Ἰώβ 40
1 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ιωβ καὶ εἶπεν
And YHWH answers Job and says:
2 μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλινεῖ ἐλέγχων θεὸν ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν
“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
3 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει τῷ κυρίῳ
And Job answers YHWH and says:
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 have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
5 ἅπαξ λελάληκα ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ οὐ προσθήσω
I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
6 ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ κύριος εἶπεν τῷ Ιωβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
7 μή ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι
“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
8 μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
9 ἦ βραχίων σοί ἐστιν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ φωνῇ κατ’ αὐτὸν βροντᾷς
And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
10 ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίεσαι
Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
11 ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ πᾶν δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον
Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
12 ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα
See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
13 κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ἔξω ὁμοθυμαδόν τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον
Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
14 ὁμολογήσω ἄρα ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι
And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
15 ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοί χόρτον ἴσα βουσὶν ἐσθίει
Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
16 ἰδοὺ δὴ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ὀσφύι ἡ δὲ δύναμις ἐπ’ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός
Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
17 ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται
He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
18 αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ πλευραὶ χάλκειαι ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός
His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
19 τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος κυρίου πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ
He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
20 ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπ’ ὄρος ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ
For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον
He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
22 σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις καὶ κλῶνες ἄγνου
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
23 ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ πέποιθεν ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ιορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
24 ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα
Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
