8 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,
2 “How long will you talk of these things? And how long shall the words of your mouth be as a mighty wind?
3 “Does God pervert judgment? Or does the Almighty subvert justice?
4 “If your sons have sinned against Him, and He has sent them into the place of their iniquity,
5 “if you will seek God early, and pray to the Almighty,
6 “if you are pure and upright, then surely He will be stirred up. And He will make the habitation of your righteousness peaceful.
7 “And though your beginning was small, your future shall greatly increase.
8 “Please inquire, therefore, of the previous age, and prepare yourself to search their fathers.
9 “(For we are but from yesterday and are ignorant. For our days upon Earth are but a shadow).
10 “Shall they not teach you and tell you and utter the words of their heart?
11 “Can a reed grow without a marsh? Or can the grass grow without water?
12 “Though it is green and not cut down, it shall still wither before any other herb.
13 “So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hypocrite’s hope shall perish.
14 “His confidence also shall be cut off. And his trust shall be as the web of a spider.
15 “He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold himself fast to it, yet it shall not endure.
16 “He is green before the Sun, and his branches spread over his garden.
17 “His roots are wrapped around the heap and are folded around the stones.
18 “If anyone pulls him from his place, it denies him, saying, ‘I have not seen you’.
19 “Behold, he will rejoice by this means, so that others may grow out of the earth.
20 “Behold, God will not cast away an upright man. Nor will He take the wicked by the hand
21 “until He has filled your mouth with laughter, and your lips with joy.
22 “Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. And the dwelling of the wicked shall not remain.”
Job 8
New International Version
Job 8
New International Version
Bildad
8 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:
2 “How long will you say such things?(B)
Your words are a blustering wind.(C)
3 Does God pervert justice?(D)
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?(E)
4 When your children sinned against him,
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(F)
5 But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead(G) with the Almighty,(H)
6 if you are pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(I)
and restore you to your prosperous state.(J)
7 Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous(K) will your future be.(L)
8 “Ask the former generation(M)
and find out what their ancestors learned,
9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(N)
and our days on earth are but a shadow.(O)
10 Will they not instruct(P) you and tell you?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?(Q)
11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?(R)
Can reeds(S) thrive without water?
12 While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.(T)
13 Such is the destiny(U) of all who forget God;(V)
so perishes the hope of the godless.(W)
14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
what they rely on is a spider’s web.(X)
15 They lean on the web,(Y) but it gives way;
they cling to it, but it does not hold.(Z)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots(AA) over the garden;(AB)
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
and looks for a place among the stones.
18 But when it is torn from its spot,
that place disowns(AC) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(AD)
19 Surely its life withers(AE) away,
and[b] from the soil other plants grow.(AF)
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