| 1 | Job further continued his discourse, and said: |
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ΈτιδὲπροσθεὶςΙωβεῖπεντῶπροοιμίω
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| 2 | “Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me; |
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Τίςάνμεθείηκατὰμῆναέμπροσθενημερῶν,ῶνμεοθεὸςεφύλαξεν;
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| 3 | When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness; |
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ωςότεηύγειολύχνοςαυτοῦυπὲρκεφαλῆςμου,ότετῶφωτὶαυτοῦεπορευόμηνενσκότει·
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| 4 | Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent; |
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ότεήμηνεπιβρίθωνοδοῖς,ότεοθεὸςεπισκοπὴνεποιεῖτοτοῦοίκουμου·
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| 5 | When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me; |
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ότεήμηνυλώδηςλίαν,κύκλωδέμουοιπαῖδες·
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| 6 | When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me! |
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ότεεχέοντόμουαιοδοὶβουτύρω,τὰδὲόρημουεχέοντογάλακτι·
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| 7 | “When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square, |
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ότεεξεπορευόμηνόρθριοςενπόλει,ενδὲπλατείαιςετίθετόμουοδίφρος.
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| 8 | The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood; |
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ιδόντεςμενεανίσκοιεκρύβησαν,πρεσβῦταιδὲπάντεςέστησαν·
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| 9 | The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth; |
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αδροὶδὲεπαύσαντολαλοῦντεςδάκτυλονεπιθέντεςεπὶστόματι.
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| 10 | The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. |
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οιδὲακούσαντεςεμακάρισάνμε,καὶγλῶσσααυτῶντῶλάρυγγιαυτῶνεκολλήθη·
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| 11 | When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me; |
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ότιοῦςήκουσενκαὶεμακάρισένμε,οφθαλμὸςδὲιδώνμεεξέκλινεν.
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| 12 | Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. |
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διέσωσαγὰρπτωχὸνεκχειρὸςδυνάστουκαὶορφανῶ,ῶουκῆνβοηθός,εβοήθησα·
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| 13 | The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. |
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ευλογίααπολλυμένουεπ᾿εμὲέλθοι,στόμαδὲχήραςμεευλόγησεν.
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| 14 | I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban. |
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δικαιοσύνηνδὲενεδεδύκειν,ημφιασάμηνδὲκρίμαίσαδιπλοίδι.
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| 15 | I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame. |
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οφθαλμὸςήμηντυφλῶν,ποὺςδὲχωλῶν.
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| 16 | I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know. |
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εγὼήμηνπατὴραδυνάτων,δίκηνδέ,ὴνουκήδειν,εξιχνίασα·
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| 17 | I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth. |
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συνέτριψαδὲμύλαςαδίκων,εκδὲμέσουτῶνοδόντωναυτῶνάρπαγμαεξέσπασα.
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| 18 | “Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand. |
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εῖπαδέΗηλικίαμουγηράσει,ώσπερστέλεχοςφοίνικοςπολὺνχρόνονβιώσω·
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| 19 | My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch. |
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ηρίζαμουδιήνοικταιεπὶύδατος,καὶδρόσοςαυλισθήσεταιεντῶθερισμῶμου·
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| 20 | My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’ |
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ηδόξαμουκαινὴμετ᾿εμοῦ,καὶτὸτόξονμουενχειρὶαυτοῦπορεύσεται.
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| 21 | “Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. |
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εμοῦακούσαντεςπροσέσχον,εσιώπησανδὲεπὶτῆεμῆβουλῆ·
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| 22 | After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew. |
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επὶδὲτῶεμῶρήματιουπροσέθεντο,περιχαρεῖςδὲεγίνοντο,οπόταναυτοῖςελάλουν·
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| 23 | They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain. |
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ώσπεργῆδιψῶσαπροσδεχομένητὸνυετόν,ούτωςοῦτοιτὴνεμὴνλαλιάν.
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| 24 | If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down. |
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εὰνγελάσωπρὸςαυτούς,ουμὴπιστεύσωσιν,καὶφῶςτοῦπροσώπουμουουκαπέπιπτεν·
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| 25 | I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners. |
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εξελεξάμηνοδὸναυτῶνκαὶεκάθισαάρχωνκαὶκατεσκήνουνωσεὶβασιλεὺςενμονοζώνοιςὸντρόπονπαθεινοὺςπαρακαλῶν.
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