Job 3
1 after so to open Job [obj] lip his and to lighten [obj] day his
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2 and to answer Job and to say
And this is what he said:
3 to perish day to beget in/on/with him and [the] night to say to conceive great man
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
4 [the] day [the] he/she/it to be darkness not to seek him god from above and not to shine upon him light
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
5 to redeem: redeem him darkness and shadow to dwell upon him cloud to terrify him darkness day
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
6 [the] night [the] he/she/it to take: take him darkness not to rejoice in/on/with day year in/on/with number month not to come (in): come
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
7 behold [the] night [the] he/she/it to be solitary not to come (in): come triumphing in/on/with him
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
8 to curse him to curse day [the] ready to rouse Leviathan
May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
9 to darken star twilight his to await to/for light and nothing and not to see: see in/on/with eyelid dawn
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
10 for not to shut door belly: womb my and to hide trouble from eye my
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
11 to/for what? not from womb to die from belly: womb to come out: produce and to die
Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
12 why? to meet me knee and what? breast for to suckle
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
13 for now to lie down: lay down and to quiet to sleep then to rest to/for me
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
14 with king and to advise land: country/planet [the] to build desolation to/for them
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
15 or with ruler gold to/for them [the] to fill house: home their silver: money
or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
16 or like/as miscarriage to hide not to be like/as infant not to see: see light
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
17 there wicked to cease turmoil and there to rest weary strength
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
18 unitedness prisoner to rest not to hear: hear voice to oppress
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 small and great: large there he/she/it and servant/slave free from lord his
Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
20 to/for what? to give: give to/for labour(er) light and life to/for bitter soul
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
21 [the] to wait to/for death and nothing he and to search him from treasure
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
22 [the] glad to(wards) rejoicing to rejoice for to find grave
who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
23 to/for great man which way: journey his to hide and to fence god about/through/for him
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
24 for to/for face: before food: bread my sighing my to come (in): come and to pour like/as water roaring my
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
25 for dread to dread and to come me and which to fear to come (in): come to/for me
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
26 not to prosper and not to quiet and not to rest and to come (in): come turmoil
I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
