ΙΩΒ 17
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1ΟΛΕΚΟΜΑΙ πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω.
1My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.
2λίσσομαι κάμνων, καὶ τί ποιήσας;
2I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.
3ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. τίς ἐστιν οὗτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.
3Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.
4ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς.
4Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.
5τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας, ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἐφ᾿ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν.
5He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
6ἔθου δέ με θρύλημα ἐν ἔθνεσι, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην·
6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
7πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων.
7My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
8θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη·
8The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
9σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδόν, καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος.
9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε, καὶ δεῦτε δή, οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές.
10Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
11αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ, ἐράγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου.
11My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
12νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους·
12They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.
13ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνόφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή.
13If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.
14θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν.
14If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.
15ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπίς; ἦ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι;
15Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?
16ἦ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσομαι, ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα;
16All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?
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