| 1 | “I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman? |
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διαθήκηνεθέμηντοῖςοφθαλμοῖςμουκαὶουσυνήσωεπὶπαρθένον.
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| 2 | For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? |
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καὶτίεμέρισενοθεὸςαπάνωθενκαὶκληρονομίαικανοῦεξυψίστων;
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| 3 | Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity? |
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ουχὶαπώλειατῶαδίκωκαὶαπαλλοτρίωσιςτοῖςποιοῦσινανομίαν;
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| 4 | Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps? |
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ουχὶαυτὸςόψεταιοδόνμουκαὶπάντατὰδιαβήματάμουεξαριθμήσεται;
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| 5 | “If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit, |
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ειδὲήμηνπεπορευμένοςμετὰγελοιαστῶν,ειδὲκαὶεσπούδασενοπούςμουειςδόλον,
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| 6 | Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity. |
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ισταίημεάραενζυγῶδικαίω,οῖδενδὲοκύριοςτὴνακακίανμου.
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| 7 | If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands, |
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ειεξέκλινενοπούςμουεκτῆςοδοῦ,ειδὲκαὶτῶοφθαλμῶεπηκολούθησενηκαρδίαμου,ειδὲκαὶταῖςχερσίνμουηψάμηνδώρων,
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| 8 | Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out. |
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σπείραιμιάρακαὶάλλοιφάγοισαν,άρριζοςδὲγενοίμηνεπὶγῆς.
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| 9 | “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, |
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ειεξηκολούθησενηκαρδίαμουγυναικὶανδρὸςετέρου,εικαὶεγκάθετοςεγενόμηνεπὶθύραιςαυτῆς,
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| 10 | Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her. |
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αρέσαιάρακαὶηγυνήμουετέρω,τὰδὲνήπιάμουταπεινωθείη·
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| 11 | For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment. |
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θυμὸςγὰροργῆςακατάσχετοςτὸμιᾶναιανδρὸςγυναῖκα·
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| 12 | For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase. |
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πῦργάρεστινκαιόμενονεπὶπάντωντῶνμερῶν,οῦδ᾿ὰνεπέλθη,εκριζῶναπώλεσεν.
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| 13 | “If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me, |
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ειδὲκαὶεφαύλισακρίμαθεράποντόςμουὴθεραπαίνηςκρινομένωναυτῶνπρόςμε,
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| 14 | What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him? |
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τίγὰρποιήσω,εὰνέτασίνμουποιήσηταιοκύριος;εὰνδὲκαὶεπισκοπήν,τίνααπόκρισινποιήσομαι;
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| 15 | Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb? |
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πότερονουχωςκαὶεγὼεγενόμηνενγαστρί,καὶεκεῖνοιγεγόνασιν;γεγόναμενδὲεντῆαυτῆκοιλία.
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| 16 | “If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, |
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αδύνατοιδὲχρείαν,ήνποτεῖχον,ουκαπέτυχον,χήραςδὲτὸνοφθαλμὸνουκεξέτηξα.
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| 17 | Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it |
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ειδὲκαὶτὸνψωμόνμουέφαγονμόνοςκαὶουχὶορφανῶμετέδωκα·
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| 18 | (But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow); |
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ότιεκνεότητόςμουεξέτρεφονωςπατὴρκαὶεκγαστρὸςμητρόςμουωδήγησα·
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| 19 | If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering; |
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ειδὲκαὶυπερεῖδονγυμνὸναπολλύμενονκαὶουκημφίασα,
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| 20 | If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; |
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αδύνατοιδὲειμὴευλόγησάνμε,απὸδὲκουρᾶςαμνῶνμουεθερμάνθησανοιῶμοιαυτῶν,
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| 21 | If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate; |
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ειεπῆραορφανῶχεῖραπεποιθὼςότιπολλήμοιβοήθειαπερίεστιν,
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| 22 | Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket. |
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αποσταίηάραοῶμόςμουαπὸτῆςκλειδός,οδὲβραχίωνμουαπὸτοῦαγκῶνόςμουσυντριβείη.
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| 23 | For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure. |
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φόβοςγὰρκυρίουσυνέσχενμε,καὶαπὸτοῦλήμματοςαυτοῦουχυποίσω.
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| 24 | “If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’; |
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ειέταξαχρυσίονισχύνμου,ειδὲκαὶλίθωπολυτελεῖεπεποίθησα,
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| 25 | If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much; |
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ειδὲκαὶευφράνθηνπολλοῦπλούτουμοιγενομένου,ειδὲκαὶεπ᾿αναριθμήτοιςεθέμηνχεῖράμου,
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| 26 | If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness, |
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ῆουχορῶμὲνήλιοντὸνεπιφαύσκονταεκλείποντα,σελήνηνδὲφθίνουσαν;ουγὰρεπ᾿αυτοῖςεστιν.
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| 27 | So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand; |
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καὶειηπατήθηλάθραηκαρδίαμου,ειδὲκαὶχεῖράμουεπιθεὶςεπὶστόματίμουεφίλησα,
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| 28 | This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above. |
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καὶτοῦτόμοιάραανομίαημεγίστηλογισθείη,ότιεψευσάμηνεναντίονκυρίουτοῦυψίστου.
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| 29 | “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him |
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ειδὲκαὶεπιχαρὴςεγενόμηνπτώματιεχθρῶνμουκαὶεῖπενηκαρδίαμουΕῦγε,
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| 30 | (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul); |
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ακούσαιάρατὸοῦςμουτὴνκατάρανμου,θρυληθείηνδὲάραυπὸλαοῦμουκακούμενος.
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| 31 | If the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’ |
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ειδὲκαὶπολλάκιςεῖποναιθεράπαιναίμουΤίςὰνδώηημῖντῶνσαρκῶναυτοῦπλησθῆναι;λίανμουχρηστοῦόντος·
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| 32 | (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler); |
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έξωδὲουκηυλίζετοξένος,ηδὲθύραμουπαντὶελθόντιανέωκτο.
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| 33 | If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, |
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ειδὲκαὶαμαρτὼνακουσίωςέκρυψατὴναμαρτίανμου,
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| 34 | Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door— |
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ουγὰρδιετράπηνπολυοχλίανπλήθουςτοῦμὴεξαγορεῦσαιενώπιοναυτῶν,ειδὲκαὶείασααδύνατονεξελθεῖνθύρανμουκόλπωκενῶ,
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| 35 | Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book! |
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τίςδώηακούοντάμου;χεῖραδὲκυρίουειμὴεδεδοίκειν,συγγραφὴνδέ,ὴνεῖχονκατάτινος,
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| 36 | Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown; |
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επ᾿ώμοιςὰνπεριθέμενοςστέφανονανεγίνωσκον,
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| 37 | I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him. |
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καὶειμὴρήξαςαυτὴναπέδωκαουθὲνλαβὼνπαρὰχρεοφειλέτου,
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| 38 | “If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together; |
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ειεπ᾿εμοίποτεηγῆεστέναξεν,ειδὲκαὶοιαύλακεςαυτῆςέκλαυσανομοθυμαδόν,
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| 39 | If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives; |
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ειδὲκαὶτὴνισχὺναυτῆςέφαγονμόνοςάνευτιμῆς,ειδὲκαὶψυχὴνκυρίουτῆςγῆςεκβαλὼνελύπησα,
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| 40 | Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended. |
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αντὶπυροῦάραεξέλθοιμοικνίδη,αντὶδὲκριθῆςβάτος.ΚαὶεπαύσατοΙωβρήμασιν.
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