Ἰώβ 39
1 εἰ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων
[Say] if you know the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] you have marked the calving of the hinds:
2 ἠρίθμησας δὲ αὐτῶν μῆνας πλήρεις τοκετοῦ ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας
and [if] you has have numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] you have relieved their pangs:
3 ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου ὠδῖνας αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς
and have reared their young without fear; and will you loosen their pangs?
4 ἀπορρήξουσιν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γενήματι ἐξελεύσονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς
Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.
5 τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν
And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?
6 ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα
whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.
7 καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων
He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
8 κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ
He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.
9 βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου
And will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or to lie down at your manger?
10 δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ
And will you bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for you in the plain?
11 πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου
And do you trust him, because his strength is great? and will you commit your works to him?
12 πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα
And will you believe that he will return to you your seed, and bring [it] in [to] your threshing floor?
13 πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεελασα ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ασιδα καὶ νεσσα
The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],
14 ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ᾠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει
for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
15 καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει
and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.
16 ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτῇ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου
She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labours in vain without fear.
17 ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει
For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.
18 κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ
In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.
19 ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον
Hast you invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
20 περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ
And have you clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?
21 ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύι
He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.
22 συναντῶν βέλει καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου
He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
23 ἐπ’ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα
The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:
24 καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ
and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.
25 σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει εὖγε πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ
And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.
26 ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας ἀκίνητος καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον
And does the hawk remain steady by your wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking towards the region of the south?
27 ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται
And does the eagle rise at your command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
28 ἐπ’ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ
on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?
29 ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσιν
Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
30 νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι οὗ δ’ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται
And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.
