ΙΩΒ 41
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
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1ΟΥΧ ἑώρακας αὐτόν, οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις τεθαύμακας;
1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
2οὐ δέδοικας ὅτι ἡτοίμασταί μοι; τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐμοὶ ἀντιστάς;
2Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί μοι καὶ ὑπομενεῖ, εἰ πᾶσα ἡ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ἐμή ἐστιν;
3Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
4οὐ σιωπήσομαι δι᾿ αὐτόν, καὶ λόγον δυνάμεως ἐλεήσει τὸν ἴσον αὐτῷ.
4Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
5τίς ἀποκαλύψει πρόσωπον ἐνδύσεως αὐτοῦ, εἰς δὲ πτύξιν θώρακος αὐτοῦ τίς ἂν εἰσέλθοι;
5Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
6πύλας προσώπου αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνοίξει; κύκλῳ ὀδόντων αὐτοῦ φόβος.
6Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?
7τὰ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ ἀσπίδες χάλκεαι, σύνδεσμος δὲ αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ σμυρίτης λίθος·
7Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
8εἷς τοῦ ἑνὸς κολλῶνται, πνεῦμα δὲ οὐ μὴ διέλθῃ αὐτόν·
8Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
9ἀνὴρ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται, συνέχονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποσπασθῶσιν.
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10ἐν πταρμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπιφαύσκεται φέγγος, οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἶδος Ἑωσφόρου.
10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
11ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύονται ὡς λαμπάδες καιόμεναι καὶ διαρριπτοῦνται ὡς ἐσχάραι πυρός.
11Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
12ἐκ μυκτήρων αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται καπνὸς καμίνου καιομένης πυρὶ ἀνθράκων.
12“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
13ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἄνθρακες, φλὸξ δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται.
13Who can strip off his outer garment? Who will come within his jaws?
14ἐν δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ αὐλίζεται δύναμις, ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ τρέχει ἀπώλεια.
14Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
15σάρκες δὲ σώματος αὐτοῦ κεκόλληνται· καταχέει ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, οὐ σαλευθήσεται.
15Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.
16ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ πέπηγεν ὡς λίθος, ἕστηκε δὲ ὥσπερ ἄκμων ἀνήλατος.
16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17στραφέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ, φόβος θηρίοις τετράποσιν ἐπὶ γῆς ἁλλομένοις.
17They are joined to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.
18ἐὰν συναντήσωσιν αὐτῷ λόγχαι, οὐδὲν μὴ ποιήσωσι δόρυ καὶ θώρακα·
18His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19ἥγηται μὲν γὰρ σίδηρον ἄχυρα, χαλκὸν δὲ ὥσπερ ξύλον σαθρόν.
19Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap out.
20οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκεον, ἥγηται μὲν πετροβόλον χόρτον·
20Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
21ὡς καλάμη ἐλογίσθησαν σφῦραι, καταγελᾷ δὲ σεισμοῦ πυρφόρου.
21His breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.
22ἡ στρωμνὴ αὐτοῦ ὀβελίσκοι ὀξεῖς, πᾶς δὲ χρυσὸς θαλάσσης ὑπ᾿ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ πηλὸς ἀμύθητος.
22There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.
23ἀναζεῖ τὴν ἄβυσσον ὥσπερ χαλκεῖον, ἥγηται δὲ τὴν θάλασσαν ὥσπερ ἐξάλειπτρον,
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.
24τὸν δὲ τάρταρον τῆς ἀβύσσου ὥσπερ αἰχμάλωτον· ἐλογίσατο ἄβυσσον εἰς περίπατον.
24His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
25οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὅμοιον αὐτῷ πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων μου·
25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.
26πᾶν ὑψηλὸν ὁρᾷ, αὐτὸς δὲ βασιλεὺς πάντων τῶν ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν.
26If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
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27He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
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28The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
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29Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
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30His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
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31He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
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32He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
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33On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.
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34He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”
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