Job 29
1 So Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ιωβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ
2 Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserued me!
τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν ὧν με ὁ θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν
3 When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,
ὡς ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου ὅτε τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπορευόμην ἐν σκότει
4 As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:
ὅτε ἤμην ἐπιβρίθων ὁδοῖς ὅτε ὁ θεὸς ἐπισκοπὴν ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ οἴκου μου
5 When the almightie was yet with me, and my children round about me.
ὅτε ἤμην ὑλώδης λίαν κύκλῳ δέ μου οἱ παῖδες
6 When I washed my pathes with butter, and when the rocke powred me out riuers of oyle:
ὅτε ἐχέοντό μου αἱ ὁδοὶ βουτύρῳ τὰ δὲ ὄρη μου ἐχέοντο γάλακτι
7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.
ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθριος ἐν πόλει ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος
8 The yong men saw me, and hid themselues, and the aged arose, and stood vp.
ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν
9 The princes stayed talke, and layde their hand on their mouth.
ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι
10 The voyce of princes was hidde, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐμακάρισάν με καὶ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν ἐκολλήθη
11 And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
ὅτι οὖς ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐμακάρισέν με ὀφθαλμὸς δὲ ἰδών με ἐξέκλινεν
12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
διέσωσα γὰρ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου καὶ ὀρφανῷ ᾧ οὐκ ἦν βοηθός ἐβοήθησα
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
εὐλογία ἀπολλυμένου ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἔλθοι στόμα δὲ χήρας με εὐλόγησεν
14 I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne.
δικαιοσύνην δὲ ἐνεδεδύκειν ἠμφιασάμην δὲ κρίμα ἴσα διπλοΐδι
15 I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.
ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν
16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων δίκην δέ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα
17 I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων ἐκ δὲ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξέσπασα
18 Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.
εἶπα δέ ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω
19 For my roote is spread out by the water, and the dewe shall lye vpon my branche.
ἡ ῥίζα μου διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατος καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου
20 My glory shall renue towarde me, and my bowe shall be restored in mine hand.
ἡ δόξα μου καινὴ μετ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται
21 Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.
ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ
22 After my wordes they replied not, and my talke dropped vpon them.
ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἐμῷ ῥήματι οὐ προσέθεντο περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγίνοντο ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλουν
23 And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.
ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν
24 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτούς οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσιν καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν
25 I appoynted out their way, and did sit as chiefe, and dwelt as a King in the army, and like him that comforteth the mourners.
ἐξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις ὃν τρόπον παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν
