Ἰώβ 39
1 εἰ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων
Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!
2 ἠρίθμησας δὲ αὐτῶν μῆνας πλήρεις τοκετοῦ ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας
Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!
3 ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου ὠδῖνας αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς
They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
4 ἀπορρήξουσιν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γενήματι ἐξελεύσονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς
Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them.
5 τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
6 ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
7 καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
8 κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ
The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
9 βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
10 δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
11 πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου
Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
12 πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα
Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
13 πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεελασα ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ασιδα καὶ νεσσα
The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.
14 ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ᾠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει
For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
15 καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει
And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
16 ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτῇ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου
Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear.
17 ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει
For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:
18 κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ
At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
19 ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον
Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane?
20 περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ
Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.
21 ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύι
They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
22 συναντῶν βέλει καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου
He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.
23 ἐπ’ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα
Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.
24 καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
25 σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει εὖγε πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ
Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.
26 ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας ἀκίνητος καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον
By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?
27 ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται
At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?
28 ἐπ’ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ
A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress.
29 ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσιν
From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,
30 νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι οὗ δ’ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται
And his brood gulp up blood, And where the pierced [are] — there [is] he!
