Job 39
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
1ΕΙ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας, ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων;
2Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
2ἠρίθμησας δὲ μῆνας αὐτῶν πλήρεις τοκετοῦ αὐτῶν, ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔδυσας;
3They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.
3ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου; ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς;
4Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.
4ἀπορρήξουσι τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γεννήματι· ἐξελεύσονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς.
5“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
5τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον, δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν;
6whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
6ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον, καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα·
7He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
7καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως, μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων,
8The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.
8κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ.
9“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
9βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου;
10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
10δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ;
11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
11πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ, ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου;
12Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
12πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον, εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα;
13“The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
13πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεέλασα, ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ἀσίδα καὶ νέσσα·
14For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
14ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ὠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει
15and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
15καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει·
16She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
16ἀπεσκλήρυνε τὰ τέκνα ἑαυτῆς, ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτήν, εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου·
17because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
17ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ Θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐπεμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει.
18When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
18κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει, καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ.
19“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
19ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν, ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον;
20Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
20περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν, δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ;
21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
21ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ, ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύϊ·
22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
22συναντῶν βασιλεῖ καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου·
23The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
23ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα,
24He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
24καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσει, ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ·
25As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
25σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει· εὖγε. πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ.
26“Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
26ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ, ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας, ἀκίνητος, καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον;
27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
27ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός, γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται
28On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
28ἐπ᾿ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ;
29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
29ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα, πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσι·
30His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
30νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι, οὗ δ᾿ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες, παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται.
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