ΙΩΒ 10
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
World English Bible
1ΚΑΜΝΩΝ τῇ ψυχῇ μου, στένων ἐπαφήσω ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν τὰ ρήματά μου· λαλήσω πικρίᾳ ψυχῆς μου συνεχόμενος
1“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸς Κύριον· μή με ἀσεβεῖν δίδασκε· καὶ διατί με οὕτως ἔκρινας;
2I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
3ἦ καλόν σοι, ἐὰν ἀδικήσω, ὅτι ἀπείπω ἔργα χειρῶν σου, βουλῇ δὲ ἀσεβῶν προσέσχες;
3Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
4ἦ ὥσπερ βροτὸς ὁρᾷ καθορᾷς ἢ καθὼς ὁρᾷ ἄνθρωπος βλέψῃ;
4Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
5ἦ ὁ βίος σου ἀνθρώπινός ἐστιν ἢ τὰ ἔτη σου ἀνδρός;
5Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years,
6ὅτι ἀνεζήτησας τὴν ἀνομίαν μου καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας μου ἐξιχνίασας;
6that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?
7οἶδας γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἠσέβησα· ἀλλὰ τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν σου ἐξαιρούμενος;
7Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
8αἱ χεῖρές σου ἔπλασάν με καὶ ἐποίησάν με, μετὰ ταῦτα μεταβαλών με ἔπαισας.
8“‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.
9μνήσθητι ὅτι πηλόν με ἔπλασας, εἰς δὲ γῆν με πάλιν ἀποστρέφεις.
9Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
10ἦ οὐχ ὥσπερ γάλα με ἤμελξας, ἐτύρωσας δέ με ἴσα τυρῷ;
10Haven’t you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11δέρμα δὲ καὶ κρέας με ἐνέδυσας, ὀστέοις δὲ καὶ νεύροις με ἐνεῖρας.
11You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12ζωὴν δὲ καὶ ἔλεος ἔθου παρ᾿ ἐμοί, ἡ δὲ ἐπισκοπή σου ἐφύλαξέ μου τὸ πνεῦμα.
12You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
13ταῦτα ἔχων ἐν σεαυτῷ οἶδα ὅτι πάντα δύνασαι, ἀδυνατεῖ δέ σοι οὐθέν.
13Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:
14ἐάν τε γὰρ ἁμάρτω, φυλάσσεις με, ἀπὸ δὲ ἀνομίας οὐκ ἀθῷόν με πεποίηκας.
14if I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
15ἐάν τε γὰρ ἀσεβήσω, οἴμοι· ἐὰν δὲ ὦ δίκαιος, οὐ δύναμαι ἀνακύψαι, πλήρης γὰρ ἀτιμίας εἰμί.
15If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
16ἀγρεύομαι γὰρ ὥσπερ λέων εἰς σφαγήν, πάλιν γὰρ μεταβαλὼν δεινῶς με ὀλέκεις
16If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.
17ἐπανακαινίζων ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τὴν ἔτασίν μου· ὀργῇ δὲ μεγάλῃ μοι ἐχρήσω, ἐπήγαγες δὲ ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ πειρατήρια.
17You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.
18ἱνατί οὖν ἐκ κοιλίας με ἐξήγαγες, καὶ οὐκ ἀπέθανον, ὀφθαλμὸς δέ με οὐκ εἶδε,
18“‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
19καὶ ὥσπερ οὐκ ὢν ἐγενόμην; διατί γὰρ ἐκ γαστρὸς εἰς μνῆμα οὐκ ἀπηλλάγην;
19I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20ἦ οὐκ ὀλίγος ἐστὶν ὁ χρόνος τοῦ βίου μου; ἔασόν με ἀναπαύσασθαι μικρὸν
20Aren’t my days few? Stop! Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
21πρὸ τοῦ με πορευθῆναι ὅθεν οὐκ ἀναστρέψω, εἰς γῆν σκοτεινὴν καὶ γνοφεράν,
21before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22εἰς γῆν σκότους αἰωνίου, οὗ οὐκ ἔστι φέγγος, οὐδὲ ὁρᾶν ζωὴν βροτῶν.
22the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.’”
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