Ἰώβ 40
1 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ιωβ καὶ εἶπεν
Moreover Jehovah spake to Job, and said:
2 μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλινεῖ ἐλέγχων θεὸν ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν
Will the censurer of the Almighty contend with him? Will the reprover of God answer?
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 vile! what can I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 ἅπαξ λελάληκα ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ οὐ προσθήσω
Once have I spoken, but I will not speak again; Yea, twice, but I will say no more.
6 ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ κύριος εἶπεν τῷ Ιωβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους
Then spake Jehovah to 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 now thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
8 μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος
Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?
9 ἦ βραχίων σοί ἐστιν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ φωνῇ κατ’ αὐτὸν βροντᾷς
Hast thou an arm like God's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?
10 ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίεσαι
Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!
11 ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ πᾶν δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον
Send forth the fury of thy wrath! Look upon every proud one, and abase him!
12 ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα
Look upon every proud one, and bring him low; Yea, 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; Shut up their faces in darkness!
14 ὁμολογήσω ἄρα ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι
Then, indeed, will I give thee the praise, That thine own right hand can save thee.
15 ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοί χόρτον ἴσα βουσὶν ἐσθίει
Behold the river-horse, which I have made as well as thyself; He feedeth on grass like the ox.
16 ἰδοὺ δὴ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ὀσφύι ἡ δὲ δύναμις ἐπ’ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός
Behold, what strength is in his loins! And what force in the muscles of his belly!
17 ἔστησεν οὐρὰν ὡς κυπάρισσον τὰ δὲ νεῦρα αὐτοῦ συμπέπλεκται
He bendeth his tail, like the cedar, And the sinews of his thighs are twisted together.
18 αἱ πλευραὶ αὐτοῦ πλευραὶ χάλκειαι ἡ δὲ ῥάχις αὐτοῦ σίδηρος χυτός
His bones are pipes of brass, And his limbs are bars of iron.
19 τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος κυρίου πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ
He is chief among the works of God; He that made him gave him his sword.
20 ἐπελθὼν δὲ ἐπ’ ὄρος ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ
For the mountains supply him with food, Where all the beasts of the field play.
21 ὑπὸ παντοδαπὰ δένδρα κοιμᾶται παρὰ πάπυρον καὶ κάλαμον καὶ βούτομον
He lieth down under the lote-plants, In the covert of reeds, and in the fens.
22 σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις καὶ κλῶνες ἄγνου
The lote-plants cover him with their shadow, And the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ πέποιθεν ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ιορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
Lo! the stream overfloweth, but he starteth not; He is unmoved though Jordan rush forth even to his mouth.
24 ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ αὐτοῦ δέξεται αὐτόν ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα
Can one take him before his eyes, Or pierce his nose with hooks?
