ΙΩΒ 24
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1ΔΙΑΤΙ δὲ Κύριον ἔλαθον ὧραι,
1Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know Him see His days?
2ἀσεβεῖς δὲ ὅριον ὑπερέβησαν ποίμνιον σὺν ποιμένι ἁρπάσαντες;
2There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3ὑποζύγιον ὀρφανῶν ἀπήγαγον καὶ βοῦν χήρας ἠνεχύρασαν.
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4ἐξέκλιναν ἀδυνάτους ἐξ ὁδοῦ δικαίας, ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐκρύβησαν πρᾳεῖς γῆς.
4They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5ἀπέβησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὄνοι ἐν ἀγρῷ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἐξελθόντες τὴν ἑαυτῶν τάξιν· ἡδύνθη αὐτῷ ἄρτος εἰς νεωτέρους.
5Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; the desert yieldeth them bread for their children.
6ἀγρὸν πρὸ ὥρας οὐκ αὐτῶν ὄντα ἐθέρισαν· ἀδύνατοι ἀμπελῶνας ἀσεβῶν ἀμισθὶ καὶ ἀσιτὶ εἰργάσαντο.
6They cut his provender in the field; and they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.
7γυμνοὺς πολλοὺς ἐκοίμησαν ἄνευ ἱματίων, ἀμφίασιν δὲ ψυχῆς αὐτῶν ἀφείλαντο.
7They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
8ἀπὸ ψεκάδων ὀρέων ὑγραίνονται, παρὰ τὰ μὴ ἔχειν ἑαυτοὺς σκέπην, πέτραν περιεβάλοντο.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9ἥρπασαν ὀρφανὸν ἀπὸ μαστοῦ, ἐκπεπτωκότα δὲ ἐταπείνωσαν.
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor;
10γυμνοὺς δὲ ἐκοίμησαν ἀδίκως, πεινώντων δὲ τὸν ψωμὸν ἀφείλαντο.
10So that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves;
11ἐν στενοῖς ἀδίκως ἐνήδρευσαν, ὁδὸν δὲ δικαίαν οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.
11They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12οἳ ἐκ πόλεως καὶ οἴκων ἰδίων ἐξεβάλοντο, ψυχὴ δὲ νηπίων ἐστέναξε μέγα.
12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.
13αὐτὸς δὲ διατί τούτων ἐπισκοπὴν οὐ πεποίηται; ἐπὶ γῆς ὄντων αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν, ὁδὸν δὲ δικαιοσύνης οὐκ ᾔδεισαν, οὐδὲ ἀτραποὺς αὐτῶν ἐπορεύθησαν.
13These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14γνοὺς δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ ἔργα παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς σκότος, καὶ νυκτὸς ἔσται ὡς κλέπτης.
14The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
15καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς μοιχοῦ ἐφύλαξε σκότος λέγων· οὐ προνοήσει με ὀφθαλμός, καὶ ἀποκρυβὴν προσώπου ἔθετο.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying: 'No eye shall see me'; and he putteth a covering on his face.
16διώρυξεν ἐν σκότει οἰκίας· ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν ἑαυτούς, οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν φῶς.
16In the dark they dig through houses; they shut themselves up in the day-time; they know not the light.
17ὅτι ὁμοθυμαδὸν αὐτοῖς τὸ πρωΐ σκιὰ θανάτου, ὅτι ἐπιγνώσεται τάραχος σκιᾶς θανάτου.
17For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.
18ἐλαφρός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος, καταραθείη ἡ μερὶς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς, ἀναφανείη δὲ τὰ φυτὰ αὐτῶν
18He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.
19ἐπὶ γῆς ξηρά· ἀγκαλίδα γὰρ ὀρφανῶν ἥρπασαν.
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world those that have sinned.
20εἶτ᾿ ἀνεμνήσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ ἁμαρτία, ὥσπερ δὲ ὁμίχλη δρόσου ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο· ἀποδοθείη δὲ αὐτῷ ἃ ἔπραξε, συντριβείη δὲ πᾶς ἄδικος ἴσα ξύλῳ ἀνιάτῳ.
20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree.
21στεῖραν δὲ οὐκ εὖ ἐποίησε καὶ γύναιον οὐκ ἠλέησε,
21He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.
22θυμῷ δὲ κατέστρεψεν ἀδυνάτους. ἀναστὰς τοιγαροῦν οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ κατὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆς.
22He draweth away the mighty also by his power; he riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.
23μαλακισθεὶς μὴ ἐλπιζέτω ὑγιασθῆναι, ἀλλὰ πεσεῖται νόσῳ·
23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, yet His eyes are upon their ways.
24πολλοὺς γὰρ ἐκάκωσε τὸ ὕψωμα αὐτοῦ, ἐμαράνθη δὲ ὥσπερ μολόχη ἐν καύματι ἢ ὥσπερ στάχυς ἀπὸ καλάμης αὐτόματος ἀποπεσών.
24They are exalted for a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, and wither as the tops of the ears of corn.
25εἰ δὲ μή, τίς ἐστιν ὁ φάμενος ψευδῆ με λέγειν καὶ θήσει εἰς οὐδὲν τὰ ρήματά μου;
25And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
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