Ἰώβ 16
1 Τότε ο Ιώβ απεκρίθη και είπε·
Job replied [to Eliphaz and the others: ]
2 Πολλά τοιαύτα ήκουσα· άθλιοι παρηγορηταί είσθε πάντες.
“I have heard things like that before; all of you, [instead of helping me, ] are only causing me to feel more miserable.
3 Έχουσι τέλος αι ματαιολογίαι; ή τι σε ενθαρρύνει εις το να αποκρίνησαι;
Will your speeches, which are only hot air, never end [RHQ]? Eliphaz, what bothers/irritates you so much that you continue replying to me?
4 Και εγώ εδυνάμην να λαλήσω καθώς σείς· εάν η ψυχή σας ήτο εις τον τόπον της ψυχής μου, ηδυνάμην να επισωρεύσω λόγους εναντίον σας, και να κινήσω εναντίον σας την κεφαλήν μου.
If it were you [three and not I] who were suffering, I could say the things that you are saying; I could make great speeches [to criticize/condemn you], and I could shake my head at you [to ridicule you].
5 Ήθελον σας ενισχύσει με το στόμα μου, και η κίνησις των χειλέων μου ήθελε σας ανακουφίσει.
But, [unlike all of you, ] with what I said [MTY] I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less.
6 Αν λαλώ, ο πόνος μου δεν ανακουφίζεται· και αν σιωπώ, ποία ελάττωσις γίνεται εις εμέ;
“But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease, and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not [RHQ] go away.
7 Αλλά τώρα με υπερεβάρυνεν· ηρήμωσας πάσαν την συνοδίαν μου.
God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family.
8 Και αι ρυτίδες με τας οποίας με εσημείωσας, είναι μαρτυρία· και η ισχνότης μου ανισταμένη εις εμέ, μαρτυρεί επί του προσώπου μου.
He has shriveled me up, and people think that shows that I [am a sinner]. And people see that I am only skin and bones, and they think that proves that I [am guilty].
9 Με διασπαράττει ο εχθρός μου εν τω θυμώ αυτού και με μισεί· τρίζει τους οδόντας αυτού εναντίον μου· οξύνει τους οφθαλμούς αυτού επ' εμέ.
Because God is very angry with me and hates me, [it is as though he is a wild animal that] [MET] has gnashed his teeth at me because he is my enemy.
10 Ανοίγουσι το στόμα αυτών κατ' εμού· με τύπτουσι κατά της σιαγόνος υβριστικώς· συνήχθησαν ομού επ' εμέ.
People gape/stare at me with their mouths open [to sneer at me]; they have struck me on the face/cheek to ridicule me, and they crowd around me to threaten me.
11 Ο Θεός με παρέδωκεν εις τον άδικον, και με έρριψεν εις χείρας ασεβών.
[It is as though] God has handed me over to ungodly people and turned me over to the wicked [DOU].
12 Ήμην εν ησυχία, και με κατεσπάραξε· και πιάσας με από του τραχήλου, με κατεσύντριψε, και με έθεσε σκοπόν αυτού.
Previously, I was living peacefully, but he crushed me; [it is as though] he grabbed my neck and smashed me to pieces. [It is as though] [MET] he set me up like a target;
13 Οι τοξόται αυτού με περιεκύκλωσαν· διαπερά τα νεφρά μου, και δεν φείδεται· εκχέει την χολήν μου επί την γην.
people are surrounding me [and shooting arrows at me]. His arrows pierce my kidneys and cause the bile [from my liver] to spill onto the ground, and God does not pity me at all.
14 Με συντρίβει με πληγήν επί πληγήν· έδραμεν επ' εμέ ως γίγας.
[It is as though] [MET] I am a wall that he is breaking through; he rushes at me like [SIM] a soldier [attacking his enemies].
15 Σάκκον έρραψα επί το δέρμα μου, και εμόλυνα το κέρας μου με χώμα.
[“Because I am mourning, ] I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together, and I sit [here] in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged.
16 Το πρόσωπόν μου κατεκάη υπό του κλαυθμού, και σκιά θανάτου είναι επί των βλεφάρων μου·
My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes.
17 ενώ αδικία δεν υπάρχει εν ταις χερσί μου, και η προσευχή μου είναι καθαρά.
[All this has happened to me] even though I have not acted violently [toward anyone], and I [always] pray sincerely/honestly [to God].
18 Ω γη, μη σκεπάσης το αίμα μου, και ας μη υπάρχη τόπος διά την κραυγήν μου,
[When I die, ] I want the ground [APO] to [act as though I had been murdered and] cry out against those who killed me, and I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding [that God act justly toward] me.
19 και τώρα, ιδού, ο μάρτυς μου είναι εν τω ουρανώ, και η μαρτυρία μου εν τοις υψίστοις.
But even now, [I know that] there is someone in heaven who will testify for me, and he will say that what I have done is right.
20 Οι φίλοι μου είναι οι εμπαίζοντές με· ο οφθαλμός μου σταλάζει δάκρυα προς τον Θεόν.
My [three] friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears [while I cry out] to God.
21 Να ήτο δυνατόν να διαδικάζηταί τις προς τον Θεόν, ως άνθρωπος προς τον πλησίον αυτού.
I pray that [the] one [who knows what I have done] would come to plead with God for me like people plead for their friends.
22 Διότι ήλθον τα ηριθμημένα έτη· και θέλω υπάγει την οδόν, οπόθεν δεν θέλω επιστρέψει.
[I say this because] within a few years [I will die]; I will walk along the [to the grave] from which I will never return.”
