Ἰώβ 9
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
Then responded Job, and said—
2 ἐπ’ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ
Of a truth, I know that so it is, But how can a mortal be just with GOD?
3 ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων
If he choose to contend with him, he cannot answer him, one of a thousand:
4 σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν
Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!
5 ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ
Who removeth mountains, unawares, Who overturneth them in his anger;
6 ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται
Who shaketh the earth, out of its place, and, the pillars thereof, shudder;
7 ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει
Who commandeth the sun, and it breaketh not forth, and, about the stars, he putteth a seal;
8 ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ’ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης
Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;
9 ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ ἕσπερον καὶ ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμίεια νότου
Who made the Bear, the Giant and the Cluster, and the chambers of the south;
10 ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός
Who doeth great things, past finding out, and marvels, beyond number.
11 ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με οὐ μὴ ἴδω καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με οὐδ’ ὧς ἔγνων
Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.
12 ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ τί ἐποίησας
Lo! he snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do?
13 αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves—the proud helpers.
14 ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου
How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him?
15 ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.
16 ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ ὑπακούσῃ οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέν μου
Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.
17 μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διὰ κενῆς
For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need;
18 οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας
He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
19 ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται
If it regardeth vigour, bold is he! If justice, who could summon him?
20 ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι
If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me, —I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.
21 εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή
I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!
22 διὸ εἶπον μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή
One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.
23 ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται
If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh.
24 παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός τίς ἐστιν
The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?
25 ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν
My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.
26 ἦ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν
They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture [which] rusheth upon food.
27 ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,
28 σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις
I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce me innocent.
29 ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον
I, shall be held guilty, —Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?
30 ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς
Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands,
31 ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή
Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:
32 οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ’ ἐμέ ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν
For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:
33 εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων
There is not, between us, a mediator, who might lay his hand upon us both.
34 ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω
Let him take from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:
35 καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι
I could speak, and not be afraid of him, although, not so, am, I, in myself!
