Job 3
1 Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.
Μετά ταύτα ήνοιξεν ο Ιώβ το στόμα αυτού, και κατηράσθη την ημέραν αυτού.
2 He said,
Και ελάλησεν ο Ιώβ και είπεν·
3 “I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated, and also the night when I was conceived.
Είθε να χαθή η ημέρα καθ' ην εγεννήθην, και η νυξ καθ' ην είπον, Εγεννήθη αρσενικόν.
4 I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness. I wish that God who is in heaven [MTY] would have forgotten about that day, and that the sun would not have shone on it.
Η ημέρα εκείνη να ήναι σκότος· ο Θεός να μη αναζητήση αυτήν άνωθεν, και να μη φέγξη επ' αυτήν φως.
5 I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day, and that a black cloud would have come over it and blotted out all light and caused people to be terrified.
Σκότος και σκιά θανάτου να αμαυρώσωσιν αυτήν· γνόφος να επικάθηται επ' αυτήν. Να επέλθωσιν επ' αυτήν ως πικροτάτην ημέραν.
6 I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar, with the result that it would never again appear as one night in any month, and that it would not be included in any calendar.
Την νύκτα εκείνην να κατακρατήση σκότος· να μη συναφθή με τας ημέρας του έτους· να μη εισέλθη εις τον αριθμόν των μηνών.
7 I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET], and that no one would again be happy on that night.
Ιδού, έρημος να ήναι η νυξ εκείνη· φωνή χαρμόσυνος να μη επέλθη επ' αυτήν.
8 I want those people who (curse/put evil spells on) days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.
Να καταρασθώσιν αυτήν οι καταρώμενοι τας ημέρας, οι έτοιμοι να ανεγείρωσι το πένθος αυτών.
9 I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day [after I was conceived] will not shine again. I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; and that they would not have shone on that day.
Να σκοτισθώσι τα άστρα της εσπέρας αυτής· να προσμένη το φως, και να μη έρχηται· και να μη ίδη τα βλέφαρα της αυγής·
10 [That was an evil day] because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.
διότι δεν έκλεισε τας θύρας της κοιλίας της μητρός μου, και δεν έκρυψε την θλίψιν από των οφθαλμών μου.
11 “I wish that I had died [RHQ] when I was born— at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb.
Διά τι δεν απέθανον από μήτρας; και δεν εξέπνευσα άμα εξήλθον εκ της κοιλίας;
12 I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me.
Διά τι με υπεδέχθησαν τα γόνατα; ή διά τι οι μαστοί διά να θηλάσω;
13 If I had died at the time when I was born, I would be asleep, resting peacefully [in the place where the dead people are].
Διότι τώρα ήθελον κοιμάσθαι και ησυχάζει· ήθελον υπνώττει· τότε ήθελον είσθαι εις ανάπαυσιν,
14 I would be resting with kings whose [beautiful palaces] that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt [palaces] that had previously been destroyed), and I would be resting with their officials [who have also died].
μετά βασιλέων και βουλευτών της γης, οικοδομούντων εις εαυτούς ερημώσεις·
15 I would be resting with princes who were wealthy, whose palaces were filled with gold and silver.
ή μετά αρχόντων, οίτινες έχουσι χρυσίον, οίτινες εγέμισαν τους οίκους αυτών αργυρίου·
16 I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb and never lived to see the light.
ή ως εξάμβλωμα κεκρυμμένον δεν ήθελον υπάρχει, ως βρέφη μη ιδόντα φως.
17 After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest.
Εκεί οι ασεβείς παύουσιν από του να ταράττωσι, και εκεί αναπαύονται οι κεκοπιασμένοι·
18 Those who were in prison rest peacefully [after they die]; they no longer have slave-drivers who curse them.
εκεί αναπαύονται ομού οι αιχμάλωτοι· δεν ακούουσι φωνήν καταδυνάστου·
19 Rich people and poor people are alike after they die, and those who were slaves are no longer controlled by their masters.
εκεί είναι ο μικρός και ο μέγας· και ο δούλος, ελεύθερος του κυρίου αυτού.
20 (“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive.) [RHQ] Why does he allow those who are very miserable/distressed to keep living [RHQ]?
Διά τι εδόθη φως εις τον δυστυχή, και ζωή εις τον πεπικραμένον την ευχήν,
21 They long/want to die, but they do not die. They desire to die more than people desire to find a hidden treasure.
οίτινες ποθούσι τον θάνατον και δεν επιτυγχάνουσιν, αν και ανορύττωσιν αυτόν μάλλον παρά κεκρυμμένους θησαυρούς,
22 When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.
οίτινες υπερχαίρουσιν, υπερευφραίνονται, όταν εύρωσι τον τάφον;
23 Those who do not know where they are [eventually] going when they die [RHQ], people whom God has forced [MET] to continue to live in misery, (it is not right that they continue to live./why do they continue to live?) [RHQ]
Διά τι εδόθη φως εις άνθρωπον, του οποίου η οδός είναι κεκρυμμένη, και τον οποίον ο Θεός περιέκλεισε;
24 I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat; and I can never stop groaning.
Διότι προ του φαγητού μου έρχεται ο στεναγμός μου, και οι βρυγμοί μου εκχέονται ως ύδατα.
25 Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me; things that I always dreaded have happened to me.
Επειδή εκείνο, το οποίον εφοβούμην, συνέβη εις εμέ, και εκείνο, το οποίον ετρόμαζον, ήλθεν επ' εμέ.
26 Now I have no peace [in my inner being], I have no peace; I cannot rest; instead, I have only troubles.”
Δεν είχον ειρήνην ουδέ ανάπαυσιν ουδέ ησυχίαν· οργή επήλθεν επ' εμέ.
