< Ἰώβ 38 >

1 μετὰ δὲ τὸ παύσασθαι Ελιουν τῆς λέξεως εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ Ιωβ διὰ λαίλαπος καὶ νεφῶν
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
2 τίς οὗτος ὁ κρύπτων με βουλήν συνέχων δὲ ῥήματα ἐν καρδίᾳ ἐμὲ δὲ οἴεται κρύπτειν
Who [is] this — darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
3 ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
4 ποῦ ἦς ἐν τῷ θεμελιοῦν με τὴν γῆν ἀπάγγειλον δέ μοι εἰ ἐπίστῃ σύνεσιν
Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.
5 τίς ἔθετο τὰ μέτρα αὐτῆς εἰ οἶδας ἢ τίς ὁ ἐπαγαγὼν σπαρτίον ἐπ’ αὐτῆς
Who placed its measures — if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?
6 ἐπὶ τίνος οἱ κρίκοι αὐτῆς πεπήγασιν τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ βαλὼν λίθον γωνιαῖον ἐπ’ αὐτῆς
On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?
7 ὅτε ἐγενήθησαν ἄστρα ᾔνεσάν με φωνῇ μεγάλῃ πάντες ἄγγελοί μου
In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,
8 ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομένη
And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.
9 ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα
In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας
And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,
11 εἶπα δὲ αὐτῇ μέχρι τούτου ἐλεύσῃ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερβήσῃ ἀλλ’ ἐν σεαυτῇ συντριβήσεταί σου τὰ κύματα
And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
12 ἦ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγος πρωινόν ἑωσφόρος δὲ εἶδεν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν
Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?
13 ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
14 ἦ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν ἔπλασας ζῷον καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπὶ γῆς
It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
15 ἀφεῖλας δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας
And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.
16 ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας
Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
17 ἀνοίγονται δέ σοι φόβῳ πύλαι θανάτου πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου ἰδόντες σε ἔπτηξαν
Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
18 νενουθέτησαι δὲ τὸ εὖρος τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανόν ἀνάγγειλον δή μοι πόση τίς ἐστιν
Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare — if thou hast known it all.
19 ποίᾳ δὲ γῇ αὐλίζεται τὸ φῶς σκότους δὲ ποῖος ὁ τόπος
Where [is] this — the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this — its place?
20 εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν
That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.
21 οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς
Thou hast known — for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!
22 ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ θησαυροὺς χιόνος θησαυροὺς δὲ χαλάζης ἑόρακας
Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?
23 ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμου καὶ μάχης
That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.
24 πόθεν δὲ ἐκπορεύεται πάχνη ἢ διασκεδάννυται νότος εἰς τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.
25 τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν ὑετῷ λάβρῳ ῥύσιν ὁδὸν δὲ κυδοιμῶν
Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
26 τοῦ ὑετίσαι ἐπὶ γῆν οὗ οὐκ ἀνήρ ἔρημον οὗ οὐχ ὑπάρχει ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτῇ
To cause [it] to rain on a land — no man, A wilderness — no man in it.
27 τοῦ χορτάσαι ἄβατον καὶ ἀοίκητον καὶ τοῦ ἐκβλαστῆσαι ἔξοδον χλόης
To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
28 τίς ἐστιν ὑετοῦ πατήρ τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29 ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν
From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?
30 ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον πρόσωπον δὲ ἀβύσσου τίς ἔπηξεν
As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.
31 συνῆκας δὲ δεσμὸν Πλειάδος καὶ φραγμὸν Ὠρίωνος ἤνοιξας
Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open?
32 ἦ διανοίξεις μαζουρωθ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἕσπερον ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτά
Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?
33 ἐπίστασαι δὲ τροπὰς οὐρανοῦ ἢ τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν γινόμενα
Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?
34 καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρῳ ὑπακούσεταί σου
Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?
35 ἀποστελεῖς δὲ κεραυνοὺς καὶ πορεύσονται ἐροῦσιν δέ σοι τί ἐστιν
Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'
36 τίς δὲ ἔδωκεν γυναιξὶν ὑφάσματος σοφίαν ἢ ποικιλτικὴν ἐπιστήμην
Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding?
37 τίς δὲ ὁ ἀριθμῶν νέφη σοφίᾳ οὐρανὸν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔκλινεν
Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
38 κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον
In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
39 θηρεύσεις δὲ λέουσιν βοράν ψυχὰς δὲ δρακόντων ἐμπλήσεις
Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?
40 δεδοίκασιν γὰρ ἐν κοίταις αὐτῶν κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαις ἐνεδρεύοντες
When they bow down in dens — Abide in a thicket for a covert?
41 τίς δὲ ἡτοίμασεν κόρακι βοράν νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς κύριον κεκράγασιν πλανώμενοι τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντες
Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

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