ΙΩΒ 13
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
World English Bible
1ΙΔΟΥ ταῦτα ἑώρακέ μου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ ἀκήκοέ μου τὸ οὖς·
1“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
2καὶ οἶδα ὅσα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε, καὶ οὐκ ἀσυνετώτερός εἰμι ὑμῶν.
2What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
3οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλ᾿ ἐγὼ πρὸς Κύριον λαλήσω, ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται.
3“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
4ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε ἰατροὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ἰαταὶ κακῶν πάντες.
4But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
5εἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι, καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς σοφίαν.
5Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
6ἀκούσατε ἔλεγχον τοῦ στόματός μου, κρίσιν δὲ χειλέων μου προσέχετε.
6Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7πότερον οὐκ ἔναντι Κυρίου λαλεῖτε, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεσθε δόλον;
7Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
8ἦ ὑποστελεῖσθε; ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γίνεσθε.
8Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
9καλόν γε, ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς· εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ,
9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
10οὐθὲν ἧττον ἐλέγξει ὑμᾶς· εἰ δὲ καὶ κρυφῇ πρόσωπα θαυμάσεσθε,
10He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
11πότερον οὐχὶ δεινὰ αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶς, φόβος δὲ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν;
11Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
12ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ γαυρίαμα ἴσα σποδῷ, τὸ δὲ σῶμα πήλινον.
12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.
13κωφεύσατε, ἵνα λαλήσω καὶ ἀναπαύσωμαι θυμοῦ
13“Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
14ἀναλαβὼν τὰς σάρκας μου τοῖς ὀδοῦσι, ψυχὴν δέ μου θήσω ἐν χειρί.
14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
15ἐάν με χειρώσηται ὁ δυνάστης, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἦρκται, ἦ μὴν λαλήσω καὶ ἐλέγξω ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ·
15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
16καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν, οὐ γὰρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ δόλος εἰσελεύσεται.
16This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
17ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε τὰ ρήματά μου, ἀναγγελῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων.
17Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
18ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγγύς εἰμι τοῦ κρίματός μου, οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι δίκαιος ἀναφανοῦμαι·
18See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
19τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενός μοι, ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω;
19Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the spirit.
20δυοῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ· τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι.
20“Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
21τὴν χεῖρα ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἀπέχου, καὶ ὁ φόβος σου μή με καταπλησσέτω.
21withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
22εἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι· ἢ λαλήσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι δώσω ἀνταπόκρισιν.
22Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
23πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου καὶ ἀνομίαι μου; δίδαξόν με τίνες εἰσί.
23How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
24διατί ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ κρύπτῃ, ἥγησαι δέ με ὑπεναντίον σοι;
24Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
25ἦ ὡς φύλλον κινούμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εὐλαβηθήσῃ ἢ ὡς χόρτῳ φερομένῳ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἀντίκεισαί μοι;
25Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
26ὅτι κατέγραψας κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ κακά, περιέθηκας δέ μοι νεότητος ἁμαρτίας,
26For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27ἔθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι, ἐφύλαξας δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα, εἰς δὲ ρίζας τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου·
27You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
28ὃ παλαιοῦται ἴσα ἀσκῷ ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον.
28though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
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