Job 9
1 Then Job answered:
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
ἐπ’ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ
3 If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων
4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν
5 He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ
6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται
7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει
8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ’ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης
9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ ἕσπερον καὶ ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμίεια νότου
10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός
11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με οὐ μὴ ἴδω καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με οὐδ’ ὧς ἔγνων
12 If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ τί ἐποίησας
13 God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου
15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι
16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ ὑπακούσῃ οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέν μου
17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διὰ κενῆς
18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας
19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται
20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
διὸ εἶπον μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή
23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός τίς ἐστιν
25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν
26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
ἦ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν
27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω
28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον
30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς
31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή
32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ’ ἐμέ ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν
33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων
34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω
35 Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι
