Job 19
1 Then answered Job, and said,
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2 How long will ye grieve my soul, and crush me with words?
ἕως τίνος ἔγκοπον ποιήσετε ψυχήν μου καὶ καθαιρεῖτε με λόγοις
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed when ye show yourselves as strangers to me.
γνῶτε μόνον ὅτι ὁ κύριος ἐποίησέ με οὕτως καταλαλεῖτέ μου οὐκ αἰσχυνόμενοί με ἐπίκεισθέ μοι
4 Yea, if it be indeed that I have erred, let my error remain with myself.
ναὶ δὴ ἐπ’ ἀληθείας ἐγὼ ἐπλανήθην παρ’ ἐμοὶ δὲ αὐλίζεται πλάνος λαλῆσαι ῥῆμα ὃ οὐκ ἔδει τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου πλανᾶται καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ καιροῦ
5 But if indeed ye wish to magnify yourselves above me, and to prove against me my disgrace:
ἔα δὲ ὅτι ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ μεγαλύνεσθε ἐνάλλεσθε δέ μοι ὀνείδει
6 Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.
γνῶτε οὖν ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ ταράξας ὀχύρωμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ὕψωσεν
7 Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.
ἰδοὺ γελῶ ὀνείδει καὶ οὐ λαλήσω κεκράξομαι καὶ οὐδαμοῦ κρίμα
8 My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.
κύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο
9 My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head.
τὴν δὲ δόξαν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἐξέδυσεν ἀφεῖλεν δὲ στέφανον ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς μου
10 He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.
διέσπασέν με κύκλῳ καὶ ᾠχόμην ἐξέκοψεν δὲ ὥσπερ δένδρον τὴν ἐλπίδα μου
11 He hath also kindled against me his wrath, and he counteth me with himself as one of his adversaries.
δεινῶς δέ μοι ὀργῇ ἐχρήσατο ἡγήσατο δέ με ὥσπερ ἐχθρόν
12 Altogether come on his troops, and make level against me their way, and encamp round about my tent.
ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἦλθον τὰ πειρατήρια αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου ἐκύκλωσάν με ἐγκάθετοι
13 My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ δὲ ἀδελφοί μου ἀπέστησαν ἔγνωσαν ἀλλοτρίους ἢ ἐμέ φίλοι δέ μου ἀνελεήμονες γεγόνασιν
14 My near of kin have withdrawn, and those befriended by me have forgotten me.
οὐ προσεποιήσαντό με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου καὶ οἱ εἰδότες μου τὸ ὄνομα ἐπελάθοντό μου
15 Ye that sojourn in my house, and my maid-servants, regard me as a stranger: an alien am I become in their eyes.
γείτονες οἰκίας θεράπαιναί τέ μου ἀλλογενὴς ἤμην ἐναντίον αὐτῶν
16 I call for my servant, but he will not answer, though I were to entreat him with my mouth.
θεράποντά μου ἐκάλεσα καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν στόμα δέ μου ἐδέετο
17 My breath is become nauseous to my wife, and my caressing, to the children of my own body.
καὶ ἱκέτευον τὴν γυναῖκά μου προσεκαλούμην δὲ κολακεύων υἱοὺς παλλακίδων μου
18 Yea, children even despise me: I rise up, but they speak against me.
οἱ δὲ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνά με ἀπεποιήσαντο ὅταν ἀναστῶ κατ’ ἐμοῦ λαλοῦσιν
19 All that have had my confidence abominate me; and those whom I have loved are turned against me.
ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με οἱ εἰδότες με οὓς δὴ ἠγαπήκειν ἐπανέστησάν μοι
20 To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.
ἐν δέρματί μου ἐσάπησαν αἱ σάρκες μου τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἐν ὀδοῦσιν ἔχεται
21 Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
ἐλεήσατέ με ἐλεήσατέ με ὦ φίλοι χεὶρ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μού ἐστιν
22 Why will ye persecute me as God [hath done], and will never be satisfied with my flesh?
διὰ τί δέ με διώκετε ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ κύριος ἀπὸ δὲ σαρκῶν μου οὐκ ἐμπίπλασθε
23 Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!
τίς γὰρ ἂν δῴη γραφῆναι τὰ ῥήματά μου τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰ ἐν βιβλίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
24 That they were hewn with an iron pen and [blackened with] lead for eternity in the hard rock!
ἐν γραφείῳ σιδηρῷ καὶ μολίβῳ ἢ ἐν πέτραις ἐγγλυφῆναι
25 And well I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he will remain as the last after the creatures of the dust [are passed away];
οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι ἀέναός ἐστιν ὁ ἐκλύειν με μέλλων ἐπὶ γῆς
26 And after my skin is cut to pieces will this be: and then freed from my body shall I behold God;
ἀναστήσαι τὸ δέρμα μου τὸ ἀνατλῶν ταῦτα παρὰ γὰρ κυρίου ταῦτά μοι συνετελέσθη
27 Whom I shall myself behold to my happiness, and whom my eyes will see, and not as a stranger, [when even] my reins are consumed within my bosom.
ἃ ἐγὼ ἐμαυτῷ συνεπίσταμαι ἃ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἑόρακεν καὶ οὐκ ἄλλος πάντα δέ μοι συντετέλεσται ἐν κόλπῳ
28 But if ye should say, How will we pursue him? seeing the root of the matter is found in me:
εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐρεῖτε τί ἐροῦμεν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ καὶ ῥίζαν λόγου εὑρήσομεν ἐν αὐτῷ
29 Then have dread for yourselves of the sword; for the wrath [which ye excite] is an iniquity that bringeth the sword; in order that ye may know there is one that judgeth [in the world].
εὐλαβήθητε δὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματος θυμὸς γὰρ ἐπ’ ἀνόμους ἐπελεύσεται καὶ τότε γνώσονται ποῦ ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἡ ὕλη
