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 it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
3 διὰ τί ὥσπερ τετράποδα σεσιωπήκαμεν ἐναντίον σου
Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
4 κέχρηταί σοι ὀργή τί γάρ ἐὰν σὺ ἀποθάνῃς ἀοίκητος ἡ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν ἢ καταστραφήσεται ὄρη ἐκ θεμελίων
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and 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 shall be put out with him.
7 θηρεύσαισαν ἐλάχιστοι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ σφάλαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἡ βουλή
The steps of his strength shall be shortened, 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 a snare.
9 ἔλθοισαν δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν παγίδες κατισχύσει ἐπ’ αὐτὸν διψῶντας
The trap shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
10 κέκρυπται ἐν τῇ γῇ σχοινίον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ σύλλημψις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρίβων
The snare is laid 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 drive him to his feet.
12 πτῶμα δὲ αὐτῷ ἡτοίμασται ἐξαίσιον
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
13 βρωθείησαν αὐτοῦ κλῶνες ποδῶν κατέδεται δὲ τὰ ὡραῖα αὐτοῦ θάνατος
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
14 ἐκραγείη δὲ ἐκ διαίτης αὐτοῦ ἴασις σχοίη δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνάγκη αἰτίᾳ βασιλικῇ
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
15 κατασκηνώσει ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ αὐτοῦ ἐν νυκτὶ αὐτοῦ κατασπαρήσονται τὰ εὐπρεπῆ αὐτοῦ θείῳ
It shall dwell in his tent, because it 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
The remembrance of him 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 neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐστέναξαν ἔσχατοι πρώτους δὲ ἔσχεν θαῦμα
They that come after him shall be appalled at his day, as they that went before were seized with horror.
21 οὗτοί εἰσιν οἶκοι ἀδίκων οὗτος δὲ ὁ τόπος τῶν μὴ εἰδότων τὸν κύριον
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
