Ἰώβ 40
1 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ιωβ καὶ εἶπεν
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
2 μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλινεῖ ἐλέγχων θεὸν ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν
Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
3 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει τῷ κυρίῳ
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
4 τί ἔτι ἐγὼ κρίνομαι νουθετούμενος καὶ ἐλέγχων κύριον ἀκούων τοιαῦτα οὐθὲν ὤν ἐγὼ δὲ τίνα ἀπόκρισιν δῶ πρὸς ταῦτα χεῖρα θήσω ἐπὶ στόματί μου
Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 ἅπαξ λελάληκα ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ οὐ προσθήσω
I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ κύριος εἶπεν τῷ Ιωβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 μή ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι
Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
8 μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος
Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
9 ἦ βραχίων σοί ἐστιν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ φωνῇ κατ’ αὐτὸν βροντᾷς
Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίεσαι
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.
11 ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ πᾶν δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.
12 ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔξω ὁμοθυμαδόν τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 ὁμολογήσω ἄρα ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι
Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοί χόρτον ἴσα βουσὶν ἐσθίει
Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.
16 ἰδοὺ δὴ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ὀσφύι ἡ δὲ δύναμις ἐπ’ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ πλευραὶ χάλκειαι ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός
His bones are as tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος κυρίου πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ
He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπ’ ὄρος ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22 σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις καὶ κλῶνες ἄγνου
The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.
23 ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ πέποιθεν ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ιορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24 ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
