Ἰώβ 8
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα πνεῦμα πολυρῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου
How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
3 μὴ ὁ κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον
Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
4 εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν
If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
5 σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος
If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
6 εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινός δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης
If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
7 ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα
And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
8 ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
9 χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος
For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
10 ἦ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσιν καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσιν ῥήματα
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
12 ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
13 οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ κυρίου ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
14 ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή
Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
15 ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ στῇ ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.
16 ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται
He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;
17 ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
18 ἐὰν καταπίῃ ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν οὐχ ἑόρακας τοιαῦτα
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!
19 ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.
20 ὁ γὰρ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται
Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.
21 ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως
Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,
22 οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more.
