Job 33
1 “But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἄκουσον Ιωβ τὰ ῥήματά μου καὶ λαλιὰν ἐνωτίζου μου
2 Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.
ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἤνοιξα τὸ στόμα μου καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἡ γλῶσσά μου
3 My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
καθαρά μου ἡ καρδία ῥήμασιν σύνεσις δὲ χειλέων μου καθαρὰ νοήσει
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
πνεῦμα θεῖον τὸ ποιῆσάν με πνοὴ δὲ παντοκράτορος ἡ διδάσκουσά με
5 Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
ἐὰν δύνῃ δός μοι ἀπόκρισιν πρὸς ταῦτα ὑπόμεινον στῆθι κατ’ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐγὼ κατὰ σέ
6 I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
ἐκ πηλοῦ διήρτισαι σὺ ὡς καὶ ἐγώ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ διηρτίσμεθα
7 Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
οὐχ ὁ φόβος μού σε στροβήσει οὐδὲ ἡ χείρ μου βαρεῖα ἔσται ἐπὶ σοί
8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
πλὴν εἶπας ἐν ὠσίν μου φωνὴν ῥημάτων σου ἀκήκοα
9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
διότι λέγεις καθαρός εἰμι οὐχ ἁμαρτών ἄμεμπτος δέ εἰμι οὐ γὰρ ἠνόμησα
10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
μέμψιν δὲ κατ’ ἐμοῦ εὗρεν ἥγηται δέ με ὥσπερ ὑπεναντίον
11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
ἔθετο δὲ ἐν ξύλῳ τὸν πόδα μου ἐφύλαξεν δέ μου πάσας τὰς ὁδούς
12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
πῶς γὰρ λέγεις δίκαιός εἰμι καὶ οὐκ ἐπακήκοέν μου αἰώνιος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐπάνω βροτῶν
13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
λέγεις δέ διὰ τί τῆς δίκης μου οὐκ ἐπακήκοεν πᾶν ῥῆμα
14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἅπαξ λαλήσαι ὁ κύριος ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἐνύπνιον
15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
ἢ ἐν μελέτῃ νυκτερινῇ ὡς ὅταν ἐπιπίπτῃ δεινὸς φόβος ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ νυσταγμάτων ἐπὶ κοίτης
16 He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
τότε ἀνακαλύπτει νοῦν ἀνθρώπων ἐν εἴδεσιν φόβου τοιούτοις αὐτοὺς ἐξεφόβησεν
17 to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
ἀποστρέψαι ἄνθρωπον ἐξ ἀδικίας τὸ δὲ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πτώματος ἐρρύσατο
18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
ἐφείσατο δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ θανάτου καὶ μὴ πεσεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολέμῳ
19 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
πάλιν δὲ ἤλεγξεν αὐτὸν ἐν μαλακίᾳ ἐπὶ κοίτης καὶ πλῆθος ὀστῶν αὐτοῦ ἐνάρκησεν
20 so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
πᾶν δὲ βρωτὸν σίτου οὐ μὴ δύνηται προσδέξασθαι καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ βρῶσιν ἐπιθυμήσει
21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
ἕως ἂν σαπῶσιν αὐτοῦ αἱ σάρκες καὶ ἀποδείξῃ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ κενά
22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
ἤγγισεν δὲ εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἡ δὲ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾅδῃ
23 Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
ἐὰν ὦσιν χίλιοι ἄγγελοι θανατηφόροι εἷς αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτόν ἐὰν νοήσῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐπιστραφῆναι ἐπὶ κύριον ἀναγγείλῃ δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μέμψιν τὴν δὲ ἄνοιαν αὐτοῦ δείξῃ
24 to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
ἀνθέξεται τοῦ μὴ πεσεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς θάνατον ἀνανεώσει δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα ὥσπερ ἀλοιφὴν ἐπὶ τοίχου τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐμπλήσει μυελοῦ
25 then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
ἁπαλυνεῖ δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰς σάρκας ὥσπερ νηπίου ἀποκαταστήσει δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνδρωθέντα ἐν ἀνθρώποις
26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
εὐξάμενος δὲ πρὸς κύριον καὶ δεκτὰ αὐτῷ ἔσται εἰσελεύσεται δὲ προσώπῳ καθαρῷ σὺν ἐξηγορίᾳ ἀποδώσει δὲ ἀνθρώποις δικαιοσύνην
27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
εἶτα τότε ἀπομέμψεται ἄνθρωπος αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ λέγων οἷα συνετέλουν καὶ οὐκ ἄξια ἤτασέν με ὧν ἥμαρτον
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
σῶσον ψυχήν μου τοῦ μὴ ἐλθεῖν εἰς διαφθοράν καὶ ἡ ζωή μου φῶς ὄψεται
29 Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
ἰδοὺ πάντα ταῦτα ἐργᾶται ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ὁδοὺς τρεῖς μετὰ ἀνδρός
30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
ἀλλ’ ἐρρύσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου ἵνα ἡ ζωή μου ἐν φωτὶ αἰνῇ αὐτόν
31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
ἐνωτίζου Ιωβ καὶ ἄκουέ μου κώφευσον καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι λαλήσω
32 But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
εἰ εἰσὶν λόγοι ἀποκρίθητί μοι λάλησον θέλω γὰρ δικαιωθῆναί σε
33 But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”
εἰ μή σὺ ἄκουσόν μου κώφευσον καὶ διδάξω σε σοφίαν
