Job 29
1 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ιωβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ
2 O that I were as in months past, In the days when God was my guardian;
τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν ὧν με ὁ θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν
3 When his lamp shined over my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness!
ὡς ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου ὅτε τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπορευόμην ἐν σκότει
4 As I was in the autumn of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
ὅτε ἤμην ἐπιβρίθων ὁδοῖς ὅτε ὁ θεὸς ἐπισκοπὴν ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ οἴκου μου
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
ὅτε ἤμην ὑλώδης λίαν κύκλῳ δέ μου οἱ παῖδες
6 When I bathed my steps in milk, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
ὅτε ἐχέοντό μου αἱ ὁδοὶ βουτύρῳ τὰ δὲ ὄρη μου ἐχέοντο γάλακτι
7 When I went forth to the gate by the city, And took my seat in the market-place,
ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθριος ἐν πόλει ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged arose and stood.
ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν
9 The princes refrained from speaking, And laid their hand upon their mouth.
ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι
10 The nobles held their peace, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐμακάρισάν με καὶ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν ἐκολλήθη
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me.
ὅτι οὖς ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐμακάρισέν με ὀφθαλμὸς δὲ ἰδών με ἐξέκλινεν
12 For I delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, who had none to help 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 upon me, And I caused the heart of the widow to sing for joy.
εὐλογία ἀπολλυμένου ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἔλθοι στόμα δὲ χήρας με εὐλόγησεν
14 I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; And justice was my robe and diadem.
δικαιοσύνην δὲ ἐνεδεδύκειν ἠμφιασάμην δὲ κρίμα ἴσα διπλοΐδι
15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame;
ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν
16 I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων δίκην δέ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα
17 And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων ἐκ δὲ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξέσπασα
18 Then said I, “I shall die in my nest; I shall multiply my days as the sand.
εἶπα δέ ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω
19 My root is spread abroad to the waters, And the dew abideth on my branches.
ἡ ῥίζα μου διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατος καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου
20 My glory is fresh with me, And my bow gathereth strength in my hand.”
ἡ δόξα μου καινὴ μετ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται
21 To me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ
22 To my words they made no reply, When my speech dropped down upon them.
ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἐμῷ ῥήματι οὐ προσέθεντο περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγίνοντο ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλουν
23 Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.
ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν
24 If I smiled upon them, they believed it not; Nor 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 When I came among them, I sat as chief; I dwelt as a king in the midst of an army, As a comforter among mourners.
ἐξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις ὃν τρόπον παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν
