Job 30
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
1ΝΥΝΙ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι, νῦν νουθετοῦσί με ἐν μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν, οὓς οὐχ ἡγησάμην ἀξίους κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων.
2What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
2καί γε ἰσχὺς χειρῶν αὐτῶν ἱνατί μοι; ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς ἀπώλετο συντέλεια.
3Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
3ἐν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ λιμῷ ἄγονος· οἱ φεύγοντες ἄνυδρον ἐχθὲς συνοχὴν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν,
4They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
4οἱ περικυκλοῦντες ἅλιμα ἐπὶ ἠχοῦντι, οἵτινες ἅλιμα ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ σῖτα, ἄτιμοι δὲ καὶ πεφαυλισμένοι, ἐνδεεῖς παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ, οἳ καὶ ρίζας ξύλων ἐμασσῶντο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ μεγάλου.
5They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
5ἐπανέστησάν μοι κλέπται,
6so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
6ὧν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν ἦσαν τρῶγλαι πετρῶν,
7They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
7ἀνὰ μέσον εὐήχων βοήσονται· οἳ ὑπὸ φρύγανα ἄγρια διῃτῶντο,
8A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
8ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων, ὄνομα καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς.
9And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
9νυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλλημα ἔχουσιν·
10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
10ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με ἀποστάντες μακρὰν ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἐφείσαντο πτύελον.
11Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
11ἀνοίξας γὰρ φαρέτραν αὐτοῦ ἐκάκωσέ με, καὶ χαλινὸν τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐξαπέστειλαν.
12The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
12ἐπὶ δεξιῶν βλαστοῦ ἐξανέστησαν, πόδα αὐτῶν ἐξέτειναν καὶ ὡδοποίησαν ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τρίβους ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν.
13They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.
13ἐξετρίβησαν τρίβοι μου, ἐξέδυσαν γάρ μου τὴν στολήν· βέλεσιν αὐτοῦ κατηκόντισέ με,
14They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
14κέχρηται δέ μοι ὡς βούλεται, ἐν ὀδύναις πέφυρμαι.
15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
15ἐπιστρέφονταί μου αἱ ὀδύναι, ᾤχετό μου ἡ ἐλπὶς ὥσπερ πνεῦμα καὶ ὥσπερ νέφος ἡ σωτηρία μου.
16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
16καὶ νῦν ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου, ἔχουσι δέ με ἡμέραι ὀδυνῶν·
17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
17νυκτί δέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ συγκέχυται, τὰ δὲ νεῦρά μου διαλέλυται.
18With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
18ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύϊ ἐπελάβετό μου τῆς στολῆς, ὥσπερ τὸ περιστόμιον τοῦ χιτῶνός μου περιέσχε με.
19He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
19ἥγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ, ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς·
20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
20κέκραγα δὲ πρός σε καὶ οὐκ ἀκούεις μου, ἔστησαν δὲ καὶ κατενόησάν με·
21You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
21ἐπέβης δέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως, χειρὶ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας·
22You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
22ἔταξας δέ με ἐν ὀδύναις, καὶ ἀπέρριψάς με ἀπὸ σωτηρίας.
23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
23οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι θάνατός με ἐκτρίψει, οἰκία γὰρ παντὶ θνητῷ γῆ.
24Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.
24εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον δυναίμην ἐμαυτὸν χειρώσασθαι, ἢ δεηθείς γε ἑτέρου, καὶ ποιήσει μοι τοῦτο.
25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
25ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδυνάτῳ ἔκλαυσα, ἐστέναξα ἰδὼν ἄνδρα ἐν ἀνάγκαις.
26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
26ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς, ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν.
27I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
27ἡ κοιλία μου ἐξέζεσε καὶ οὐ σιωπήσεται, προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι πτωχείας.
28I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
28στένων πεπόρευμαι ἄνευ φιμοῦ, ἕστηκα δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ κεκραγώς.
29I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
29ἀδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων, ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν.
30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
30τὸ δὲ δέρμα μου ἐσκότωται μεγάλως, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ καύματος.
31My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
31ἀπέβη δὲ εἰς πένθος μου ἡ κιθάρα, ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί.
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