Ἰώβ 10
1 Η ψυχή μου εβαρύνθη την ζωήν μου· θέλω παραδοθή εις το παράπονόν μου· θέλω λαλήσει εν τη πικρία της ψυχής μου.
“I am tired of living. And I will not be silent and stop saying what I am complaining about. Instead, being very unhappy, I will speak [IDM].
2 Θέλω ειπεί προς τον Θεόν, μη με καταδικάσης· δείξόν μοι διά τι με δικάζεις.
I will say to God, ‘Do not say that I must be punished; instead, tell me what wrong you are saying that I have done.
3 Είναι καλόν εις σε να καταθλίβης, να καταφρονής το έργον των χειρών σου και να ευοδόνης την βουλήν των ασεβών;
Does it seem to be good for you to oppress me, to abandon me, whom you created, and instead, to help wicked people to do the things that they plan to do?
4 Σαρκός οφθαλμούς έχεις; ή βλέπεις καθώς βλέπει άνθρωπος;
Do you understand things the way that we humans do?
5 Ανθρώπινος είναι ο βίος σου; ή τα έτη σου ως ημέραι ανθρώπου,
(Do you live for only a few years, like we do?/You certainly do not live for only a few years, like we do.) [RHQ]
6 ώστε αναζητείς την ανομίαν μου και ανερευνάς την αμαρτίαν μου;
So, why do you [RHQ] continue to search for my faults? Why do you hunt for my sins?
7 Ενώ εξεύρεις ότι δεν ησέβησα· και δεν υπάρχει ο ελευθερών εκ των χειρών σου.
You know that I am not guilty, and that no one can rescue me from your power [MTY].
8 Αι χείρές σου με εμόρφωσαν και με έπλασαν όλον κύκλω· και με καταστρέφεις.
“'With your hands you created me and shaped/formed my body; but now you are [deciding that you should not have done that, and you are] destroying me.
9 Ενθυμήθητι, δέομαι, ότι ως πηλόν με έκαμες· και εις χώμα θέλεις με επιστρέψει.
Do not forget that you made me from [a piece of] clay; are you going to cause me to become dirt again [RHQ]?
10 Δεν με ήμελξας ως γάλα και με έπηξας ως τυρόν;
You certainly [RHQ] directed/controlled it when I was conceived, and you formed me inside my mother’s womb [MET].
11 Δέρμα και σάρκα με ενέδυσας και με οστά και νεύρα με περιέφραξας.
You fastened my bones together with sinews, and [then] you covered them with flesh inside my skin.
12 Ζωήν και έλεος εχάρισας εις εμέ, και η επίσκεψίς σου εφύλαξε το πνεύμά μου·
You have caused me to be alive, and you have faithfully loved me, and you have carefully (preserved me/kept me alive).
13 ταύτα όμως έκρυπτες εν τη καρδία σου· εξεύρω ότι τούτο ήτο μετά σου.
“'But you (kept secret/did not reveal) what [you were planning to do to me]; I am certain that you were planning [to do] these [things to me].
14 Εάν αμαρτήσω, με παραφυλάττεις, και από της ανομίας μου δεν θέλεις με αθωώσει.
You were watching to see if I would sin, in order that [if I sinned, ] you would refuse to forgive me.
15 Εάν ασεβήσω, ουαί εις εμέ· και εάν ήμαι δίκαιος, δεν δύναμαι να σηκώσω την κεφαλήν μου· είμαι πλήρης ατιμίας· ιδέ λοιπόν την θλίψιν μου,
If I am a wicked man, I hope/wish that terrible things will happen to me. But even if I am righteous, I still must bow my head [and feel ashamed], because I am very disgraced and feel miserable.
16 διότι αυξάνει. Με κυνηγείς ως άγριος λέων· και επιστρέφων δεικνύεσαι θαυμαστός κατ' εμού.
And if I am proud, you hunt me like [SIM] a lion hunts [for some animal to kill], and you act powerfully to injure me.
17 Ανανεόνεις τους μάρτυράς σου εναντίον μου, και πληθύνεις την οργήν σου κατ' εμού· αλλαγαί στρατεύματος γίνονται επ' εμέ.
You constantly find more witnesses [to testify that I have done what is wrong], and you continually become more angry/perturbed with me. [It is as though] you are always bringing new troops to attack me.
18 Διά τι λοιπόν με εξήγαγες εκ της μήτρας; είθε να εξέπνεον, και οφθαλμός να μη με έβλεπεν.
“'God, why did you allow me to be born? I wish/desire that I had died before anyone [SYN] saw me.
19 Ήθελον είσθαι ως μη υπάρξας· ήθελον φερθή εκ της μήτρας εις τον τάφον.
[I consider that] it would have been better if I had been carried directly from my mother’s womb to the grave than for me to live.
20 Αι ημέραι μου δεν είναι ολίγαι; παύσον λοιπόν, και άφες με, διά να αναλάβω ολίγον,
[I think that] [RHQ] there are only a few days for me to remain alive; so (allow me to be alone/stop attacking me), in order that I may be a little cheerful
21 πριν υπάγω όθεν δεν θέλω επιστρέψει, εις γην σκότους και σκιάς θανάτου·
before I go to the place from which I will never return, where it is always gloomy and very dark [DOU],
22 γην γνοφεράν, ως το σκότος της σκιάς του θανάτου, όπου τάξις δεν είναι, και το φως είναι ως το σκότος.
a place of darkness and dark shadows, where [everything] is confused/disordered, where [even a small amount of] light there is like darkness (OR, there is no light, only darkness).’”
