Holy Job offereth sacrifice for every one of his children, 6. whose good estate Satan envying, by God's permission spoileth him of all his goods, and children, 20. for which he being pensive offendeth not, but thanketh God for all.Holie Iob offereth sacrifice for euerie one of his children, 6. whose good estate Satan enuying, by Gods permission spoyleth him of al his goodes, and children, 20. for which he being pensiue offendeth not, but thanketh God for al.✦
The first part. The change of Iobs prosperous state into affliction.
There was a man in the Land of Hus, named Job, and that man was simplex: dull-witted, naive; blameless, sincere, upright, and right, and fearing God, and departing from evil.THERE was a man in the Land of Hus, named Iob, & that man was simple, & right, and fearing God, and departing from euil.¶Vir erat in terra Hus, nomine Job : et erat vir ille simplex, et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo.
2And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.And there were borne to him seuen sonnes and three daughters.Natique sunt ei septem filii, et tres filiæ.
3And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, also five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred she asses, and a family exceeding great: and that man was great among all them of the East.And his possession was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, also fiue hundred yoke of oxen and fiue hundred she asses, and a familie exceeding great: and that man was great among al them of the East.✦Et fuit possessio ejus septem millia ovium, et tria millia camelorum, quingenta quoque juga boum, et quingentæ asinæ, ac familia multa nimis : eratque vir ille magnus inter omnes orientales.
4And his sons went, and made a feast by houses, every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters, to eat and drink with them.And his sonnes went, and made a feast by houses, euerie one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters, to eate and drinke with them.✦Et ibant filii ejus, et faciebant convivium per domos, unusquisque in die suo. Et mittentes vocabant tres sorores suas, ut comederent et biberent cum eis.
5And when the days of feasting had passed about in course, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausta: whole burnt offerings, wholly consumed by fire, not the modern sense of mass killing for every one. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all the days.And when the dayes of feasting had passed about in course, Iob sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising vp early offered holocaustes for euerie one. For he sayd: Lest perhaps my sonnes haue sinned, and haue blessed God in their hartes. So did Iob al the dayes.¶✦Cumque in orbem transissent dies convivii, mittebat ad eos Job, et sanctificabat illos : consurgensque diluculo, offerebat holocausta pro singulis. Dicebat enim : Ne forte peccaverint filii mei, et benedixerint Deo in cordibus suis. Sic faciebat Job cunctis diebus.
6But on a certain day when the sons of God were come to assist before our Lord, Satan also was present amongst them.But on a certaine day when the sonnes of God were come to assist before our Lord, Satan also was present amongst them.✦Quadam autem die, cum venissent filii Dei ut assisterent coram Domino, affuit inter eos etiam Satan.
7To whom our Lord said: From whence comest thou? Who answering, said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.To whom our Lord sayd: From whence comest thou? Who answering, sayd: I haue gone round about the earth, and walked through it.✦Cui dixit Dominus : Unde venis ? Qui respondens, ait : Circuivi terram, et perambulavi eam.
8And our Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is not the like to him in the earth, a man simple, and right and fearing God, and departing from evil?And our Lord sayd to him: Hast thou considered my seruant Iob, that there is not the like to him in the earth, a man simple, and right and fearing God, and departing from euil?✦Dixitque Dominus ad eum : Numquid considerasti servum meum Job, quod non sit ei similis in terra, homo simplex et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo ?
9To whom Satan answering, said: Why, doth Job fear God in vain?To whom Satan answering, said: Why, doth Iob feare God in vayne?✦Cui respondens Satan, ait : Numquid Job frustra timet Deum ?
10hast not thou vallasti: hedged about, walled in for protection him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?hast not thou fensed him, and his house, and al his substance round about, blessed the workes of his handes, and his possession hath increased on the earth?✦nonne tu vallasti eum, ac domum ejus, universamque substantiam per circuitum ; operibus manuum ejus benedixisti, et possessio ejus crevit in terra ?
11But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all things that he possesseth, unless he bless thee in the face.But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch al thinges that he possesseth, vnlesse he blesse thee in the face.✦sed extende paululum manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, nisi in faciem benedixerit tibi.
12Our Lord therefore said to Satan: behold, all things that he hath, are in thy hand, only upon him extend not thy hand. And Satan went forth from the face of our Lord.Our Lord therfore sayd to Satan: behold, al things that he hath, are in thy hand, onlie vpon him extend not thy hand. And Satan went forth from the face of our Lord.✦Dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan : Ecce universa quæ habet in manu tua sunt : tantum in eum ne extendas manum tuam. Egressusque est Satan a facie Domini.
