Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said:
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2 Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
ἐπ’ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ
3 If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν
5 Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ
6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται
7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει
8 Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ’ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης
9 Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ ἕσπερον καὶ ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμίεια νότου
10 Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός
11 Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με οὐ μὴ ἴδω καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με οὐδ’ ὧς ἔγνων
12 Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ τί ἐποίησας
13 God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
14 How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι
16 If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ ὑπακούσῃ οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέν μου
17 He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διὰ κενῆς
18 That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας
19 If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται
20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι
21 I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή
22 It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
διὸ εἶπον μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός τίς ἐστιν
25 Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν
26 They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
ἦ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν
27 If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω
28 I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις
29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς
31 Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή
32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ’ ἐμέ ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν
33 There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων
34 Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω
35 Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι
