Ἰώβ 40
1 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ιωβ καὶ εἶπεν
Moreover the LORD answered Job,
2 μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλινεῖ ἐλέγχων θεὸν ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν
“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει τῷ κυρίῳ
Then Job answered the LORD,
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 will I answer you? I lay my hand on 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 the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 μή ἀλλὰ ζῶσαι ὥσπερ ἀνὴρ τὴν ὀσφύν σου ἐρωτήσω δέ σε σὺ δέ μοι ἀποκρίθητι
“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι ἢ ἵνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος
Will you even annul my judgement? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 ἦ βραχίων σοί ἐστιν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἢ φωνῇ κατ’ αὐτὸν βροντᾷς
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 ἀνάλαβε δὴ ὕψος καὶ δύναμιν δόξαν δὲ καὶ τιμὴν ἀμφίεσαι
“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honour and majesty.
11 ἀπόστειλον δὲ ἀγγέλους ὀργῇ πᾶν δὲ ὑβριστὴν ταπείνωσον
Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 ὑπερήφανον δὲ σβέσον σῆψον δὲ ἀσεβεῖς παραχρῆμα
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush 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 the hidden place.
14 ὁμολογήσω ἄρα ὅτι δύναται ἡ δεξιά σου σῶσαι
Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 ἀλλὰ δὴ ἰδοὺ θηρία παρὰ σοί χόρτον ἴσα βουσὶν ἐσθίει
“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 ἰδοὺ δὴ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ὀσφύι ἡ δὲ δύναμις ἐπ’ ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. 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 like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ἀρχὴ πλάσματος κυρίου πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ
He is the chief 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 produce food for him, where all the animals 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 marsh.
22 σκιάζονται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δένδρα μεγάλα σὺν ῥαδάμνοις καὶ κλῶνες ἄγνου
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 ἐὰν γένηται πλήμμυρα οὐ μὴ αἰσθηθῇ πέποιθεν ὅτι προσκρούσει ὁ Ιορδάνης εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells 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?
