ΙΩΒ 21
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει·
1Then Job answered and said:
2ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων, ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρ᾿ ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις.
2Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.
3ἄρατέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ λαλήσω, εἶτ᾿ οὐ καταγελάσετέ μου.
3Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4τί γάρ; μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις; ἢ διατί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι;
4As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?
5εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαυμάσετε χεῖρα θέντες ἐπὶ σιαγόνι·
5Turn unto me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6ἐάν τε γὰρ μνησθῶ, ἐσπούδακα, ἔχουσι δέ μου τὰς σάρκας ὀδύναι.
6Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
7διατὶ ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσι, πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ;
7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
8ὁ σπόρος αὐτῶν κατὰ ψυχήν, τὰ δὲ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς.
8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσι, φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ, μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ Κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς.
9Their houses are safe, without fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησε, διεσώθη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα καὶ οὐκ ἔσφαλε.
10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11μένουσε δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια, τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν
11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ.
12They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
13συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν, ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν.
13They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave.
14λέγει δὲ Κυρίῳ· ἀπόστα ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὁδούς σου εἰδέναι οὐ βούλομαι·
14Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
15τί ἱκανός, ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ; καὶ τίς ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ;
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?' —
16ἐν χερσὶ γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθά, ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ.
16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται, ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφή, ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς.
17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?
18ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα ὑπ᾿ ἀνέμου ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτός, ὃν ὑφείλετο λαῖλαψ.
18That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
19ἐκλίποι υἱοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ, ἀνταποδώσει πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ γνώσεται.
19'God layeth up his iniquity for his children!' — let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.
20ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγήν, ἀπὸ δὲ Κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη·
20Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21ὅτι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν.
21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.
22πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην; αὐτὸς δὲ φόνους διακρινεῖ;
22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.
23οὗτος ἀποθανεῖται ἐν κράτει ἁπλοσύνης αὐτοῦ, ὅλος δὲ εὐπαθῶν καὶ εὐθηνῶν·
23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
24τὰ δὲ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ πλήρη στέατος, μυελὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ διαχεῖται.
24His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
25ὁ δὲ τελευτᾷ ὑπὸ πικρίας ψυχῆς, οὐ φαγὼν οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν.
25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
26ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμῶνται, σαπρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκάλυψεν.
26They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
27ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι·
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28ὥστε ἐρεῖτε· ποῦ ἐστιν οἶκος ἄρχοντος; καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ σκέπη τῶν σκηνωμάτων τῶν ἀσεβῶν;
28For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
29ἐρωτήσατε παραπορευομένους ὁδόν, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπαλλοτριώσετε·
29Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,
30ὅτι εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπωλείας κουφίζεται ὁ πονηρός, εἰς ἡμέραν ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπαχθήσονται.
30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
31τίς ἀπαγγελεῖ ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ; καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησε, τίς ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ;
31But who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
32καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τάφους ἀπηνέχθη καὶ ἐπὶ σωρῶν ἠγρύπνησεν.
32For he is borne to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάρρου, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι.
33The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34πῶς δὲ παρακαλεῖτέ με κενά; τὸ δὲ ἐμὲ καταπαύσασθαι ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν οὐδέν.
34How then comfort ye me in vain? And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?
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