Job 39
1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
εἰ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων
2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
ἠρίθμησας δὲ αὐτῶν μῆνας πλήρεις τοκετοῦ ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔλυσας
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου ὠδῖνας αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς
4 Their young ones are become strong, they grow strong with grain; they go forth, and return not to them.
ἀπορρήξουσιν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γενήματι ἐξελεύσονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς
5 Who hath sent out the wild donkey free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild donkey?
τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich?
πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεελασα ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ασιδα καὶ νεσσα
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ᾠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει
16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτῇ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου
17 Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει
18 When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ
19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ
21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύι
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; neither turneth he back from the sword.
συναντῶν βέλει καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
ἐπ’ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει εὖγε πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας ἀκίνητος καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
ἐπ’ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ
29 From there she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσιν
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι οὗ δ’ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται
