ΙΩΒ 38
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1ΜΕΤΑ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ἐλιοὺν τῆς λέξεως εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Ἰὼβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν·
1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
2τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν, συνέχων δὲ ρήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ, ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν;
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου, ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι.
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
4ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν; ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν.
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding.
5τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς, εἰ οἶδας; ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς;
5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
6ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασι; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς;
6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
7ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα, ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου.
7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις, ὅτε ἐμαιοῦτο ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη.
8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;
9ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα.
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια, περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας.
10And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,
11εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ· μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα.
11And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'?
12ἦ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωϊνόν; ἑωσφόρος δὲ εἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν
12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;
13ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς, ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς;
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
14ἦ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν ἔπλασας ζῷον καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπί γῆς;
14It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15ἀφεῖλες δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς, βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας;
15But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.
16ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
17ἀνοίγονταί δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου, πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν;
17Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν; ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι, πόση τίς ἐστι;
18Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
19ἐν ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς; σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος;
19Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;
20εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν;
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21οἶδας ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι, ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς;
21Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
22ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος, θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑώρακας;
22Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
23ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμων καὶ μάχης;
23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη ἢ διασκεδάννυται νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν;
24By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
25τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ρύσιν, ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν
25Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
26τοῦ ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ γῆν, οὗ οὐκ ἀνήρ, ἔρημον, οὗ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτῇ,
26To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης;
27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ; τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου,
28Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29ἐκ γαστρὸς δέ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,
29Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ρέον; πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπληξε;
30The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας;
31Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32ἦ διανοίξεις μαζουρὼθ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἓσπερον ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτά;
32Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?
33ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα;
33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
34καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρου ὑπακούσεταί σου;
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται; ἐροῦσι δέ σοι· τί ἐστι;
35Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'?
36τίς δὲ ἔδωκε γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην;
36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
37τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ, οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινε;
37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
38κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία, κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον.
38When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
39θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσι βοράν, ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπρήσεις;
39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40δεδοίκασι γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν, κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες.
40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασε κόρακι βοράν; νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Κύριον κεκράγασι πλανώμενοι, τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες.
41Who provideth for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food?
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