Ἰώβ 39
1 εἰ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων
"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
2 ἠρίθμησας δὲ αὐτῶν μῆνας πλήρεις τοκετοῦ ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας
Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3 ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου ὠδῖνας αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they end their labor pains.
4 ἀπορρήξουσιν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γενήματι ἐξελεύσονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς
Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and do not return again.
5 τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν
"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
6 ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα
Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
7 καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων
He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.
8 κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ
The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.
9 βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου
"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10 δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
11 πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
12 πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα
Will you have faith in him, that he will bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεελασα ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ασιδα καὶ νεσσα
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
14 ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ᾠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
15 καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει
and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
16 ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτῇ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
17 ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει
because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
18 κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ
When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
19 ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον
"Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
20 περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ
Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
21 ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύι
He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.
22 συναντῶν βέλει καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου
He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.
23 ἐπ’ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα
The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
24 καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ
He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25 σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει εὖγε πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ
As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha.' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας ἀκίνητος καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον
"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
27 ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται
Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
28 ἐπ’ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ
On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
29 ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσιν
From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
30 νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι οὗ δ’ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται
His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."
