Ἰώβ 13
1 ἰδοὺ ταῦτα ἑώρακέν μου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ ἀκήκοέν μου τὸ οὖς
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2 καὶ οἶδα ὅσα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε καὶ οὐκ ἀσυνετώτερός εἰμι ὑμῶν
What ye know, I know also: I am not inferior to you.
3 οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ πρὸς κύριον λαλήσω ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται
But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;
4 ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε ἰατροὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ἰαταὶ κακῶν πάντες
For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 εἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς σοφίαν
Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
6 ἀκούσατε ἔλεγχον στόματός μου κρίσιν δὲ χειλέων μου προσέχετε
Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 πότερον οὐκ ἔναντι κυρίου λαλεῖτε ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεσθε δόλον
Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?
8 ἦ ὑποστελεῖσθε ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γένεσθε
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9 καλόν γε ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ
Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?
10 οὐθὲν ἧττον ἐλέγξει ὑμᾶς εἰ δὲ καὶ κρυφῇ πρόσωπα θαυμάσετε
He will certainly reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
11 πότερον οὐχὶ δεινὰ αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶς φόβος δὲ παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν
Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
12 ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ ἀγαυρίαμα ἴσα σποδῷ τὸ δὲ σῶμα πήλινον
Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.
13 κωφεύσατε ἵνα λαλήσω καὶ ἀναπαύσωμαι θυμοῦ
Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
14 ἀναλαβὼν τὰς σάρκας μου τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ψυχὴν δέ μου θήσω ἐν χειρί
Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
15 ἐάν με χειρώσηται ὁ δυνάστης ἐπεὶ καὶ ἦρκται ἦ μὴν λαλήσω καὶ ἐλέγξω ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ
Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
16 καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν οὐ γὰρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ δόλος εἰσελεύσεται
This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face.
17 ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε τὰ ῥήματά μου ἀναγγελῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων
Hear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears.
18 ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγγύς εἰμι τοῦ κρίματός μου οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι δίκαιος ἀναφανοῦμαι
Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
19 τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενός μοι ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω
Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.
20 δυεῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι
Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.
21 τὴν χεῖρα ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἀπέχου καὶ ὁ φόβος σου μή με καταπλησσέτω
Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:
22 εἶτα καλέσεις ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι ἢ λαλήσεις ἐγὼ δέ σοι δώσω ἀνταπόκρισιν
Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.
23 πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου καὶ αἱ ἀνομίαι μου δίδαξόν με τίνες εἰσίν
How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 διὰ τί ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ κρύπτῃ ἥγησαι δέ με ὑπεναντίον σοι
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?
25 ἦ ὡς φύλλον κινούμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εὐλαβηθήσῃ ἢ ὡς χόρτῳ φερομένῳ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἀντίκεισαί μοι
Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
26 ὅτι κατέγραψας κατ’ ἐμοῦ κακά περιέθηκας δέ μοι νεότητος ἁμαρτίας
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
27 ἔθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι ἐφύλαξας δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα εἰς δὲ ῥίζας τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου
And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; —
28 ὃ παλαιοῦται ἴσα ἀσκῷ ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον
One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.
