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3ΙΩΒBrenton(Lxx)JOB Revised Standard VersionJOB 3
1Μετὰ τοῦτο ἤνοιξεν Ιωβ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ After this Job opened his mouth, Job's complaint to the LORD. Jb.3.1-26After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.אַחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיֹּוב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יֹומֹו׃ ף 1
2καὶ κατηράσατο τὴν ἡμέραν αὐτοῦ λέγων and cursed his day saying,
 And Job said:וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר׃ 2
3Ἀπόλοιτο ἡ ἡμέρα, ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθην,
καὶ ἡ νύξ, ἐν ᾗ εἶπαν Ἰδοὺ ἄρσεν.
 Let the day perish in which I was born,
and that night in which they said, Behold a man-child!
 "Let the day perish wherein I was born,
and the night which said,
'A man-child is conceived.'
יֹאבַד יֹום אִוָּלֶד בֹּו וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָבֶר׃ 3
4ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη εἴη σκότος,
καὶ μὴ ἀναζητήσαι αὐτὴν ὁ κύριος ἄνωθεν,
μηδὲ ἔλθοι εἰς αὐτὴν φέγγος·
 Let that night be darkness,
and let not the Lord regard it from above,
neither let light come upon it.
 Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
הַיֹּום הַהוּא יְהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אַל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלֹוהַּ מִמָּעַל וְאַל־תֹּופַע עָלָיו נְהָרָה׃ 4
5ἐκλάβοι δὲ αὐτὴν σκότος καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου,
ἐπέλθοι ἐπ' αὐτὴν γνόφος.
 But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it;
let blackness come upon it;
 Let gloom and deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּמְרִירֵי יֹום׃ 5
6καταραθείη ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη,
ἀπενέγκαιτο αὐτὴν σκότος·
μὴ εἴη εἰς ἡμέρας ἐνιαυτοῦ,
μηδὲ ἀριθμηθείη εἰς ἡμέρας μηνῶν·
 let that day and night be cursed,
let darkness carry them away;
let it not come into the days of the year,
neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.
 That night - let thick darkness seize it!
let it not rejoice among the days of the year,
let it not come into the number of the months.
הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹא׃ 6
7ἀλλὰ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη εἴη ὀδύνη,
καὶ μὴ ἔλθοι ἐπ' αὐτὴν εὐφροσύνη μηδὲ χαρμονή·
 But let that night be pain,
and let not mirth come upon it,
nor joy.
 Yea, let that night be barren;
let no joyful cry be heard in it.
הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבֹא רְנָנָה בֹו׃ 7
8ἀλλὰ καταράσαιτο αὐτὴν ὁ καταρώμενος τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην,
ὁ μέλλων τὸ μέγα κῆτος χειρώσασθαι.
 But let him that curses that day curse it,
[even] he that is ready to attack the great whale.
 Let those curse it who curse the day,
who are skilled to rouse up Levi'athan.
יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי־יֹום הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָן׃ 8
9σκοτωθείη τὰ ἄστρα τῆς νυκτὸς ἐκείνης·
ὑπομείναι καὶ εἰς φωτισμὸν μὴ ἔλθοι,
καὶ μὴ ἴδοι ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα,
 Let the stars of that night be darkened;
let it remain [dark], and not come into light;
and let it not see the morning star arise:
 Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light, but have none,
nor see the eyelids of the morning;
יֶחְשְׁכוּ כֹּוכְבֵי נִשְׁפֹּו יְקַו־לְאֹור וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָׁחַר׃ 9
10ὅτι οὐ συνέκλεισεν πύλας γαστρὸς μητρός μου·
ἀπήλλαξεν γὰρ ἂν πόνον ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου.
 because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb,
for [so] it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.
 because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.
כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָי׃ 10
11διὰ τί γὰρ ἐν κοιλίᾳ οὐκ ἐτελεύτησα;
ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ ἐξῆλθον καὶ οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀπωλόμην;
 For why died I not in the belly?
and [why] did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?
 "Why did I not die at birth,
come forth from the womb and expire?
לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָע׃ 11
12ἵνα τί δὲ συνήντησάν μοι γόνατα;
ἵνα τί δὲ μαστοὺς ἐθήλασα;
 and why did the knees support me?
and why did I suck the breasts?
 Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה־שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָק׃ 12
13νῦν ἂν κοιμηθεὶς ἡσύχασα,
ὑπνώσας δὲ ἀνεπαυσάμην
 Now I should have lain down and been quiet,
I should have slept and been at rest,
 For then I should have lain down and been quiet;
I should have slept;
then I should have been at rest,
כִּי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקֹוט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז יָנוּחַ לִי׃ 13
14μετὰ βασιλέων βουλευτῶν γῆς,
οἳ ἠγαυριῶντο ἐπὶ ξίφεσιν,
 with kings [and] councillors of the earth,
who gloried in [their] swords;
 with kings and counselors of the earth
who rebuilt ruins for themselves,
עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבֹות לָמֹו׃ 14
15ἢ μετὰ ἀρχόντων, ὧν πολὺς ὁ χρυσός,
οἳ ἔπλησαν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου,
 or with rulers, whose gold was abundant,
who filled their houses with silver:
 or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
אֹו עִם־שָׂרִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּסֶף׃ 15
16ἢ ὥσπερ ἔκτρωμα ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ μήτρας μητρὸς,
ἢ ὥσπερ νήπιοι, οἳ οὐκ εἶδον φῶς.
 or [I should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb,
or as infants who never saw light.
 Or why was I not as a hidden untimely birth,
as infants that never see the light?
אֹו כְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֹור׃ 16
17ἐκεῖ ἀσεβεῖς ἐξέκαυσαν θυμὸν ὀργῆς,
ἐκεῖ ἀνεπαύσαντο κατάκοποι τῷ σώματι·
 There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage;
there the wearied in body rest.
 There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest.
שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ׃ 17
18ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ οἱ αἰώνιοι
οὐκ ἤκουσαν φωνὴν φορολόγου·
 And the men of old time
have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice.
 There the prisoners are at ease together;
they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא שָׁמְעוּ קֹול נֹגֵשׂ׃ 18
19μικρὸς καὶ μέγας ἐκεῖ ἐστιν,
καὶ θεράπων οὐ δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ.
 The small and great are there,
and the servant that feared his lord.
 The small and the great are there,
and the slave is free from his master.
קָטֹן וְגָדֹול שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָיו׃ 19
20ἵνα τί γὰρ δέδοται τοῖς ἐν πικρίᾳ Φῶς,
ζωὴ δὲ ταῖς ἐν ὀδύναις ψυχαῖς;
 For why is light given to those who are in bitterness,
and life to those souls which are in griefs?
 "Why is light given to him that is in misery,
and life to the bitter in soul,
לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אֹור וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָפֶשׁ׃ 20
21οἳ ὁμείρονται τοῦ θανάτου καὶ οὐ τυγχάνουσιν,
ἀνορύσσοντες ὥσπερ θησαυρούς,
 who desire death, and obtain it not,
digging [for it] as [for] treasures;
 who long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
הַמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמֹונִים׃ 21
22περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγένοντο, ἐὰν κατατύχωσιν.
 and would be very joyful if they should gain it?
 who rejoice exceedingly,
and are glad, when they find the grave?
הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָבֶר׃ 22
23θάνατος ἀνδρὶ ἀνάπαυμα,
συνέκλεισεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς κατ' αὐτοῦ·
 Death [is] rest to [such] a man,
for God has hedged him in.
 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid,
whom God has hedged in?
לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכֹּו נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלֹוהַּ בַּעֲדֹו׃ 23
24πρὸ γὰρ τῶν σίτων μου στεναγμός μοι ἥκει,
δακρύω δὲ ἐγὼ συνεχόμενος φόβῳ·
 For my groaning comes before my food,
and I weep being beset with terror.
 For my sighing comes as my bread,
and my groanings are poured out like water.
כִּי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָי׃ 24
25φόβος γάρ, ὃν ἐφρόντισα, ἦλθέν μοι,
καὶ ὃν ἐδεδοίκειν, συνήντησέν μοι.
 For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me,
and that which I had feared has befallen me.
 For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.
כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִי׃ 25
26οὔτε εἰρήνευσα οὔτε ἡσύχασα οὔτε ἀνεπαυσάμην,
ἦλθεν δέ μοι ὀργή.
 I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest;
yet wrath came upon me.
 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest; but trouble comes."		לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹגֶז׃ ף 26
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