| 1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: |
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ΥπολαβὼνδὲΒαλδαδοΣαυχίτηςλέγει
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| 2 | “How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? |
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Μέχριτίνοςλαλήσειςταῦτα;πνεῦμαπολυρῆμοντοῦστόματόςσου.
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| 3 | Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice? |
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μὴοκύριοςαδικήσεικρίνωνὴοτὰπάνταποιήσαςταράξειτὸδίκαιον;
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| 4 | If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression. |
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ειοιυιοίσουήμαρτονεναντίοναυτοῦ,απέστειλενενχειρὶανομίαςαυτῶν.
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| 5 | If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty, |
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σὺδὲόρθριζεπρὸςκύριονπαντοκράτοραδεόμενος.
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| 6 | If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place. |
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εικαθαρὸςεῖκαὶαληθινός,δεήσεωςεπακούσεταίσου,αποκαταστήσειδέσοιδίαιτανδικαιοσύνης·
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| 7 | Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly. |
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έσταιοῦντὰμὲνπρῶτάσουολίγα,τὰδὲέσχατάσουαμύθητα.
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| 8 | “For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers; |
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επερώτησονγὰργενεὰνπρώτην,εξιχνίασονδὲκατὰγένοςπατέρων·
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| 9 | For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow. |
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χθιζοὶγάρεσμενκαὶουκοίδαμεν,σκιὰγάρεστινημῶνεπὶτῆςγῆςοβίος.
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| 10 | Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart? |
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ῆουχοῦτοίσεδιδάξουσινκαὶαναγγελοῦσινκαὶεκκαρδίαςεξάξουσινρήματα;
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| 11 | “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water? |
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μὴθάλλειπάπυροςάνευύδατοςὴυψωθήσεταιβούτομονάνευπότου;
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| 12 | While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant. |
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έτιὸνεπὶρίζηςκαὶουμὴθερισθῆ,πρὸτοῦπιεῖνπᾶσαβοτάνηουχὶξηραίνεται.
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| 13 | So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish, |
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ούτωςτοίνυνέσταιτὰέσχαταπάντωντῶνεπιλανθανομένωντοῦκυρίου·ελπὶςγὰρασεβοῦςαπολεῖται.
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| 14 | Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web. |
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αοίκητοςγὰραυτοῦέσταιοοῖκος,αράχνηδὲαυτοῦαποβήσεταιησκηνή.
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| 15 | He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure. |
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εὰνυπερείσητὴνοικίαναυτοῦ,ουμὴστῆ·επιλαβομένουδὲαυτοῦουμὴυπομείνη·
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| 16 | He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden. |
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υγρὸςγάρεστινυπὸηλίου,καὶεκσαπρίαςαυτοῦοράδαμνοςαυτοῦεξελεύσεται.
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| 17 | His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones. |
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επὶσυναγωγὴνλίθωνκοιμᾶται,ενδὲμέσωχαλίκωνζήσεται.
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| 18 | If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’ |
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εὰνκαταπίη,οτόποςψεύσεταιαυτόν·ουχεόρακαςτοιαῦτα.
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| 19 | “Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow. |
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ότικαταστροφὴασεβοῦςτοιαύτη,εκδὲγῆςάλλοναναβλαστήσει.
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| 20 | Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers. |
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ογὰρκύριοςουμὴαποποιήσηταιτὸνάκακον,πᾶνδὲδῶρονασεβοῦςουδέξεται.
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| 21 | He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing. |
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αληθινῶνδὲστόμαεμπλήσειγέλωτος,τὰδὲχείληαυτῶνεξομολογήσεως·
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| 22 | Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.” |
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οιδὲεχθροὶαυτῶνενδύσονταιαισχύνην,δίαιταδὲασεβοῦςουκέσται.
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