13And when upon a certain day his sons and daughters did eat, and drink wine in the house of their eldest brother,And when vpon a certeine day his sonnes and daughters did eate, and drinke wyne in the house of their eldest brother,✦Cum autem quadam die filii et filiæ ejus comederent et biberent vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,
14there came a messenger to Job, which said: The oxen ploughed, and the she asses fed beside them,there came a messenger to Iob, which sayd: The oxen plowghed, and the she asses fed beside them,✦nuntius venit ad Job, qui diceret : Boves arabant, et asinæ pascebantur juxta eos :
15and the Sabeans came in violently, and have taken all things, and have stricken the servants with the sword, and I only have escaped to tell thee.and the Sabeians came in violently, & haue taken al things, and haue stroken the seruantes with the sword, and I onlie haue escaped to tel thee.et irruerunt Sabæi, tuleruntque omnia, et pueros percusserunt gladio : et evasi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
16And when he yet spake, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants hath consumed them, and I only have escaped to tell thee.And when he yet spake, an other came, and sayd: The fire of God fel from heauen, and striking the sheepe and the seruantes hath consumed them, and I only haue escaped to tel thee.✦Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur, venit alter, et dixit : Ignis Dei cecidit e cælo, et tactas oves puerosque consumpsit : et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
17But whiles he also was yet speaking, there came another and said: The Chaldees made three troops, and have invaded the camels, and taken them, moreover the servants also they have stricken with the sword, and I alone am fled to tell thee.But whiles he also was yet speaking, there came an other and said: The Chaldees made three troupes, and haue inuaded the camels, and taken them, moreouer the seruantes also they haue strooken with the sword, and I alone am fled to tel thee.✦Sed et illo adhuc loquente, venit alius, et dixit : Chaldæi fecerunt tres turmas, et invaserunt camelos, et tulerunt eos, necnon et pueros percusserunt gladio : et ego fugi solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
18He yet spake, and behold another came in, and said: Thy sons and daughters eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,He yet spake, and behold an other came in, and said: Thy sonnes and daughters eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,✦Adhuc loquebatur ille, et ecce alius intravit, et dixit : Filiis tuis et filiabus vescentibus et bibentibus vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,
19suddenly a vehement wind came violently from the country of the desert, and shook the four corners of the house, which falling oppressed thy children and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.sodenly a vehement winde came violently from the countrie of the desert, and shooke the foure corners of the house, which falling oppressed thy children and they are dead, and I alone haue escaped to tel thee.repente ventus vehemens irruit a regione deserti, et concussit quatuor angulos domus : quæ corruens oppressit liberos tuos, et mortui sunt : et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
20Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and with tonso: shorn, head shaven head falling on the ground, adored,Then Iob rose vp, and rent his garmentes, and with powled head falling on the ground, adored,✦Tunc surrexit Job, et scidit vestimenta sua : et tonso capite corruens in terram, adoravit,
21and said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Our Lord gave, and our Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased our Lord, so is it done: the name of our Lord be blessed.and said Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shal I returne thither: Our Lord gaue, and our Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased our Lord, so is it done: the name of our Lord be blessed.✦et dixit : Nudus egressus sum de utero matris meæ, et nudus revertar illuc. Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit ; sicut Domino placuit, ita factum est. Sit nomen Domini benedictum.
