ΙΩΒ 29
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1ΕΤΙ δὲ προσθεὶς Ἰὼβ εἶπε τῷ προοιμίῳ·
1And Job again took up his parable, and said:
2τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν, ὧν με ὁ Θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν;
2Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
3ὡς ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου, ὅτε τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπορευόμην ἐν σκότει·
3When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
4ὅτε ἤμην ἐπιβρίθων ὁδούς, ὅτε ὁ Θεὸς ἐπισκοπὴν ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ οἴκου μου·
4As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
5ὅτε ἤμην ὑλώδης λίαν, κύκλῳ δέ μου οἱ παῖδες·
5When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
6ὅτε ἐχέοντο αἱ ὁδοί μου βουτύρῳ, τὰ δὲ ὄρη μου ἐχέοντο γάλακτι·
6When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
7ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθιος ἐν πόλει, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος.
7When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
8ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν, πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν·
8The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
9ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες, δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι.
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
10οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐμακάρισάν με, καὶ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν ἐκολλήθη·
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11ὅτι οὖς ἤκουσε καὶ ἐμακάρισέ με, ὀφθαλμὸς δὲ ἰδών με ἐξέκλινε·
11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
12διέσωσα γὰρ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου καὶ ὀρφανῷ, ᾧ οὐκ ἦν βοηθός, ἐβοήθησα.
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
13εὐλογία ἀπολλυμένου ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἔλθοι, στόμα δὲ χήρας με εὐλόγησε.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14δικαιοσύνην δὲ ἐνδεδύκειν, ἠμφιασάμην δὲ κρίμα ἴσα διπλοΐδι.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν, ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων, δίκην δὲ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα·
16I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
17συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων, ἐκ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξήρπασα.
17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18εἶπα δέ· ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος, πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω·
18Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
19ἡ ρίζα διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατος, καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου·
19My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
20ἡ δόξα μου κενὴ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ, καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύεται.
20My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'
21ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον, ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ·
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
22ἐπὶ τῷ ἐμῷ ρήματι οὐ προσέθεντο, περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγίνοντο ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλουν·
22After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν.
23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτούς, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσι, καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν·
24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25ἐξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις ὃν τρόπον παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν.
25I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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