Ἰώβ 18

1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει

And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —

2 μέχρι τίνος οὐ παύσῃ ἐπίσχες ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ λαλήσωμεν

When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.

3 διὰ τί ὥσπερ τετράποδα σεσιωπήκαμεν ἐναντίον σου

Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

4 κέχρηταί σοι ὀργή τί γάρ ἐὰν σὺ ἀποθάνῃς ἀοίκητος ἡ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν ἢ καταστραφήσεται ὄρη ἐκ θεμελίων

(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

5 καὶ φῶς ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται καὶ οὐκ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῶν ἡ φλόξ

Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

6 τὸ φῶς αὐτοῦ σκότος ἐν διαίτῃ ὁ δὲ λύχνος ἐπ’ αὐτῷ σβεσθήσεται

The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

7 θηρεύσαισαν ἐλάχιστοι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ σφάλαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἡ βουλή

Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

8 ἐμβέβληται δὲ ὁ ποὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν παγίδι ἐν δικτύῳ ἑλιχθείη

For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

9 ἔλθοισαν δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν παγίδες κατισχύσει ἐπ’ αὐτὸν διψῶντας

Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

10 κέκρυπται ἐν τῇ γῇ σχοινίον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ σύλλημψις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρίβων

Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

11 κύκλῳ ὀλέσαισαν αὐτὸν ὀδύναι πολλοὶ δὲ περὶ πόδας αὐτοῦ ἔλθοισαν ἐν λιμῷ στενῷ

Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him — at his feet.

12 πτῶμα δὲ αὐτῷ ἡτοίμασται ἐξαίσιον

Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.

13 βρωθείησαν αὐτοῦ κλῶνες ποδῶν κατέδεται δὲ τὰ ὡραῖα αὐτοῦ θάνατος

It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.

14 ἐκραγείη δὲ ἐκ διαίτης αὐτοῦ ἴασις σχοίη δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνάγκη αἰτίᾳ βασιλικῇ

Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.

15 κατασκηνώσει ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ αὐτοῦ ἐν νυκτὶ αὐτοῦ κατασπαρήσονται τὰ εὐπρεπῆ αὐτοῦ θείῳ

It dwelleth in his tent — out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.

16 ὑποκάτωθεν αἱ ῥίζαι αὐτοῦ ξηρανθήσονται καὶ ἐπάνωθεν ἐπιπεσεῖται θερισμὸς αὐτοῦ

From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

17 τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ ἀπόλοιτο ἐκ γῆς καὶ ὑπάρχει ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐξωτέρω

His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.

18 ἀπώσειεν αὐτὸν ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος

They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

19 οὐκ ἔσται ἐπίγνωστος ἐν λαῷ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ σεσῳσμένος ἐν τῇ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ἀλλ’ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῦ ζήσονται ἕτεροι

He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.

20 ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐστέναξαν ἔσχατοι πρώτους δὲ ἔσχεν θαῦμα

At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.

21 οὗτοί εἰσιν οἶκοι ἀδίκων οὗτος δὲ ὁ τόπος τῶν μὴ εἰδότων τὸν κύριον

Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.