| 1 | “Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? |
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πότερονουχὶπειρατήριόνεστινοβίοςανθρώπουεπὶτῆςγῆςκαὶώσπερμισθίουαυθημερινοῦηζωὴαυτοῦ;
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| 2 | Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages, |
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ὴώσπερθεράπωνδεδοικὼςτὸνκύριοναυτοῦκαὶτετευχὼςσκιᾶςὴώσπερμισθωτὸςαναμένωντὸνμισθὸναυτοῦ.
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| 3 | So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed to me. |
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ούτωςκαγὼυπέμειναμῆναςκενούς,νύκτεςδὲοδυνῶνδεδομέναιμοίεισιν.
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| 4 | When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, And the night be ended?’ For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn. |
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εὰνκοιμηθῶ,λέγωΠότεημέρα;ωςδ᾿ὰναναστῶ,πάλινΠότεεσπέρα;πλήρηςδὲγίνομαιοδυνῶναπὸεσπέραςέωςπρωί.
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| 5 | My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh. |
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φύρεταιδέμουτὸσῶμαενσαπρίασκωλήκων,τήκωδὲβώλακαςγῆςαπὸιχῶροςξύων.
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| 6 | “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope. |
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οδὲβίοςμούεστινελαφρότεροςλαλιᾶς,απόλωλενδὲενκενῆελπίδι.
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| 7 | Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good. |
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μνήσθητιοῦνότιπνεῦμάμουηζωὴκαὶουκέτιεπανελεύσεταιοοφθαλμόςμουιδεῖναγαθόν.
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| 8 | The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be. |
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ουπεριβλέψεταίμεοφθαλμὸςορῶντόςμε·οιοφθαλμοίσουενεμοί,καὶουκέτιειμὶ
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| 9 | As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up. |
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ώσπερνέφοςαποκαθαρθὲναπ᾿ουρανοῦ.εὰνγὰράνθρωποςκαταβῆειςάδην,ουκέτιμὴαναβῆ
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| 10 | He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore. |
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ουδ᾿ουμὴεπιστρέψηέτιειςτὸνίδιονοῖκον,ουδὲμὴεπιγνῶαυτὸνέτιοτόποςαυτοῦ.
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| 11 | “Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. |
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ατὰροῦνουδὲεγὼφείσομαιτῶστόματίμου,λαλήσωενανάγκηών,ανοίξωπικρίανψυχῆςμουσυνεχόμενος.
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| 12 | Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me? |
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πότερονθάλασσάειμιὴδράκων,ότικατέταξαςεπ᾿εμὲφυλακήν;
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| 13 | When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’ |
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εῖπαότιΠαρακαλέσειμεηκλίνημου,ανοίσωδὲπρὸςεμαυτὸνιδίαλόγοντῆκοίτημου·
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| 14 | Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions, |
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εκφοβεῖςμεενυπνίοιςκαὶενοράμασίνμεκαταπλήσσεις.
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| 15 | So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body. |
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απαλλάξειςαπὸπνεύματόςμουτὴνψυχήνμου,απὸδὲθανάτουτὰοστᾶμου.
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| 16 | I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath. |
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ουγὰρειςτὸναιῶναζήσομαι,ίναμακροθυμήσω·απόστααπ᾿εμοῦ,κενὸςγάρμουοβίος.
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| 17 | “What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him, |
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τίγάρεστινάνθρωπος,ότιεμεγάλυναςαυτὸνὴότιπροσέχειςτὸννοῦνειςαυτὸν
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| 18 | That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment? |
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ὴεπισκοπὴναυτοῦποιήσηέωςτὸπρωὶκαὶειςανάπαυσιναυτὸνκρινεῖς;
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| 19 | How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva? |
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έωςτίνοςουκεᾶςμεουδὲπροίημε,έωςὰνκαταπίωτὸνπτύελόνμουενοδύνη;
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| 20 | Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself? |
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ειεγὼήμαρτον,τίδύναμαίσοιπρᾶξαι,οεπιστάμενοςτὸννοῦντῶνανθρώπων;διὰτίέθουμεκατεντευκτήνσου,ειμὶδὲεπὶσοὶφορτίον;
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| 21 | Why then do You not pardon my transgression, And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, And You will seek me diligently, But I will no longer be.” |
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καὶδιὰτίουκεποιήσωτῆςανομίαςμουλήθηνκαὶκαθαρισμὸντῆςαμαρτίαςμου;νυνὶδὲειςγῆναπελεύσομαι,ορθρίζωνδὲουκέτιειμί.
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