Ἰώβ 38
1 μετὰ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ελιουν τῆς λέξεως εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ Ιωβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν
And he answered Yahweh Job (from - *Q(K)*) (the tempest *Q(k)*) and he said.
2 τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν συνέχων δὲ ῥήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν
Who? this - [is] making dark counsel by words not knowledge.
3 ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι
Gird up please like a man loins your and I will ask you and make known to me.
4 ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν
Where? were you when founded I [the] earth tell if you know understanding.
5 τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς εἰ οἶδας ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπ’ αὐτῆς
Who? did he appoint measurements its for you know or who? did he stretch out on it a measuring-line.
6 ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασιν τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπ’ αὐτῆς
On what? bases its were they sunk or who? did he lay [the] stone of corner its.
7 ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου
When sang together [the] stars of morning and they shouted all [the] sons of God.
8 ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη
And he shut off with doors [the] sea when burst forth it from [the] womb it came forth.
9 ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα
When made I cloud[s] clothing its and thick darkness swaddling-band its.
10 ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας
And I broke on it boundary my and I set in place a bar and doors.
11 εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ ἀλλ’ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα
And I said to here you will come and not you will add and here someone will fix in [the] pride of waves your.
12 ἦ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωινόν ἑωσφόρος δὲ εἶδεν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν
¿ From days your have you commanded morning (you caused to know the dawn *Q(K)*) place its.
13 ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς
To take hold on [the] corners of the earth so they may be shaken wicked [people] from it.
14 ἦ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν ἔπλασας ζῷον καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπὶ γῆς
It is changed like [the] clay of a seal so they may stand forth like clothing.
15 ἀφεῖλας δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας
So it may be withheld from wicked [people] light their and an arm uplifted it is broken.
16 ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας
¿ Have you gone to [the] springs of [the] sea and in [the] depth of [the] deep have you walked about?
17 ἀνοίγονται δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν
¿ Have they been revealed to you [the] gates of death and [the] gates of deep darkness have you seen?
18 νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανόν ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι πόση τίς ἐστιν
Have you shown yourself attentive? to [the] broad spaces of [the] earth tell if you know all of it.
19 ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος
Where? this [is] the way [where] it dwells light and darkness where? this [is] place its.
20 εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν
That you will take it to territory its and that you will discern [the] paths of house its.
21 οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς
You know for then you were born and [the] number of days your [is] many.
22 ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑόρακας
¿ Have you gone into [the] storehouses of snow and [the] storehouses of hail have you seen?
23 ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμου καὶ μάχης
Which I have kept back for [the] time of distress for [the] day of battle and warfare.
24 πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη ἢ διασκεδάννυται νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
Where? this [is] the way [where] it is divided light [where] it scatters [the] east wind over [the] earth.
25 τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ῥύσιν ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν
Who? does he divide for the flood a channel and a path for [the] storm of thunder claps.
26 τοῦ ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ γῆν οὗ οὐκ ἀνήρ ἔρημον οὗ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτῇ
To send rain on a land not anyone a wilderness [which] not anyone [is] in it.
27 τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης
To satisfy devastation and desolation and to cause to sprout a going forth of vegetation.
28 τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου
¿ [is] there For the rain a father or who? does he father [the] drops of dew.
29 ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν
From [the] womb of whom? does it come forth the ice and [the] frost of heaven who? does he give birth to it.
30 ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον πρόσωπον δὲ ἀβύσσου τίς ἔπηξεν
Like stone waters they become hard and [the] surface of [the] deep they freeze.
31 συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας
¿ Will you bind on [the] bonds of Pleiades or? [the] chains of Orion will you loosen.
32 ἦ διανοίξεις μαζουρωθ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἕσπερον ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτά
¿ Will you lead out [the] constellations at appropriate time its and [the] Bear with young ones its will you guide? them.
33 ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα
¿ Do you know [the] statutes of [the] heavens or? do you appoint rule its over the earth.
34 καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρῳ ὑπακούσεταί σου
¿ Will you lift up to the cloud[s] voice your and an abundance of water will you cover? yourself.
35 ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται ἐροῦσιν δέ σοι τί ἐστιν
¿ Will you send forth lightning so they may go and they may say to you here [are] we.
36 τίς δὲ ἔδωκεν γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην
Who? has he put in the inner parts wisdom or who? has he given to the heart understanding.
37 τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινεν
Who? will he count [the] clouds by wisdom and [the] waterskins of heaven who? will he make to lie down.
38 κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον
When flows [the] dust into lump and [the] clods they are joined together.
39 θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσιν βοράν ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπλήσεις
¿ Will you hunt for a lion prey and [the] life of young lions will you fill?
40 δεδοίκασιν γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες
If they will crouch in dens they will remain in thicket for lying-in-wait.
41 τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν κόρακι βοράν νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς κύριον κεκράγασιν πλανώμενοι τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες
Who? does he prepare for the raven food-supply its if (young ones its *Q(K)*) to God they will cry for help they will wander about for not food.
