| ΙΩΒ | << Job: 13 >> | The Septuagint (Brenton) | |
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| 1 | ἰδοὺ ταῦτα ἑώρακέν μου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ ἀκήκοέν μου τὸ οὖς· | Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard [them]. | |
| 2 | καὶ οἶδα ὅσα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε, καὶ οὐκ ἀσυνετώτερός εἰμι ὑμῶν. | And I know all that you too know; and I have not less understanding than you. | |
| 3 | οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλ' ἐγὼ πρὸς κύριον λαλήσω, ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται. | Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will. | |
| 4 | ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε ἰατροὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ἰαταὶ κακῶν πάντες. | But you are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases. | |
| 5 | εἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι, καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς σοφίαν. | But would that you were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end. | |
| 6 | ἀκούσατε ἔλεγχον στόματός μου, κρίσιν δὲ χειλέων μου προσέχετε. | But hear you the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips. | |
| 7 | πότερον οὐκ ἔναντι κυρίου λαλεῖτε, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεσθε δόλον; | Do you not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him? | |
| 8 | ἦ ὑποστελεῖσθε; ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γένεσθε. | Or will you draw back? nay do, you yourselves be judges. | |
| 9 | καλόν γε, ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς· εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ, | For [it were] well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things [in your power] you should attach yourselves to him, | |
| 10 | οὐθὲν ἧττον ἐλέγξει ὑμᾶς· εἰ δὲ καὶ κρυφῇ πρόσωπα θαυμάσετε, | he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover you should secretly respect persons, | |
| 11 | πότερον οὐχὶ δεινὰ αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶς, φόβος δὲ παρ' αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν; | shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you? | |
| 12 | ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ ἀγαυρίαμα ἴσα σποδῷ, τὸ δὲ σῶμα πήλινον. | And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body [like a body] of clay. | |
| 13 | κωφεύσατε, ἵνα λαλήσω καὶ ἀναπαύσωμαι θυμοῦ | Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from [mine] anger, | |
| 14 | ἀναλαβὼν τὰς σάρκας μου τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν, ψυχὴν δέ μου θήσω ἐν χειρί. | while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. | |
| 15 | ἐάν με χειρώσηται ὁ δυνάστης, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἦρκται, ἦ μὴν λαλήσω καὶ ἐλέγξω ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ· | Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him. | |
| 16 | καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν, οὐ γὰρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ δόλος εἰσελεύσεται. | And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him. | |
| 17 | ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε τὰ ῥήματά μου· ἀναγγελῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων. | Hear, hear you my words, for I will declare in your hearing. | |
| 18 | ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγγύς εἰμι τοῦ κρίματός μου, οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι δίκαιος ἀναφανοῦμαι. | Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just. | |
| 19 | τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενός μοι; ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω. | For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire? | |
| 20 | δυεῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ· τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι·507 | But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from your face. | |
| 21 | τὴν χεῖρα ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἀπέχου, καὶ ὁ φόβος σου μή με καταπλησσέτω. | Withhold [thine] hand from me: and let not your fear terrify me. | |
| 22 | εἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι· ἢ λαλήσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι δώσω ἀνταπόκρισιν. | Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: or you shall speak, and I will give you an answer. | |
| 23 | πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου καὶ αἱ ἀνομίαι μου; δίδαξόν με τίνες εἰσίν. | How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are. | |
| 24 | διὰ τί ἀπ' ἐμοῦ κρύπτῃ, ἥγησαι δέ με ὑπεναντίον σοι; | Why do you hide yourself from me. Am I your enemy? | |
| 25 | ἦ ὡς φύλλον κινούμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εὐλαβηθήσῃ, ἢ ὡς χόρτῳ φερομένῳ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἀντίκεισαί μοι; | Will you be startled [at me], as [at] a leaf shaken by the wind? or will you set yourself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze? | |
| 26 | ὅτι κατέγραψας κατ' ἐμοῦ κακά, περιέθηκας δέ μοι νεότητος ἁμαρτίας, | for you have written evil things against me, and you have compassed me with the sins of my youth. | |
| 27 | ἔθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι, ἐφύλαξας δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα, εἰς δὲ ῥίζας τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου· | And you have placed my foot in the stocks; and you have watched all my works, and have penetrated my heels. | |
| 28 | ὃ παλαιοῦται ἴσα ἀσκῷ, ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον. | [I am as] that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment. | |