ΙΩΒ 17
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1ΟΛΕΚΟΜΑΙ πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω.
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
2λίσσομαι κάμνων, καὶ τί ποιήσας;
2Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
3ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. τίς ἐστιν οὗτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.
3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?
4ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς.
4For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
5τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας, ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἐφ᾿ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν.
5He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6ἔθου δέ με θρύλημα ἐν ἔθνεσι, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην·
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
7πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων.
7Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
8θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη·
8Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
9σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδόν, καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος.
9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
10οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε, καὶ δεῦτε δή, οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές.
10But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ, ἐράγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους·
12They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
13ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνόφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή.
13If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
14θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν.
14If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';
15ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπίς; ἦ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι;
15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
16ἦ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσομαι, ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα;
16They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.
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