Job 39
1 “Have you known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? Do you mark the bringing forth of does?
εἰ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων
2 Do you number the months they fulfill? And have you known the time of their bringing forth?
ἠρίθμησας δὲ αὐτῶν μῆνας πλήρεις τοκετοῦ ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας
3 They bow down, They bring forth their young ones safely, They cast forth their pangs.
ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου ὠδῖνας αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς
4 Their young ones are safe, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
ἀπορρήξουσιν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γενήματι ἐξελεύσονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς
5 Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?
τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα
7 He laughs at the multitude of a city, He does not hear the cries of an exactor.
καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων
8 The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And he seeks after every green thing.
κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ
9 Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?
βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου
10 Do you bind a wild ox in a furrow [with] his thick band? Does he harrow valleys after you?
δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ
11 Do you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him?
πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου
12 Do you trust in him That he brings back your seed, And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα
13 [The] wing of the crying ostriches exults, but as a pinion and feather of a stork?
πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεελασα ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ασιδα καὶ νεσσα
14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth, And she warms them on the dust,
ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ᾠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει
15 And she forgets that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field treads it down.
καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει
16 It has hardened her young ones without her, Her labor [is] in vain, without fear.
ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτῇ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου
17 For God has caused her to forget wisdom, And He has not given a portion To her in understanding;
ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει
18 At the time she lifts herself up on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.
κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ
19 Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck [with] a mane?
ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον
20 Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ
21 They dig in a valley, and he rejoices in power, He goes forth to meet the armor.
ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύι
22 He laughs at fear, and is not frightened, And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.
συναντῶν βέλει καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου
23 Quiver rattles against him, The flame of a spear, and a javelin.
ἐπ’ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα
24 He swallows the ground with trembling and rage, And does not remain steadfast Because of the sound of a horn.
καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ
25 Among the horns he says, Aha, And from afar he smells battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει εὖγε πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ
26 By your understanding does a hawk fly? Does he spread his wings to the south?
ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας ἀκίνητος καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον
27 At your command does an eagle go up high? Or lift up his nest?
ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται
28 He inhabits a rock, Indeed, he lodges on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
ἐπ’ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ
29 From there he has sought food, His eyes look attentively to a far-off place,
ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσιν
30 And his brood sucks up blood, And where the pierced [are]—there [is] he!”
νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι οὗ δ’ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται
