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Giobbe 3
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Giobbe 3
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
II. DIALOGO
1. PRIMO CICLO DI DISCORSI
Giobbe maledice il giorno della sua nascita
3 Dopo, Giobbe aprì la bocca e maledisse il suo giorno; 2 prese a dire:
3 Perisca il giorno in cui nacqui
e la notte in cui si disse: «E' stato concepito un
uomo!».
4 Quel giorno sia tenebra,
non lo ricerchi Dio dall'alto,
né brilli mai su di esso la luce.
5 Lo rivendichi tenebra e morte,
gli si stenda sopra una nube
e lo facciano spaventoso gli uragani del giorno!
6 Quel giorno lo possieda il buio
non si aggiunga ai giorni dell'anno,
non entri nel conto dei mesi.
7 Ecco, quella notte sia lugubre
e non entri giubilo in essa.
8 La maledicano quelli che imprecano al giorno,
che sono pronti a evocare Leviatan.
9 Si oscurino le stelle del suo crepuscolo,
speri la luce e non venga;
non veda schiudersi le palpebre dell'aurora,
10 poiché non mi ha chiuso il varco del grembo
materno,
e non ha nascosto l'affanno agli occhi miei!
11 E perché non sono morto fin dal seno di mia madre
e non spirai appena uscito dal grembo?
12 Perché due ginocchia mi hanno accolto,
e perché due mammelle, per allattarmi?
13 Sì, ora giacerei tranquillo,
dormirei e avrei pace
14 con i re e i governanti della terra,
che si sono costruiti mausolei,
15 o con i principi, che hanno oro
e riempiono le case d'argento.
16 Oppure, come aborto nascosto, più non sarei,
o come i bimbi che non hanno visto la luce.
17 Laggiù i malvagi cessano d'agitarsi,
laggiù riposano gli sfiniti di forze.
18 I prigionieri hanno pace insieme,
non sentono più la voce dell'aguzzino.
19 Laggiù è il piccolo e il grande,
e lo schiavo è libero dal suo padrone.
20 Perché dare la luce a un infelice
e la vita a chi ha l'amarezza nel cuore,
21 a quelli che aspettano la morte e non viene,
che la cercano più di un tesoro,
22 che godono alla vista di un tumulo,
gioiscono se possono trovare una tomba...
23 a un uomo, la cui via è nascosta
e che Dio da ogni parte ha sbarrato?
24 Così, al posto del cibo entra il mio gemito,
e i miei ruggiti sgorgano come acqua,
25 perché ciò che temo mi accade
e quel che mi spaventa mi raggiunge.
26 Non ho tranquillità, non ho requie,
non ho riposo e viene il tormento!
Job 3
New International Version
Job 3
New International Version
Job Speaks
3 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.(A) 2 He said:
3 “May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(B)
4 That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
5 May gloom and utter darkness(C) claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
6 That night—may thick darkness(D) seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
7 May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy(E) be heard in it.
8 May those who curse days[a] curse that day,(F)
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(G)
9 May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,(H)
10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?(I)
12 Why were there knees to receive me(J)
and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(K) in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest(L)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(M)
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(N)
15 with princes(O) who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.(P)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(Q)
like an infant who never saw the light of day?(R)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(S)
and there the weary are at rest.(T)
18 Captives(U) also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s(V) shout.(W)
19 The small and the great are there,(X)
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,(Y)
21 to those who long for death that does not come,(Z)
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(AA)
22 who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?(AB)
23 Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,(AC)
whom God has hedged in?(AD)
24 For sighing(AE) has become my daily food;(AF)
my groans(AG) pour out like water.(AH)
25 What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded(AI) has happened to me.(AJ)
26 I have no peace,(AK) no quietness;
I have no rest,(AL) but only turmoil.”(AM)
Footnotes
- Job 3:8 Or curse the sea
Job 3
King James Version
Job 3
King James Version
3 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
2 And Job spake, and said,
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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