Ἰώβ 9
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
Then Job answered and said,
2 ἐπ’ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ
I know it to be so of a truth: but how should man 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 will contend with him, he cannot answer him one time out of a thousand.
4 σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
5 ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ
Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: 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 its pillars tremble.
7 ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ’ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ ἕσπερον καὶ ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμίεια νότου
Who maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, 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; yea, and wonders without number.
11 ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με οὐ μὴ ἴδω καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με οὐδ’ ὧς ἔγνων
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12 ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ τί ἐποίησας
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest thou?
13 αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
14 ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason 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, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16 ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ ὑπακούσῃ οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέν μου
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice.
17 μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διὰ κενῆς
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας
He will not allow me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι
If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, that also shall prove me perverse.
21 εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 διὸ εἶπον μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται
If the scourge shall slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός τίς ἐστιν
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of its judges; if not, where, and who is he?
25 ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 ἦ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27 ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28 σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον
If I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
30 ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
32 οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ’ ἐμέ ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33 εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων
Neither is there any mediator between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω
Let him take away his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35 καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
