Ἰώβ 24
1 Επειδή οι καιροί δεν είναι κεκρυμμένοι από του Παντοδυνάμου, διά τι οι γνωρίζοντες αυτόν δεν βλέπουσι τας ημέρας αυτού;
“(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
2 Μετακινούσιν όρια· αρπάζουσι ποίμνια και ποιμαίνουσιν·
[Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
3 αφαιρούσι την όνον των ορφανών· λαμβάνουσι τον βουν της χήρας εις ενέχυρον·
[Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
4 εξωθούσι τους ενδεείς από της οδού· οι πτωχοί της γης ομού κρύπτονται.
[Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
5 Ιδού, ως άγριοι όνοι εν τη ερήμω, εξέρχονται εις τα έργα αυτών εγειρόμενοι πρωΐ διά αρπαγήν· η έρημος δίδει τροφήν δι' αυτούς και διά τα τέκνα αυτών.
The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
6 Θερίζουσιν αγρόν μη όντα εαυτών, και τρυγώσιν άμπελον αδικίας.
The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
7 Κάμνουσι τους γυμνούς να νυκτερεύωσιν άνευ ιματίου, και δεν έχουσι σκέπασμα εις το ψύχος.
During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
8 Υγραίνονται εκ των βροχών των ορέων και εναγκαλίζονται τον βράχον, μη έχοντες καταφύγιον.
When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
9 Εκείνοι αρπάζουσι τον ορφανόν από του μαστού, και λαμβάνουσιν ενέχυρον παρά του πτωχού·
[Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
10 κάμνουσιν αυτόν να υπάγη γυμνός άνευ ιματίου, και οι βαστάζοντες τα χειρόβολα μένουσι πεινώντες.
But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
11 Οι εκπιέζοντες το έλαιον εντός των τοίχων αυτών και πατούντες τους ληνούς αυτών, διψώσιν.
Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
12 Άνθρωποι στενάζουσιν εκ της πόλεως, και η ψυχή των πεπληγωμένων βοά· αλλ' ο Θεός δεν επιθέτει εις αυτούς αφροσύνην.
In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
13 Ούτοι είναι εκ των ανθισταμένων εις το φώς· δεν γνωρίζουσι τας οδούς αυτού, και δεν μένουσιν εν ταις τρίβοις αυτού.
Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
14 Ο φονεύς εγειρόμενος την αυγήν φονεύει τον πτωχόν και τον ενδεή, την δε νύκτα γίνεται ως κλέπτης.
Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
15 Ο οφθαλμός ομοίως του μοιχού παραφυλάττει το νύκτωμα, λέγων, Οφθαλμός δεν θέλει με ιδεί· και καλύπτει το πρόσωπον αυτού.
Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
16 Εν τω σκότει διατρυπώσι τας οικίας, τας οποίας την ημέραν εσημείωσαν δι' εαυτούς. Δεν γνωρίζουσι φώς·
It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
17 διότι η αυγή είναι εις πάντας αυτούς σκιά θανάτου· εάν τις γνωρίση αυτούς, είναι τρόμοι σκιάς θανάτου.
All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
18 Είναι ελαφροί επί το πρόσωπον των υδάτων· η μερίς αυτών είναι κατηραμένη επί της γής· δεν βλέπουσι την οδόν των αμπέλων.
“[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
19 Η ξηρασία και η θερμότης αρπάζουσι τα ύδατα της χιόνος, ο δε τάφος τους αμαρτωλούς. (Sheol h7585)
Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
20 Η μήτρα θέλει λησμονήσει αυτούς· ο σκώληξ θέλει βόσκεσθαι επ' αυτούς· δεν θέλουσιν ελθεί πλέον εις ενθύμησιν· και η αδικία θέλει συντριφθή ως ξύλον.
Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
21 Κακοποιούσι την στείραν την άτεκνον· και δεν αγαθοποιούσι την χήραν·
They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
22 και κατακρατούσι τους δυνατούς διά της δυνάμεως αυτών· εγείρονται, και δεν είναι ουδείς ασφαλής εν τη ζωή αυτού.
But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
23 Έδωκε μεν ο Θεός εις αυτούς ασφάλειαν και αναπαύονται· όμως οι οφθαλμοί αυτού είναι επί τας οδούς αυτών.
God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
24 Υψόνονται ολίγον καιρόν και δεν υπάρχουσι, και καταβάλλονται ως πάντες· σηκόνονται εκ του μέσου και αποκόπτονται ως η κεφαλή των ασταχύων·
They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
25 και εάν τώρα δεν ήναι ούτω, τις θέλει με διαψεύσει και εξουθενίσει τους λόγους μου;
If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
