Job 6
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2 Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin—into the balances, they would lift up all at once!
εἰ γάρ τις ἱστῶν στήσαι μου τὴν ὀργήν τὰς δὲ ὀδύνας μου ἄραι ἐν ζυγῷ ὁμοθυμαδόν
3 For, now, beyond the sand of the seas, would it be heavy, On this account, my words, have wandered.
καὶ δὴ ἄμμου παραλίας βαρυτέρα ἔσται ἀλλ’ ὡς ἔοικεν τὰ ῥήματά μού ἐστιν φαῦλα
4 For, the arrows of the Almighty, are in me, The heat whereof, my spirit is drinking up, The, terrors of GOD, array themselves against me.
βέλη γὰρ κυρίου ἐν τῷ σώματί μού ἐστιν ὧν ὁ θυμὸς αὐτῶν ἐκπίνει μου τὸ αἷμα ὅταν ἄρξωμαι λαλεῖν κεντοῦσί με
5 Doth the wild ass bray over grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
τί γάρ μὴ διὰ κενῆς κεκράξεται ὄνος ἄγριος ἀλλ’ ἢ τὰ σῖτα ζητῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ ῥήξει φωνὴν βοῦς ἐπὶ φάτνης ἔχων τὰ βρώματα
6 Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
εἰ βρωθήσεται ἄρτος ἄνευ ἁλός εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔστιν γεῦμα ἐν ῥήμασιν κενοῖς
7 My soul hath refused to touch, Those things, are like disease in my food.
οὐ δύναται γὰρ παύσασθαί μου ἡ ψυχή βρόμον γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ σῖτά μου ὥσπερ ὀσμὴν λέοντος
8 Oh that my request would come! and, my hope, oh that GOD would grant!
εἰ γὰρ δῴη καὶ ἔλθοι μου ἡ αἴτησις καὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου δῴη ὁ κύριος
9 That it would please GOD to crush me, That he would set free his hand, and cut me off!
ἀρξάμενος ὁ κύριος τρωσάτω με εἰς τέλος δὲ μή με ἀνελέτω
10 So might it still be my comfort, And I might exult in the anguish he would not spare, —That I had not concealed the sayings of the Holy One.
εἴη δέ μου πόλις τάφος ἐφ’ ἧς ἐπὶ τειχέων ἡλλόμην ἐπ’ αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ φείσωμαι οὐ γὰρ ἐψευσάμην ῥήματα ἅγια θεοῦ μου
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?
τίς γάρ μου ἡ ἰσχύς ὅτι ὑπομένω ἢ τίς μου ὁ χρόνος ὅτι ἀνέχεταί μου ἡ ψυχή
12 Is my strength, the strength of stones? Or is, my flesh, of bronze?
μὴ ἰσχὺς λίθων ἡ ἰσχύς μου ἢ αἱ σάρκες μού εἰσιν χάλκειαι
13 Is there any help at all in me? Is not, abiding success, driven from me?
ἦ οὐκ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐπεποίθειν βοήθεια δὲ ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἄπεστιν
14 The despairing, from his friend, should have lovingkindness, or, the reverence of the Almighty, he may forsake.
ἀπείπατό με ἔλεος ἐπισκοπὴ δὲ κυρίου ὑπερεῖδέν με
15 Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:
οὐ προσεῖδόν με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἐκλείπων ἢ ὥσπερ κῦμα παρῆλθόν με
16 Which darken by reason of the cold, over them, is a covering made by the snow:
οἵτινές με διευλαβοῦντο νῦν ἐπιπεπτώκασίν μοι ὥσπερ χιὼν ἢ κρύσταλλος πεπηγώς
17 By the time they begin to thaw, they are dried up, as soon as it is warm, they have vanished out of their place.
καθὼς τακεῖσα θέρμης γενομένης οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη ὅπερ ἦν
18 Caravans turn aside by their course, they go up into a waste, and are lost:
οὕτως κἀγὼ κατελείφθην ὑπὸ πάντων ἀπωλόμην δὲ καὶ ἔξοικος ἐγενόμην
19 The caravans of Tema looked about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them:
ἴδετε ὁδοὺς Θαιμανων ἀτραποὺς Σαβων οἱ διορῶντες
20 They are ashamed that they had trusted, They have come up to one of them, and are confounded.
καὶ αἰσχύνην ὀφειλήσουσιν οἱ ἐπὶ πόλεσιν καὶ χρήμασιν πεποιθότες
21 For, now, ye have come to him, ye see something fearful, and fear.
ἀτὰρ δὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπέβητέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως ὥστε ἰδόντες τὸ ἐμὸν τραῦμα φοβήθητε
22 Is it that I said, Make me a gift, or, out of your abundance, offer a bribe on my behalf;
τί γάρ μή τι ὑμᾶς ᾔτησα ἢ τῆς παρ’ ὑμῶν ἰσχύος ἐπιδέομαι
23 And deliver me from the hand of the adversary? And, out of the hand of tyrants, ransom me?
ὥστε σῶσαί με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν ἢ ἐκ χειρὸς δυναστῶν ῥύσασθαί με
24 Show me, and, I, will hold my peace, And, wherein I have erred, cause me to understand.
διδάξατέ με ἐγὼ δὲ κωφεύσω εἴ τι πεπλάνημαι φράσατέ μοι
25 How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?
ἀλλ’ ὡς ἔοικεν φαῦλα ἀληθινοῦ ῥήματα οὐ γὰρ παρ’ ὑμῶν ἰσχὺν αἰτοῦμαι
26 To decide words, do ye intend, When, to the wind, are spoken the sayings of one in despair?
οὐδὲ ὁ ἔλεγχος ὑμῶν ῥήμασίν με παύσει οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑμῶν φθέγμα ῥήματος ἀνέξομαι
27 Surely, the fatherless, ye would assail, and make merchandise of your friend!
πλὴν ὅτι ἐπ’ ὀρφανῷ ἐπιπίπτετε ἐνάλλεσθε δὲ ἐπὶ φίλῳ ὑμῶν
28 But, now, be pleased to turn to me, that it may be, to your faces, if I speak falsehood,
νυνὶ δὲ εἰσβλέψας εἰς πρόσωπα ὑμῶν οὐ ψεύσομαι
29 Reply, I pray you, let there be no perversity, Yea reply even yet, my vindication is in it!
καθίσατε δὴ καὶ μὴ εἴη ἄδικον καὶ πάλιν τῷ δικαίῳ συνέρχεσθε
30 Is there, in my tongue, perversity? Or can, my sense, not discern, engulfing ruin?
οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν γλώσσῃ μου ἄδικον ἢ ὁ λάρυγξ μου οὐχὶ σύνεσιν μελετᾷ
