ΙΩΒ 9
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει·
1And Job answered, and said:
2ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείας οἶδα, ὅτι οὕτως ἐστί· πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ Κυρίῳ;
2Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
3ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων·
3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
4σοφὸς γάρ ἐστι διανοίᾳ, κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας. τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν;
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?
5ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν, ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ·
5Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.
6ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων, οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται·
6Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει, κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει·
7Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal:
8ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος, καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ᾿ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης·
8Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.
9ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ Ἓσπερον καὶ Ἀρκτοῦρον, καὶ ταμιεῖα νότου·
9Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
10ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.
10Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.
11ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με, οὐ μὴ ἴδω· ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με, οὐδ᾿ ὧς ἔγνων.
11If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.
12ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ, τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· τί ἐποίησας;
12If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?
13αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν, ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν.
13God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.
14ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται, ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ρήματά μου·
14What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?
15ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου, τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήομαι·
15I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.
16ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ, οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέ μου τῆς φωνῆς.
16And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.
17μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ; πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκε διακενῆς·
17For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.
18οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι, ἐνέπλησε δέ με πικρίας.
18He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
19ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ· τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται;
19If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.
20ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει· ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος, σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι.
20If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
21εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα, οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ, πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή.
21Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.
22διὸ εἶπον· μέγα καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή,
22One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.
23ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ, ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται·
23If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.
24παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς. πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει· εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός ἐστι, τίς ἐστιν;
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?
25ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως· ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν.
25My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
26ἢ καί ἐστι ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν;
26They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
27ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω, ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν, συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω.
27If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
28σείομαι πᾶσι τοῖς μέλεσιν, οἶδα γάρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῶόν με ἐάσεις.
28I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.
29ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής, διατί οὐκ ἀπέθανον;
29But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?
30ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶ καθαραῖς,
30If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:
31ἱκανῶς ἐν ρύπῳ με ἔβαψας, ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή·
31Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me,
32οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ᾿ ἐμέ, ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι, ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν.
32For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.
33εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων·
33There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.
34ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ τὴν ράβδον, ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω,
34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
35καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῷ, ἀλλὰ λαλήσω· οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι.
35I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.
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