| ΙΩΒ | << Job: 6 >> | The Septuagint (Brenton) | |
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| 1 | Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει | Job. Jb.6.1-7.21 | But Job answered and said, |
| 2 | Εἰ γάρ τις ἱστῶν στήσαι μου τὴν ὀργήν, τὰς δὲ ὀδύνας μου ἄραι ἐν ζυγῷ ὁμοθυμαδόν, | Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together! | |
| 3 | καὶ δὴ ἄμμου παραλίας βαρυτέρα ἔσται· ἀλλ' ὡς ἔοικεν, τὰ ῥήματά μού ἐστιν φαῦλα. | And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain. | |
| 4 | βέλη γὰρ κυρίου ἐν τῷ σώματί μού ἐστιν, ὧν ὁ θυμὸς αὐτῶν ἐκπίνει μου τὸ αἷμα· ὅταν ἄρξωμαι λαλεῖν, κεντοῦσί με. | For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. | |
| 5 | τί γάρ; μὴ διὰ κενῆς κεκράξεται ὄνος ἄγριος, ἀλλ' ἢ τὰ σῖτα ζητῶν; εἰ δὲ καὶ ῥήξει φωνὴν βοῦς ἐπὶ φάτνης ἔχων τὰ βρώματα; | What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder? | |
| 6 | εἰ βρωθήσεται ἄρτος ἄνευ ἁλός; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔστιν γεῦμα ἐν ῥήμασιν κενοῖς; | Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words? | |
| 7 | οὐ δύναται γὰρ παύσασθαί μου ἡ ψυχή· βρόμον γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ σῖτά μου ὥσπερ ὀσμὴν λέοντος. | For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome. | |
| 8 | εἰ γὰρ δῴη, καὶ ἔλθοι μου ἡ αἴτησις, καὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου δῴη ὁ κύριος. | For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope! | |
| 9 | ἀρξάμενος ὁ κύριος τρωσάτω με, εἰς τέλος δὲ μή με ἀνελέτω. | Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me. | |
| 10 | εἴη δέ μου πόλις τάφος, ἐφ' ἧς ἐπὶ τειχέων ἡλλόμην ἐπ' αὐ τῆς, οὐ μὴ φείσωμαι· οὐ γὰρ ἐψευσάμην ῥήματα ἅγια θεοῦ μου. | Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God. | |
| 11 | τίς γάρ μου ἡ ἰσχύς, ὅτι ὑπομένω; ἢ τίς μου ὁ χρόνος, ὅτι ἀνέχεταί μου ἡ ψυχή; | For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures? | |
| 12 | μὴ ἰσχὺς λίθων ἡ ἰσχύς μου; ἢ αἱ σάρκες μού εἰσιν χάλκειαι; | Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? | |
| 13 | ἦ οὐκ ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἐπεποίθειν; βοήθεια δὲ ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἄπεστιν. | Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me. | |
| 14 | ἀπείπατό με ἔλεος, ἐπισκοπὴ δὲ κυρίου ὑπερεῖδέν με. | Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me. | |
| 15 | οὐ προσεῖδόν με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου· ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἐκ λείπων ἢ ὥσπερ κῦμα παρῆλθόν με· | My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave. | |
| 16 | οἵτινές με διευλαβοῦντο, νῦν ἐπιπεπτώκασίν μοι ὥσπερ χιὼν ἢ κρύσταλλος πεπηγώς· | They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice. | |
| 17 | καθὼς τακεῖσα θέρμης γενομένης οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη ὅπερ ἦν, | When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was. | |
| 18 | οὕτως κἀγὼ κατελείφθην ὑπὸ πάντων, ἀπωλόμην δὲ καὶ ἔξοικος ἐγενόμην. | Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast. | |
| 19 | ἴδετε ὁδοὺς Θαιμανων, ἀτραποὺς Σαβων, οἱ διορῶντες· | Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabaeans. | |
| 20 | καὶ αἰσχύνην ὀφειλήσουσιν οἱ ἐπὶ πόλεσιν καὶ χρήμασιν πεποιθότες. | They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame. | |
| 21 | ἀτὰρ δὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπέβητέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως, ὥστε ἰδόντες τὸ ἐμὸν τραῦμα φοβήθητε. | But you also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound you are afraid. | |
| 22 | τί γάρ; μή τι ὑμᾶς ᾔτησα ἢ τῆς παρ' ὑμῶν ἰσχύος ἐπιδέομαι | What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you, | |
| 23 | ὥστε σῶσαί με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν ἢ ἐκ χειρὸς δυναστῶν ῥύσασθαί με; | to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones? | |
| 24 | διδάξατέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ κωφεύσω· εἴ τι πεπλάνημαι, φράσατέ μοι. | Teach you me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me. | |
| 25 | ἀλλ' ὡς ἔοικεν, φαῦλα ἀληθινοῦ ῥήματα, οὐ γὰρ παρ' ὑμῶν ἰσχὺν αἰτοῦμαι· | But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you. | |
| 26 | οὐδὲ ὁ ἔλεγχος ὑμῶν ῥήμασίν με παύσει, οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑμῶν φθέγμα ῥήματος ἀνέξομαι. | Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech. | |
| 27 | πλὴν ὅτι ἐπ' ὀρφανῷ ἐπιπίπτετε, ἐνάλλεσθε δὲ ἐπὶ φίλῳ ὑμῶν. | Even because you attack the fatherless, and insult your friend. | |
| 28 | νυνὶ δὲ εἰσβλέψας εἰς πρόσωπα ὑμῶν οὐ ψεύσομαι. | But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie. | |
| 29 | καθίσατε δὴ καὶ μὴ εἴη ἄδικον, καὶ πάλιν τῷ δικαίῳ συνέρχεσθε. | Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just. | |
| 30 | οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν γλώσσῃ μου ἄδικον· ἢ ὁ λάρυγξ μου οὐχὶ σύνεσιν μελετᾷ; | For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding? | |