| 1 | Then Job answered and said: |
|
ΥπολαβὼνδὲΙωβλέγει
|
|
| 2 | “Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your consolation. |
|
Ακούσατεακούσατέμουτῶνλόγων,ίναμὴῆμοιπαρ᾿υμῶναύτηηπαράκλησις.
|
|
| 3 | Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking. |
|
άρατέμε,εγὼδὲλαλήσω,εῖτουκαταγελάσετέμου.
|
|
| 4 | “As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient? |
|
τίγάρ;μὴανθρώπουμουηέλεγξις;ὴδιὰτίουθυμωθήσομαι;
|
|
| 5 | Look at me and be astonished; Put your hand over your mouth. |
|
εισβλέψαντεςειςεμὲθαυμάσατεχεῖραθέντεςεπὶσιαγόνι.
|
|
| 6 | Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh. |
|
εάντεγὰρμνησθῶ,εσπούδακα,έχουσινδέμουτὰςσάρκαςοδύναι.
|
|
| 7 | Why do the wicked live and become old, Yes, become mighty in power? |
|
διὰτίασεβεῖςζῶσιν,πεπαλαίωνταιδὲκαὶενπλούτω;
|
|
| 8 | Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. |
|
οσπόροςαυτῶνκατὰψυχήν,τὰδὲτέκνααυτῶνενοφθαλμοῖς.
|
|
| 9 | Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them. |
|
οιοῖκοιαυτῶνευθηνοῦσιν,φόβοςδὲουδαμοῦ,μάστιξδὲπαρὰκυρίουουκέστινεπ᾿αυτοῖς.
|
|
| 10 | Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage. |
|
ηβοῦςαυτῶνουκωμοτόκησεν,διεσώθηδὲαυτῶνενγαστρὶέχουσακαὶουκέσφαλεν.
|
|
| 11 | They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. |
|
μένουσινδὲωςπρόβατααιώνια,τὰδὲπαιδίααυτῶνπροσπαίζουσιν
|
|
| 12 | They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute. |
|
αναλαβόντεςψαλτήριονκαὶκιθάρανκαὶευφραίνονταιφωνῆψαλμοῦ.
|
|
| 13 | They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. |
|
συνετέλεσανδὲεναγαθοῖςτὸνβίοναυτῶν,ενδὲαναπαύσειάδουεκοιμήθησαν.
|
|
| 14 | Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. |
|
λέγειδὲκυρίωΑπόστααπ᾿εμοῦ,οδούςσουειδέναιουβούλομαι·
|
|
| 15 | Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’ |
|
τίικανός,ότιδουλεύσομεναυτῶ;καὶτίςωφέλεια,ότιαπαντήσομεναυτῶ;
|
|
| 16 | Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
|
ενχερσὶνγὰρῆναυτῶντὰαγαθά,έργαδὲασεβῶνουκεφορᾶ.
|
|
| 17 | “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger? |
|
ουμὴνδὲαλλὰκαὶασεβῶνλύχνοςσβεσθήσεται,επελεύσεταιδὲαυτοῖςηκαταστροφή,ωδῖνεςδὲαυτοὺςέξουσιναπὸοργῆς.
|
|
| 18 | They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away. |
|
έσονταιδὲώσπεράχυραπρὸανέμουὴώσπερκονιορτός,ὸνυφείλατολαῖλαψ.
|
|
| 19 | They say, ‘God lays up one’s iniquity for his children’; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it. |
|
εκλίποιυιοὺςτὰυπάρχοντααυτοῦ·ανταποδώσειπρὸςαυτὸνκαὶγνώσεται.
|
|
| 20 | Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
|
ίδοισανοιοφθαλμοὶαυτοῦτὴνεαυτοῦσφαγήν,απὸδὲκυρίουμὴδιασωθείη·
|
|
| 21 | For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half? |
|
ότιτίθέλημααυτοῦενοίκωαυτοῦμετ᾿αυτόν;καὶαριθμοὶμηνῶναυτοῦδιηρέθησαν.
|
|
| 22 | “Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high? |
|
πότερονουχὶοκύριόςεστινοδιδάσκωνσύνεσινκαὶεπιστήμην;αυτὸςδὲφόνουςδιακρινεῖ.
|
|
| 23 | One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure; |
|
οῦτοςαποθανεῖταιενκράτειαπλοσύνηςαυτοῦ,όλοςδὲευπαθῶνκαὶευθηνῶν·
|
|
| 24 | His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist. |
|
τὰδὲέγκατααυτοῦπλήρηστέατος,μυελὸςδὲαυτοῦδιαχεῖται.
|
|
| 25 | Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure. |
|
οδὲτελευτᾶυπὸπικρίαςψυχῆςουφαγὼνουδὲναγαθόν.
|
|
| 26 | They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them. |
|
ομοθυμαδὸνδὲεπὶγῆςκοιμῶνται,σαπρίαδὲαυτοὺςεκάλυψεν.
|
|
| 27 | “Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me. |
|
ώστεοῖδαυμᾶςότιτόλμηεπίκεισθέμοι·
|
|
| 28 | For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?’ |
|
ότιερεῖτεΠοῦεστινοῖκοςάρχοντος;καὶποῦεστινησκέπητῶνσκηνωμάτωντῶνασεβῶν;
|
|
| 29 | Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs? |
|
ερωτήσατεπαραπορευομένουςοδόν,καὶτὰσημεῖααυτῶνουκαπαλλοτριώσετε·
|
|
| 30 | For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath. |
|
ότιειςημέραναπωλείαςκουφίζεταιοπονηρός,ειςημέρανοργῆςαυτοῦαπαχθήσονται.
|
|
| 31 | Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him for what he has done? |
|
τίςαπαγγελεῖεπὶπροσώπουαυτοῦτὴνοδὸναυτοῦ;καὶαυτὸςεποίησεν,τίςανταποδώσειαυτῶ;
|
|
| 32 | Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb. |
|
καὶαυτὸςειςτάφουςαπηνέχθηκαὶεπὶσορῶηγρύπνησεν.
|
|
| 33 | The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless have gone before him. |
|
εγλυκάνθησαναυτῶχάλικεςχειμάρρου,καὶοπίσωαυτοῦπᾶςάνθρωποςαπελεύσεται,καὶέμπροσθεναυτοῦαναρίθμητοι.
|
|
| 34 | How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?” |
|
πῶςδὲπαρακαλεῖτέμεκενά;τὸδὲεμὲκαταπαύσασθαιαφ᾿υμῶνουδέν.
|
