Ἰώβ 18
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 μέχρι τίνος οὐ παύσῃ ἐπίσχες ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ λαλήσωμεν
How long will ye lay snares for words? consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 διὰ τί ὥσπερ τετράποδα σεσιωπήκαμεν ἐναντίον σου
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] are become unclean in your sight?
4 κέχρηταί σοι ὀργή τί γάρ ἐὰν σὺ ἀποθάνῃς ἀοίκητος ἡ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν ἢ καταστραφήσεται ὄρη ἐκ θεμελίων
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5 καὶ φῶς ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται καὶ οὐκ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῶν ἡ φλόξ
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 τὸ φῶς αὐτοῦ σκότος ἐν διαίτῃ ὁ δὲ λύχνος ἐπ’ αὐτῷ σβεσθήσεται
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.
7 θηρεύσαισαν ἐλάχιστοι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ σφάλαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἡ βουλή
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 ἐμβέβληται δὲ ὁ ποὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν παγίδι ἐν δικτύῳ ἑλιχθείη
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
9 ἔλθοισαν δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν παγίδες κατισχύσει ἐπ’ αὐτὸν διψῶντας
A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] a snare shall lay hold on him.
10 κέκρυπται ἐν τῇ γῇ σχοινίον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ σύλλημψις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρίβων
A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 κύκλῳ ὀλέσαισαν αὐτὸν ὀδύναι πολλοὶ δὲ περὶ πόδας αὐτοῦ ἔλθοισαν ἐν λιμῷ στενῷ
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
12 πτῶμα δὲ αὐτῷ ἡτοίμασται ἐξαίσιον
His strength shall be hunger-bitten and calamity shall be ready for his halting.
13 βρωθείησαν αὐτοῦ κλῶνες ποδῶν κατέδεται δὲ τὰ ὡραῖα αὐτοῦ θάνατος
It shall devour the members of his body, [yea], the firstborn of death shall devour his members.
14 ἐκραγείη δὲ ἐκ διαίτης αὐτοῦ ἴασις σχοίη δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνάγκη αἰτίᾳ βασιλικῇ
He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15 κατασκηνώσει ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ αὐτοῦ ἐν νυκτὶ αὐτοῦ κατασπαρήσονται τὰ εὐπρεπῆ αὐτοῦ θείῳ
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 ὑποκάτωθεν αἱ ῥίζαι αὐτοῦ ξηρανθήσονται καὶ ἐπάνωθεν ἐπιπεσεῖται θερισμὸς αὐτοῦ
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
17 τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ ἀπόλοιτο ἐκ γῆς καὶ ὑπάρχει ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐξωτέρω
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
18 ἀπώσειεν αὐτὸν ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 οὐκ ἔσται ἐπίγνωστος ἐν λαῷ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ σεσῳσμένος ἐν τῇ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ἀλλ’ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῦ ζήσονται ἕτεροι
He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.
20 ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐστέναξαν ἔσχατοι πρώτους δὲ ἔσχεν θαῦμα
They that come after shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
21 οὗτοί εἰσιν οἶκοι ἀδίκων οὗτος δὲ ὁ τόπος τῶν μὴ εἰδότων τὸν κύριον
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
