| DB1 | | Zophar. Jb.20.1-29 | Lxx Contents | notes| Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) | : | The Septuagint in English (Brenton) | |
| Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Σωφαρ ὁ Μιναῖος λέγει | Zophar. Jb.20.1-29Zophar. Jb.20.1-29 | Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said, | |
| Οὐχ οὕτως ὑπελάμβανον ἀντερεῖν σε ταῦτα, καὶ οὐχὶ συνίετε μᾶλλον ἢ καὶ ἐγώ. | I did not suppose that you would answer thus: neither do you understand more than I. | ||
| παιδείαν ἐντροπῆς μου ἀκούσομαι, καὶ πνεῦμα ἐκ τῆς συνέσεως ἀποκρίνεταί μοι. | I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me. | ||
| μὴ ταῦτα ἔγνως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔτι ἀφ' οὗ ἐτέθη ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; | Have you [not] known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth? | ||
| εὐφροσύνη γὰρ ἀσεβῶν πτῶμα ἐξαίσιον, χαρμονὴ δὲ παρανόμων ἀπώλεια, | But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction: | ||
| ἐὰν ἀναβῇ εἰς οὐρανὸν αὐτοῦ τὰ δῶρα, ἡ δὲ θυσία αὐτοῦ νεφῶν ἅψηται. | although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds. | ||
| ὅταν γὰρ δοκῇ ἤδη κατεστηρίχθαι, τότε εἰς τέλος ἀπολεῖται· οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐροῦσιν Ποῦ ἐστιν; | For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he? | ||
| ὥσπερ ἐνύπνιον ἐκπετασθὲν οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ, ἔπτη δὲ ὥσπερ φάσμα νυκτερινόν. | Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night. | ||
| ὀφθαλμὸς παρέβλεψεν καὶ οὐ προσθήσει, καὶ οὐκέτι προσνοήσει αὐτὸν ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ. | The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive him. | ||
| τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ὀλέσαισαν ἥττονες, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ πυρσεύσαισαν ὀδύνας. | Let [his] inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow. | ||
| ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται. | His bones have been filled with [vigour of] his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust. | ||
| ἐὰν γλυκανθῇ ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ κακία, κρύψει αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ· | Though evil be sweet in his mouth, [though] he will hide it under his tongue; | ||
| οὐ φείσεται αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει αὐτὴν καὶ συνέξει αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάρυγγος αὐτοῦ. | though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat: | ||
| καὶ οὐ μὴ δυνηθῇ βοηθῆσαι ἑαυτῷ· χολὴ ἀσπίδος ἐν γαστρὶ αὐτοῦ. | yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly. | ||
| πλοῦτος ἀδίκως συναγόμενος ἐξεμεσθήσεται, ἐξ οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἐξελκύσει αὐτὸν ἄγγελος. | [His] wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger [of] [wrath] shall drag him out of his house. | ||
| θυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν, ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεως. | And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him. | ||
| μὴ ἴδοι ἄμελξιν νομάδων μηδὲ νομὰς μέλιτος καὶ βουτύρου. | Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter. | ||
| εἰς κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασεν, πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται· ὥσπερ στρίφνος ἀμάσητος ἀκατάποτος. | He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow. | ||
| πολλῶν γὰρ ἀδυνάτων οἴκους ἔθλασεν, δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασεν καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν. | For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built [it] not. | ||
| οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ σωτηρία τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν, ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὐ σωθήσεται. | There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire. | ||
| οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόλειμμα τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνθήσει αὐτοῦ τὰ ἀγαθά. | There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish. | ||
| ὅταν δὲ δοκῇ ἤδη πεπληρῶσθαι, θλιβήσεται, πᾶσα δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἐπελεύσεται. | But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him. | ||
| εἴ πως πληρώσαι γαστέρα αὐτοῦ, ἐπαποστείλαι ἐπ' αὐτὸν θυμὸν ὀργῆς, νίψαι ἐπ' αὐτὸν ὀδύνας· | If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him. | ||
| καὶ οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου, τρώσαι αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκειον· | And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him. | ||
| διεξέλθοι δὲ διὰ σώματος αὐτοῦ βέλος, ἀστραπαὶ δὲ ἐν διαίταις αὐτοῦ περιπατήσαισαν· ἐπ αὐτῷ φόβοι. | And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him. | ||
| πᾶν δὲ σκότος αὐτῷ ὑπομείναι· κατέδεται αὐτὸν πῦρ ἄκαυστον, κακώσαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπήλυτος τὸν οἶκον. | And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house. | ||
| ἀνακαλύψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας, γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ. | And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him. | ||
| ἑλκύσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεια εἰς τέλος, ἡμέρα ὀργῆς ἐπέλθοι αὐτῷ. | Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him. | ||
| αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦς παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ κτῆμα ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου. | This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods [appointed him] by the all-seeing [God]. | ||