Job 33
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
1ΟΥ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἄκουσον, Ἰώβ, τὰ ρήματά μου καὶ λαλιὰν ἐνωτίζου μου·
2See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
2ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἤνοιξα τὸ στόμα μου, καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἡ γλῶσσά μου.
3My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
3καθαρά μου ἡ καρδία ρήμασι, σύνεσις δὲ χειλέων μου καθαρὰ νοήσει.
4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
4πνεῦμα θεῖον τὸ ποιῆσάν με, πνοὴ δὲ Παντοκράτορος ἡ διδάσκουσά με.
5If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
5ἐὰν δύνῃ, δός μοι ἀπόκρισιν πρὸς ταῦτα· ὑπόμεινον, στῆθι κατ᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐγὼ κατὰ σέ.
6Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
6ἐκ πηλοῦ διήρτισαι σὺ ὡς καὶ ἐγώ, ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ διηρτίσμεθα.
7Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
7οὐχ ὁ φόβος μού σε στροβήσει, οὐδὲ ἡ χείρ μου βαρεῖα ἔσται ἐπὶ σοί.
8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
8πλὴν εἶπας ἐν ὠσί μου, φωνὴν ρημάτων σου ἀκήκοα,
9‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
9διότι λέγεις· καθαρός εἰμι οὐχ ἁμαρτών, ἄμεμπτός εἰμι, οὐ γὰρ ἠνόμησα.
10Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
10μέμψιν δὲ κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ εὗρεν, ἥγηται δέ με ὥσπερ ὑπεναντίον·
11He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
11ἔθετο δὲ ἐν ξύλῳ τὸν πόδα μου, ἐφύλαξε δέ μου πάσας τὰς ὁδούς·
12“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
12πῶς γὰρ λέγεις· δίκαιός εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἐπακήκοέ μου; αἰώνιος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐπάνω βροτῶν.
13Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
13λέγεις δέ· διατί τῆς δίκης μου οὐκ ἐπακήκοέ μου πᾶν ρῆμα;
14For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
14ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἅπαξ λαλῆσαι ὁ Κύριος, ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
15ἐνύπνιον, ἢ ἐν μελέτῃ νυκτερινῇ, ὡς ὅταν ἐπιπίπτῃ δεινὸς φόβος ἐπ᾿ ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ νυσταγμάτων ἐπὶ κοίτης.
16then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
16τότε ἀνακαλύπτει νοῦν ἀνθρώπων, ἐν εἴδεσι φόβου τοιούτοις αὐτοὺς ἐξεφόβησεν
17that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
17ἀποστρέψαι ἄνθρωπον ἀπὸ ἀδικίας, τὸ δὲ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πτώματος ἐρρύσατο.
18He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
18ἐφείσατο δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ θανάτου καὶ μὴ πεσεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολέμῳ.
19“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
19πάλιν δὲ ἤλεγξεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ μαλακίᾳ ἐπὶ κοίτης καὶ πλῆθος ὀστῶν αὐτοῦ ἐνάρκησε·
20so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
20πᾶν δὲ βρωτὸν σίτου οὐ μὴ δύνηται προσδέξασθαι καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ βρῶσιν ἐπιθυμήσει,
21His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
21ἕως ἂν σαπῶσιν αὐτοῦ αἱ σάρκες καὶ ἀποδείξῃ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ κενά·
22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
22ἤγγισε δὲ εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, ἡ δὲ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾅδη.
23“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
23ἐὰν ὦσι χίλιοι ἄγγελοι θανατηφόροι, εἷς αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτόν· ἐὰν νοήσῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐπιστραφῆναι πρὸς Κύριον, ἀναγγείλῃ δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μέμψιν, τὴν δὲ ἄνοιαν αὐτοῦ δείξῃ,
24then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
24ἀνθέξεται τοῦ μὴ πεσεῖν εἰς θάνατον, ἀνανεώσει δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα ὥσπερ ἀλοιφὴν ἐπὶ τοίχου, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐμπλήσει μυελοῦ·
25His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
25ἁπαλυνεῖ δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰς σάρκας ὥσπερ νηπίου, ἀποκαταστήσει δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνδρωθέντα ἐν ἀνθρώποις.
26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
26εὐξάμενος δὲ πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ δεκτὰ αὐτῷ ἔσται, εἰσελεύσεται προσώπῳ ἱλαρῷ σὺν ἐξηγορίᾳ· ἀποδώσει δὲ ἀνθρώποις δικαιοσύνην.
27He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
27εἶτα τότε ἀπομέμψεται ἄνθρωπος αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ λέγον· οἷα συνετέλουν καὶ οὐκ ἄξια ἤτασέ με ὧν ἥμαρτον.
28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
28σῶσον ψυχήν μου τοῦ μὴ ἐλθεῖν εἰς διαφθοράν, καὶ ἡ ζωή μου φῶς ὄψεται.
29“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
29ἰδοὺ ταῦτα πάντα ἐργᾶται ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ὁδοὺς τρεῖς μετὰ ἀνδρός.
30to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
30καὶ ἐρρύσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου, ἵνα ἡ ζωή μου ἐν φωτὶ αἰνῇ αὐτόν.
31Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
31ἐνωτίζου, Ἰώβ, καὶ ἄκουέ μου· κώφευσον, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι λαλήσω.
32If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
32εἰ εἰσί σοι λόγοι, ἀποκρίθητί μοι· λάλησον, θέλω γὰρ δικαιωθῆναί σε.
33If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
33εἰ μή, σὺ ἄκουσόν μου· κώφευσον καὶ διδάξω σε σοφίαν.
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