22In all these things Job sinned not with his lips, neither spake he any foolish thing against God.In al these thinges Iob sinned not with his lippes, neither spake he anie foolish thing against God.✦In omnibus his non peccavit Job labiis suis, neque stultum quid contra Deum locutus est.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
1Simple, right, and fearing God. Moses, Samuel, Esdras, and other Prophets writ their own acts among others, also their own praises, (speaking of themselves in the third person:) and so did holy Job, humbly, truly, and simply, without vain glory, or arrogancy, as S. Gregory noteth, saying. Blessed Job, inspired with the Holy Ghost, might well write his own acts, which were the gifts of supernal inspiration. God being the principal cause efficient of all good men's works, and men the secondary cause of the same. Moreover Job's singular patience and other virtues are likewise commended in other holy Scriptures and by ancient Doctors, Tobias 2. God permitted temptation to happen unto Tobias, that example might be given to his followers of his patience, as of holy Job, S. James (c. 5.) exhorting to patience, saith: You have heard the suffering of Job, and you have seen the end of our Lord. Tertullian (li. de patientia) admiring Job's patience exclaimeth thus: O most happy man whom neither the driving away of his flocks of cattle, nor consuming of the rest with fire, nor the loss of his children, nor torments of his body, could drive from patience but he stood immovable in the service of God, for example to us, that we fall not for any worldly damage, loss of dearest friends or corporal afflictions. And blessed be God, by whose blessing we may now say O happy English Catholics, that patiently suffer the very same kinds of tribulation, (though not in so great a degree) in our time. S. Cyprian (li. de bono patientiæ) Job examined and proved by the virtue of patience was advanced to the very height of praise, a rich lord in possession, and a more rich father in children, suddenly was neither lord, nor father: was also most grievously afflicted in his flesh: and that no temptation might be wanting the devil armed his wife against him, yet was he not moved, but by victorious patience thanked God for all. In like sort other holy fathers, for encouragement and consolation of the afflicted, write much of holy Job's invincible patience. Above all S. Gregory, our Apostle, dilateth most excellently in thirty and five whole books, describing and proposing his so great virtues to be imitated by all Christians, first of all (li. 1. c. 5.) observing how great a praise it is to be good in such a place, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, shining as a light in the world, dwelling in the gentiles, where was the seat of Satan, a lily among thorns.Simple, right, and fearing God. Moyses, Samuel, Esdras, & other Prophetes writ their owne actes among others, also their owne prayses, (speaking of themselues in the third person:) & so did holie Iob, humbly, truly, and simply, without vayne glorie, or arrogancie, as S. Gregorie noteth, saying. Blessed Iob, inspired with the Holie Ghost, might wel write his owne actes, which were the giftes of supernal inspiration. God being the principal cause efficient of al good mens workes, and men the secondarie cause of the same. Moreouer Iobs singular patience and other vertues are likewise commended in other holie Scriptures & by ancient Doctores, Tobie. 2. God permitted tentation to happen vnto Tobias, that example might be geuen to his folowers of his patience, as of holie Iob, S. Iames (c. 5.) exhorting to patience, sayth: You haue heard the suffering of Iob, and you haue seue the end of our Lord. Tertullian (li. de patientia) admiring Iobs patience exclameth thus: ô most happie man whom neither the driuing away of his flockes of catle, nor consuming of the rest with fire, nor the losse of his children, nor torments of his bodie, could driue from patience but he stood immoueable in the seruice of God, for example to vs, that we fall not for anie woldlie damage, losse of dearest friendes or corporal afflictions. & blessed be God, by whose blessing we may now say ô happie English Catholiques, that patiently suffer the very same kindes of tribulation, (though not in so great a degree) in our time. S. Cyprian (li. de bono patientiæ) Iob examined & proued by the vertue of patience was aduanced to the very height of prayse, a rich lord in possession, & a more rich father in children, sudainly was neither lord, nor father: was also most greuously afflicted in his flesh: and that no tentation might be wanting the diuel armed his wife against him, yet was he not moued, but by victorious patience thanked God for al. In like sorte other holie fathers, for encoregement and consolation of the afflicted, write much of holie Iobs inuincible patience. Aboue al S. Gregorie, our Apostle, dilateth most excellently in thirtie and fiue whole bookes, describing & propesing his so great vertues to be imitated by al Christianes, first of al (li. 1. c. 5.) obseruing how great a prayse it is to be good in such a place, in the middes of a crooked and peruerse nation, shining as a light in the world, dwelling in the gentiles, where was the seate of Satan, a lillie among thornes.
5Offered holocausts for every one. Albeit the virtue of Sacrifice as well of Holocaust in the old Testament, as especially of Christ's Sacrifice in the New, is of infinite value in itself, yet the application thereof to particular persons, and purposes is limited, and therefore holy Job offered not only once for all his children but many times, severally for every one. Whereof see Cardinal Allen li. 2. de Eucharist. Sacrifice. c. 35.Offered holocaustes for euerie one. Albeit the vertue of Sacrifice as wel of Holocaust in the old Testament, as especially of Christs Sacrifice in the New, is of infinite valure in it selfe, yet the application therof to particular persons, and purposes is limited, and therfore holie Iob offered not only once for al his children but manie times, seuerally for euerie one. VVherof see Cardinal Allan li. 2. de Eucharist. Sacrifice. c. 35.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.