Ἰώβ 30
1 νυνὶ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι νῦν νουθετοῦσίν με ἐν μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν πατέρας αὐτῶν οὓς οὐχ ἡγησάμην εἶναι ἀξίους κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων
"But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
2 καί γε ἰσχὺς χειρῶν αὐτῶν ἵνα τί μοι ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἀπώλετο συντέλεια
Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
3 ἐν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ λιμῷ ἄγονος οἱ φεύγοντες ἄνυδρον ἐχθὲς συνοχὴν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν
They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
4 οἱ περικλῶντες ἅλιμα ἐπὶ ἠχοῦντι οἵτινες ἅλιμα ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ σῖτα ἄτιμοι δὲ καὶ πεφαυλισμένοι ἐνδεεῖς παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ οἳ καὶ ῥίζας ξύλων ἐμασῶντο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ μεγάλου
They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.
5 ἐπανέστησάν μοι κλέπται
They are driven out from the midst of men. They cry after them as after a thief;
6 ὧν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν ἦσαν τρῶγλαι πετρῶν
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7 ἀνὰ μέσον εὐήχων βοήσονται οἳ ὑπὸ φρύγανα ἄγρια διῃτῶντο
Among the bushes they bray; and under the nettles they are gathered together.
8 ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων ὄνομα καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς
They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land.
9 νυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλημα ἔχουσιν
"Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.
10 ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με ἀποστάντες μακράν ἀπὸ δὲ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἐφείσαντο πτύελον
They abhor me, they keep their distance from me, and do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11 ἀνοίξας γὰρ φαρέτραν αὐτοῦ ἐκάκωσέν με καὶ χαλινὸν τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐξαπέστειλαν
For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
12 ἐπὶ δεξιῶν βλαστοῦ ἐπανέστησαν πόδα αὐτῶν ἐξέτειναν καὶ ὡδοποίησαν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τρίβους ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν
On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 ἐξετρίβησαν τρίβοι μου ἐξέδυσεν γάρ μου τὴν στολήν
They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, without anyone's help.
14 βέλεσιν αὐτοῦ κατηκόντισέν με κέχρηταί μοι ὡς βούλεται ἐν ὀδύναις πέφυρμαι
As through a wide breach they come, in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in.
15 ἐπιστρέφονται δέ μου αἱ ὀδύναι ᾤχετό μου ἡ ἐλπὶς ὥσπερ πνεῦμα καὶ ὥσπερ νέφος ἡ σωτηρία μου
Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.
16 καὶ νῦν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἔχουσιν δέ με ἡμέραι ὀδυνῶν
"Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me.
17 νυκτὶ δέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ συγκέκαυται τὰ δὲ νεῦρά μου διαλέλυται
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
18 ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελάβετό μου τῆς στολῆς ὥσπερ τὸ περιστόμιον τοῦ χιτῶνός μου περιέσχεν με
By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19 ἥγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς
He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.
20 κέκραγα δὲ πρὸς σὲ καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούεις μου ἔστησαν καὶ κατενόησάν με
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
21 ἐπέβης δέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως χειρὶ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
22 ἔταξας δέ με ἐν ὀδύναις καὶ ἀπέρριψάς με ἀπὸ σωτηρίας
You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.
23 οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι θάνατός με ἐκτρίψει οἰκία γὰρ παντὶ θνητῷ γῆ
For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.
24 εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον δυναίμην ἐμαυτὸν χειρώσασθαι ἢ δεηθείς γε ἑτέρου καὶ ποιήσει μοι τοῦτο
"However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
25 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδυνάτῳ ἔκλαυσα ἐστέναξα δὲ ἰδὼν ἄνδρα ἐν ἀνάγκαις
Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
26 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν
When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 ἡ κοιλία μου ἐξέζεσεν καὶ οὐ σιωπήσεται προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι πτωχείας
My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
28 στένων πεπόρευμαι ἄνευ φιμοῦ ἕστηκα δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ κεκραγώς
I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29 ἀδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
30 τὸ δὲ δέρμα μου ἐσκότωται μεγάλως τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ καύματος
My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.
31 ἀπέβη δὲ εἰς πάθος μου ἡ κιθάρα ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί
Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
