Ἰώβ 6
1 Ο δε Ιώβ απεκρίθη και είπεν·
Then Job spoke again, saying [to Eliphaz],
2 Είθε να εζυγίζετο τωόντι η λύπη μου, και η συμφορά μου να ετίθετο όλη ομού εν τη πλάστιγγι.
“If all my troubles and misery could be put on a scale and weighed,
3 Επειδή τώρα ήθελεν είσθαι βαρυτέρα υπέρ την άμμον της θαλάσσης· διά τούτο οι λόγοι μου καταπίνονται.
they would be heavier than all the sands [on the shores] of the oceans. That is why I spoke (very rashly/without thinking clearly) [about the day that I was born].
4 Διότι τα βέλη του Παντοδυνάμου είναι εντός μου, των οποίων το φαρμάκιον εκπίνει το πνεύμά μου· οι τρόμοι του Θεού παρατάττονται εναντίον μου.
[It is as though] Almighty [God] has shot me with arrows. [It is as though] those arrows had poison on their tips, and that poison has gone into my spirit. The things that God has done to me have terrified me.
5 Ογκάται ο άγριος όνος παρά τη χλόη; ή μυκάται ο βους παρά τη φάτνη αυτού;
Just like a wild donkey does not [complain by] braying when it has plenty of grass to eat, and an ox does not [complain by] bellowing when it has food to eat [MET], [I would not complain if you were really helping/comforting me].
6 Τρώγεται το άνοστον χωρίς άλατος; ή υπάρχει γεύσις εν τω λευκώματι του ωού;
People complain [RHQ] when they must eat food which has no salt or other tasteless food [MET], [and that is what your words are like, Eliphaz].
7 Τα πράγματα, τα οποία η ψυχή μου απεστρέφετο να εγγίση, έγειναν ως το αηδές φαγητόν μου.
Just like I do not want to eat food [like that], and I loathe/detests that kind of food [MET], [I do not appreciate what you have said to me].
8 Είθε να απελάμβανον την αίτησίν μου, και να μοι έδιδεν ο Θεός την επιθυμίαν μου.
“I wish that God would do for me what I have requested from him [DOU].
9 Και να ήθελεν ευδοκήσει ο Θεός να με αφανίση· να απολύση την χείρα αυτού και να με κόψη.
I wish that he would crush me [and let me die]. I wish that he would reach out his hand and take away my life.
10 Και θέλει είσθαι έτι η παρηγορία μου, ότι, και αν καταναλωθώ εν τη θλίψει και αυτός δεν με λυπηθή, εγώ δεν έκρυψα τους λόγους του Αγίου.
If he would do that, I would be comforted by knowing that in spite of the great pain that I have suffered, I have always obeyed what [God, ] the Holy One, has commanded.
11 Ποία η δύναμίς μου, ώστε να εγκαρτερώ; και ποίον το τέλος μου, ώστε να υποφέρη η ψυχή μου;
But now I do not have [RHQ] enough strength to endure all these things. And since I have nothing [to hope for] in (the future/this life), it is difficult for me to be patient now [RHQ].
12 Μήπως η δύναμίς μου είναι δύναμις λίθων; ή η σαρξ μου χαλκός;
I am not [RHQ] strong like rocks are, and my body is not made of bronze.
13 Μήπως δεν εξέλιπεν εν εμοί η βοήθειά μου και απεμακρύνθη απ' εμού η σωτηρία;
So I am not able to help myself, and [it seems that] there is no one to rescue me.”
14 Εις τον τεθλιμμένον έλεος πρέπει παρά του φίλου αυτού· αλλ' αυτός εγκατέλιπε τον φόβον του Παντοδυνάμου.
“When a man has many troubles, his friends should be kind to him, even if he stops revering Almighty [God].
15 Οι αδελφοί μου εφέρθησαν απατηλώς ως χείμαρρος, ως ρεύμα χειμάρρων παρήλθον·
But [you, ] my friends, are not dependable. You are like streams: They spill over their banks [in the spring]
16 οίτινες θολόνονται εκ του πάγου, εις τους οποίους διαλύεται η χιών·
when [the melting] ice and snow make those streams overflow,
17 όταν θερμανθώσιν, εκλείπουσιν· όταν γείνη θερμότης, εξαλείφονται από του τόπου αυτών.
but when the dry season comes, there is no water flowing [in those streams], and the channels dry up.
18 Τα ίχνη της πορείας αυτών συστρέφονται· καταντώσιν εις το μηδέν και χάνονται·
[The caravans of merchants] turn off the path [to search for some water], but there is no water, so they die [in the desert].
19 τα πλήθη της Θαιμά εθεώρουν, οι συνοδοιπόροι της Σεβά περιέμενον αυτούς·
The men in those caravans search [for some water] because they are sure that they will find some.
20 Εψεύσθησαν της ελπίδος αυτών· ήλθον εκεί και ενετράπησαν.
But they do not find any, so they are very disappointed.
21 Τώρα και σεις είσθε ως αυτοί· είδετε την πληγήν μου και ετρομάξατε.
Similarly, you friends have not helped me at all! You have seen that terrible things have happened to me, and you are afraid [that God might do similar things to you].
22 Μήπως εγώ είπα, Φέρετε προς εμέ; ή, Δότε δώρον εις εμέ από της περιουσίας υμών;
[After I lost all my wealth, ] did I ask any of you for money? [RHQ] Did I plead with any of you to spend some of your money to help me [RHQ]?
23 ή, Ελευθερώσατέ με εκ της χειρός του εχθρού; ή, Λυτρώσατέ με εκ της χειρός των ισχυρών;
Have I asked any of you to rescue me from my enemies [RHQ]? Have I asked you to save me from those who (oppressed me/treated me badly) [RHQ]? [No!]”
24 Διδάξατέ με, και εγώ θέλω σιωπήσει· και δείξατέ μοι κατά τι έσφαλα.
“Answer me [now, and then] I will be quiet; tell me what wrong things I have done!
25 Πόσον ισχυροί είναι οι ορθοί λόγοι· αλλ' ο έλεγχός σας, τι αποδεικνύει;
When people speak what is true, that will not hurt the person who hears it, but what you say, criticizing me, [is not true, so your saying it] proves nothing [RHQ]!
26 Φαντάζεσθε να ελέγξητε λόγους, ενώ αι ομιλίαι του απηλπισμένου είναι ως άνεμος;
I am a man who has nothing to hope for, but you try to correct me, and you think what I say is nothing but wind [RHQ]!
27 Τωόντι, σεις επιπίπτετε επί τον ορφανόν, και σκάπτετε λάκκον εις τον φίλον σας.
You do not sympathize with me at all [for all that I am suffering]. [You are heartless!] You would even gamble to see who gets an orphan [as a prize]!
28 Τώρα λοιπόν ευαρεστήθητε να εμβλέψητε εις εμέ, διότι έμπροσθεν υμών κείται αν εγώ ψεύδωμαι.
Please look at me! I will not [RHQ] lie to you.
29 Επιστρέψατε, παρακαλώ· ας μη γείνη αδικία· ναι, επιστρέψατε πάλιν· η δικαιοσύνη μου είναι εν τούτω.
Stop [saying that I have sinned, and] stop criticizing me unjustly! You should realize that I have not done things that are wrong.
30 Υπάρχει αδικία εν τη γλώσση μου; δεν δύναται ο ουρανίσκος μου να διακρίνη τα διεφθαρμένα;
Do you think that I am lying? No, I am not lying, because I know what is right and what is wrong [RHQ].”
