Ἰώβ 8
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
2 μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα πνεῦμα πολυρῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου
Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
3 μὴ ὁ κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον
Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
4 εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν
If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
5 σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος
Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
6 εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινός δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης
If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.
7 ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα
And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
8 ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων
Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search 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 are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
10 ἦ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσιν καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσιν ῥήματα
Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
11 μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου
Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
12 ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται
Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
13 οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ κυρίου ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται
So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
14 ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή
His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
15 ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ στῇ ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
16 ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται
The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
17 ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται
The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
18 ἐὰν καταπίῃ ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν οὐχ ἑόρακας τοιαῦτα
If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
19 ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει
Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
20 ὁ γὰρ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται
Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
21 ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως
Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
22 οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται
They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
