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Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
World English Bible
1ΕΙ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας, ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων;
1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
2ἠρίθμησας δὲ μῆνας αὐτῶν πλήρεις τοκετοῦ αὐτῶν, ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔδυσας;
2Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου; ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς;
3They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.
4ἀπορρήξουσι τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γεννήματι· ἐξελεύσονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς.
4Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.
5τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον, δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν;
5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
6ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον, καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα·
6whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
7καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως, μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων,
7He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
8κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ.
8The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.
9βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου;
9“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ;
10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
11πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ, ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου;
11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
12πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον, εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα;
12Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
13πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεέλασα, ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ἀσίδα καὶ νέσσα·
13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
14ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ὠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει
14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
15καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει·
15and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
16ἀπεσκλήρυνε τὰ τέκνα ἑαυτῆς, ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτήν, εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου·
16She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
17ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ Θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐπεμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει.
17because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
18κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει, καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ.
18When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
19ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν, ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον;
19“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
20περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν, δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ;
20Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
21ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ, ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύϊ·
21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
22συναντῶν βασιλεῖ καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου·
22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
23ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα,
23The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
24καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσει, ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ·
24He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει· εὖγε. πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ.
25As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ, ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας, ἀκίνητος, καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον;
26“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
27ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός, γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται
27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
28ἐπ᾿ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ;
28On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
29ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα, πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσι·
29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
30νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι, οὗ δ᾿ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες, παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται.
30His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
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