Job 29
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Job again took up his parable, and said,
1ΕΤΙ δὲ προσθεὶς Ἰὼβ εἶπε τῷ προοιμίῳ·
2“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
2τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν, ὧν με ὁ Θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν;
3when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
3ὡς ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου, ὅτε τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπορευόμην ἐν σκότει·
4as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
4ὅτε ἤμην ἐπιβρίθων ὁδούς, ὅτε ὁ Θεὸς ἐπισκοπὴν ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ οἴκου μου·
5when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
5ὅτε ἤμην ὑλώδης λίαν, κύκλῳ δέ μου οἱ παῖδες·
6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
6ὅτε ἐχέοντο αἱ ὁδοί μου βουτύρῳ, τὰ δὲ ὄρη μου ἐχέοντο γάλακτι·
7when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
7ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθιος ἐν πόλει, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος.
8The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
8ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν, πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν·
9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
9ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες, δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι.
10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
10οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐμακάρισάν με, καὶ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν ἐκολλήθη·
11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,
11ὅτι οὖς ἤκουσε καὶ ἐμακάρισέ με, ὀφθαλμὸς δὲ ἰδών με ἐξέκλινε·
12because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
12διέσωσα γὰρ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου καὶ ὀρφανῷ, ᾧ οὐκ ἦν βοηθός, ἐβοήθησα.
13the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
13εὐλογία ἀπολλυμένου ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἔλθοι, στόμα δὲ χήρας με εὐλόγησε.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
14δικαιοσύνην δὲ ἐνδεδύκειν, ἠμφιασάμην δὲ κρίμα ἴσα διπλοΐδι.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
15ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν, ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν.
16I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
16ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων, δίκην δὲ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα·
17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
17συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων, ἐκ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξήρπασα.
18Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.
18εἶπα δέ· ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος, πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω·
19My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
19ἡ ρίζα διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατος, καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου·
20My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
20ἡ δόξα μου κενὴ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ, καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύεται.
21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
21ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον, ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ·
22After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
22ἐπὶ τῷ ἐμῷ ρήματι οὐ προσέθεντο, περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγίνοντο ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλουν·
23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
23ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν.
24I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.
24ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτούς, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσι, καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν·
25I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
25ἐξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις ὃν τρόπον παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν.
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