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21ΙΩΒBrenton(Lxx)JOB Revised Standard VersionJOB 21
1Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
 But Job answered and said,
Job. Jb.21.1-34Then Job answered:וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר׃ 1
2Ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων,
ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρ' ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις.
 Listen, hear you my words,
that I may not have this consolation from you.
 "Listen carefully to my words,
and let this be your consolation.
שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמֹועַ מִלָּתִי וּתְהִי־זֹאת תַּנְחוּמֹתֵיכֶם׃ 2
3ἄρατέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ λαλήσω,
εἶτ οὐ καταγελάσετέ μου.
 Raise me, and I will speak;
then you shall not laugh me to scorn.
 Bear with me, and I will speak,
and after I have spoken, mock on.
שָׂאוּנִי וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר וְאַחַר דַּבְּרִי תַלְעִיג׃ 3
4τί γάρ; μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις;
ἢ διὰ τί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι;
 What! is my reproof of man?
and why should I not be angry?
 As for me, is my complaint against man?
Why should I not be impatient?
הֶאָנֹכִי לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי וְאִם־מַדּוּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַר רוּחִי׃ 4
5εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαυμάσατε,
χεῖρα θέντες ἐπὶ σιαγόνι.
 Look upon me, and wonder,
laying your hand upon your cheek.
 Look at me, and be appalled,
and lay your hand upon your mouth.
פְּנוּ־אֵלַי וְהָשַׁמּוּ וְשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּה׃ 5
6ἐάν τε γὰρ μνησθῶ, ἐσπούδακα,
ἔχουσιν δέ μου τὰς σάρκας ὀδύναι.
 For even when I remember, I am alarmed,
and pains seize my flesh.
 When I think of it I am dismayed,
and shuddering seizes my flesh.
וְאִם־זָכַרְתִּי וְנִבְהָלְתִּי וְאָחַז בְּשָׂרִי פַּלָּצוּת׃ 6
7διὰ τί ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσιν,
πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ;
 Why do the ungodly live,
and grow old even in wealth?
 Why do the wicked live,
reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
מַדּוּעַ רְשָׁעִים יִחְיוּ עָתְקוּ גַּם־גָּבְרוּ חָיִל׃ 7
8ὁ σπόρος αὐτῶν κατὰ ψυχήν,
τὰ δὲ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς.
 Their seed is according to [their] desire,
and their children are in [their] sight.
 Their children are established in their presence,
and their offspring before their eyes.
זַרְעָם נָכֹון לִפְנֵיהֶם עִםָּם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם לְעֵינֵיהֶם׃ 8
9οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσιν, φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ,
μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς.
 Their houses are prosperous,
neither [have they] any where [cause for] fear,
neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them.
 Their houses are safe from fear,
and no rod of God is upon them.
בָּתֵּיהֶם שָׁלֹום מִפָּחַד וְלֹא שֵׁבֶט אֱלֹוהַּ עֲלֵיהֶם׃ 9
10ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησεν,
διεσώθη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα καὶ οὐκ ἔσφαλεν.
 Their cow does not cast her calf,
and their [beast] with young is safe,
and does not miscarry.
 Their bull breeds without fail;
their cow calves, and does not cast her calf.
שֹׁורֹו עִבַּר וְלֹא יַגְעִל תְּפַלֵּט פָּרָתֹו וְלֹא תְשַׁכֵּל׃ 10
11μένουσιν δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια,
τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν
 And they remain as an unfailing flock,
and their children play before [them],
 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance.
יְשַׁלְּחוּ כַצֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶם וְיַלְדֵיהֶם יְרַקֵּדוּן׃ 11
12ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν
καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ.
 taking up the psaltery and harp;
and they rejoice at the voice of a song.
 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre,
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
יִשְׂאוּ כְּתֹף וְכִנֹּור וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקֹול עוּגָב׃ 12
13συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν,
ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν.
 And they spend their days in wealth,
and fall asleep in the rest of the grave.
 They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.
[כ= יְבַלּוּ] [ק= יְכַלּוּ] בַטֹּוב יְמֵיהֶם וּבְרֶגַע שְׁאֹול יֵחָתּוּ׃ 13
14λέγει δὲ κυρίῳ Ἀπόστα ἀπ' ἐμοῦ,
ὁδούς σου εἰδέναι οὐ βούλομαι·
 Yet [such a man] says to the Lord, Depart from me;
I desire not to know your ways.
 They say to God, 'Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָצְנוּ׃ 14
15τί Ἱκανός, ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ;
καὶ τίς ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ;
 What is the Mighty One,
that we should serve him?
and what profit is there that we should approach him?
 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?'
מַה־שַׁדַּי כִּי־נַעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה־נֹּועִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע־בֹּו׃ 15
16ἐν χερσὶν γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθά,
ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ.
 For their good things were in [their] hands,
but he regards not the works of the ungodly.
 Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand?
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶנִּי׃ 16
17οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται,
ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφή,
ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς.
 Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out,
and destruction shall come upon them,
and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity comes upon them?
That God distributes pains in his anger?
כַּמָּה נֵר־רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימֹו אֵידָם
חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפֹּו׃ 		17
18ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα πρὸ ἀνέμου ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτός,
ὃν ὑφείλατο λαῖλαψ.
 And they shall be as chaff before the wind,
or as dust which the storm has taken up.
 That they are like straw before the wind,
and like chaff that the storm carries away?
יִהְיוּ כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה׃ 18
19ἐκλίποι υἱοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ·
ἀνταποδώσει πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ γνώσεται.
 Let his substance fail [to supply] his children:
[God] shall recompense him,
and he shall know it.
 You say, 'God stores up their iniquity for their sons.'
Let him recompense it to themselves, that they may know it.
אֱלֹוהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָיו אֹונֹו יְשַׁלֵּם אֵלָיו וְיֵדָע׃ 19
20ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγήν,
ἀπὸ δὲ κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη·
 Let his eyes see his own destruction,
and let him not be saved by the Lord.
 Let their own eyes see their destruction,
and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
יִרְאוּ [כ= עֵינֹו] [ק= עֵינָיו] כִּידֹו וּמֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה׃ 20
21ὅτι τί θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτόν;
καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν.
 For his desire is in his house with him,
and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off.
 For what do they care for their houses after them,
when the number of their months is cut off?
כִּי מַה־חֶפְצֹו בְּבֵיתֹו אַחֲרָיו וּמִסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁיו חֻצָּצוּ׃ 21
22πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;
αὐτὸς δὲ φόνους διακρινεῖ.
 Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge?
and does not he judge murders?
 Will any teach God knowledge,
seeing that he judges those that are on high?
הַלְאֵל יְלַמֶּד־דָּעַת וְהוּא רָמִים יִשְׁפֹּוט׃ 22
23οὗτος ἀποθανεῖται ἐν κράτει ἁπλοσύνης αὐτοῦ,
ὅλος δὲ εὐπαθῶν καὶ εὐθηνῶν·
 One shall die in his perfect strength,
and wholly at ease and prosperous;
 One dies in full prosperity,
being wholly at ease and secure,
זֶה יָמוּת בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמֹּו כֻּלֹּו שַׁלְאֲןַן וְשָׁלֵיו׃ 23
24τὰ δὲ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ πλήρη στέατος,
μυελὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ διαχεῖται.
 and his inwards are full of fat,
and his marrow is diffused [throughout him].
 his body full of fat
and the marrow of his bones moist.
עֲטִינָיו מָלְאוּ חָלָב וּמֹחַ עַצְמֹותָיו יְשֻׁקֶּה׃ 24
25ὁ δὲ τελευτᾷ ὑπὸ πικρίας ψυχῆς οὐ φαγὼν οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν.
 And another dies in bitterness of soul,
not eating any good thing.
 Another dies in bitterness of soul,
never having tasted of good.
וְזֶה יָמוּת בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה וְלֹא־אָכַל בַּטֹּובָה׃ 25
26ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμῶνται,
σαπρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκάλυψεν.
 But they lie down in the earth together,
and corruption covers them.
 They lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms cover them.
יַחַד עַל־עָפָר יִשְׁכָּבוּ וְרִמָּה תְּכַסֶּה עֲלֵיהֶם׃ 26
27ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι·
 So I know you,
that you presumptuously attack me:
 "Behold, I know your thoughts,
and your schemes to wrong me.
הֵן יָדַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֹותֵיכֶם וּמְזִמֹּות עָלַי תַּחְמֹסוּ׃ 27
28ὅτι ἐρεῖτε Ποῦ ἐστιν οἶκος ἄρχοντος;
καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ σκέπη τῶν σκηνωμάτων τῶν ἀσεβῶν;
 so that you will say, Where is the house of the prince?
and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly?
 For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince?
Where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?'
כִּי תֹאמְרוּ אַיֵּה בֵית־נָדִיב וְאַיֵּה אֹהֶל מִשְׁכְּנֹות רְשָׁעִים׃ 28
29ἐρωτήσατε παραπορευομένους ὁδόν,
καὶ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπαλλοτριώσετε·
 Ask those that go by the way,
and do not disown their tokens.
 Have you not asked those who travel the roads,
and do you not accept their testimony
הֲלֹא שְׁאֶלְתֶּם עֹובְרֵי דָרֶךְ וְאֹתֹתָם לֹא תְנַכֵּרוּ׃ 29
30ὅτι εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπωλείας κουφίζεται ὁ πονηρός,
εἰς ἡμέραν ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπαχθήσονται.
 For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction:
they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance.
 that the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity,
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
כִּי לְיֹום אֵיד יֵחָשֶׂךְ רָע לְיֹום עֲבָרֹות יוּבָלוּ׃ 30
31τίς ἀπαγγελεῖ ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ;
καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν, τίς ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ;
 Who will tell him his way to his face, whereas he has done [it]?
who shall recompense him?
 Who declares his way to his face,
and who requites him for what he has done?
מִי־יַגִּיד עַל־פָּנָיו דַּרְכֹּו וְהוּא־עָשָׂה מִי יְשַׁלֶּם־לֹו׃ 31
32καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τάφους ἀπηνέχθη,
καὶ ἐπὶ σορῷ ἠγρύπνησεν.
 And he has been led away to the tombs,
and he has watched over the heaps.
 When he is borne to the grave,
watch is kept over his tomb.
וְהוּא לִקְבָרֹות יוּבָל וְעַל־גָּדִישׁ יִשְׁקֹוד׃ 32
33ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάρρου,
καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται,
καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι.
 The stones of the valley have been sweet to him,
and every man shall depart after him,
and [there are] innumerable [ones] before him.
 The clods of the valley are sweet to him;
all men follow after him,
and those who go before him are innumerable.
מָתְקוּ־לֹו רִגְבֵי נָחַל וְאַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָם יִמְשֹׁוךְ וּלְפָנָיו אֵין מִסְפָּר׃ 33
34πῶς δὲ παρακαλεῖτέ με κενά;
τὸ δὲ ἐμὲ καταπαύσασθαι ἀφ' ὑμῶν οὐδέν.
 How then do you comfort me in vain?
whereas I have no rest from your molestation.
 How then will you comfort me with empty nothings?
There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood."		וְאֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הָבֶל וּתְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם נִשְׁאַר־מָעַל׃ ס 34
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