Job 13
1 Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard [them].
ἰδοὺ ταῦτα ἑώρακέν μου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ ἀκήκοέν μου τὸ οὖς
2 And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.
καὶ οἶδα ὅσα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε καὶ οὐκ ἀσυνετώτερός εἰμι ὑμῶν
3 Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will.
οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ πρὸς κύριον λαλήσω ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται
4 But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.
ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε ἰατροὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ἰαταὶ κακῶν πάντες
5 But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.
εἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς σοφίαν
6 But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
ἀκούσατε ἔλεγχον στόματός μου κρίσιν δὲ χειλέων μου προσέχετε
7 Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?
πότερον οὐκ ἔναντι κυρίου λαλεῖτε ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεσθε δόλον
8 Or will ye draw back? nay do, ye yourselves be judges.
ἦ ὑποστελεῖσθε ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γένεσθε
9 For [it were] well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things [in your power] ye should attach yourselves to him,
καλόν γε ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ
10 he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,
οὐθὲν ἧττον ἐλέγξει ὑμᾶς εἰ δὲ καὶ κρυφῇ πρόσωπα θαυμάσετε
11 shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?
πότερον οὐχὶ δεινὰ αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶς φόβος δὲ παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν
12 And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body [like a body] of clay.
ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ ἀγαυρίαμα ἴσα σποδῷ τὸ δὲ σῶμα πήλινον
13 Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from [mine] anger,
κωφεύσατε ἵνα λαλήσω καὶ ἀναπαύσωμαι θυμοῦ
14 while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
ἀναλαβὼν τὰς σάρκας μου τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ψυχὴν δέ μου θήσω ἐν χειρί
15 Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.
ἐάν με χειρώσηται ὁ δυνάστης ἐπεὶ καὶ ἦρκται ἦ μὴν λαλήσω καὶ ἐλέγξω ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ
16 And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.
καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν οὐ γὰρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ δόλος εἰσελεύσεται
17 Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing.
ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε τὰ ῥήματά μου ἀναγγελῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων
18 Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.
ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγγύς εἰμι τοῦ κρίματός μου οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι δίκαιος ἀναφανοῦμαι
19 For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?
τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενός μοι ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω
20 But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face.
δυεῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι
21 Withhold [thine] hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.
τὴν χεῖρα ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἀπέχου καὶ ὁ φόβος σου μή με καταπλησσέτω
22 Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.
εἶτα καλέσεις ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι ἢ λαλήσεις ἐγὼ δέ σοι δώσω ἀνταπόκρισιν
23 How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are.
πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου καὶ αἱ ἀνομίαι μου δίδαξόν με τίνες εἰσίν
24 Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?
διὰ τί ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ κρύπτῃ ἥγησαι δέ με ὑπεναντίον σοι
25 Wilt thou be startled [at me], as [at] a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?
ἦ ὡς φύλλον κινούμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εὐλαβηθήσῃ ἢ ὡς χόρτῳ φερομένῳ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἀντίκεισαί μοι
26 for thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.
ὅτι κατέγραψας κατ’ ἐμοῦ κακά περιέθηκας δέ μοι νεότητος ἁμαρτίας
27 And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated my heels.
ἔθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι ἐφύλαξας δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα εἰς δὲ ῥίζας τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου
28 [I am as] that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.
ὃ παλαιοῦται ἴσα ἀσκῷ ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον
