Greek: Rahlfs — Job
1 νυνὶ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι νῦν νουθετοῦσίν με ἐν μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν πατέρας αὐτῶν οὓς οὐχ ἡγησάμην εἶναι ἀξίους κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων
But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, Now they reprove me in their turn, Whose fathers I set at nought; Whom I did not deem worthy to be with my shepherd dogs.
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2 καί γε ἰσχὺς χειρῶν αὐτῶν ἵνα τί μοι ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς ἀπώλετο συντέλεια
Yea, why had I the strength of their hands? For them the full term of life was lost.
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3 ἐν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ λιμῷ ἄγονος οἱ φεύγοντες ἄνυδρον ἐχθὲς συνοχὴν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν
One is childless in want and famine, Such as they that fled but lately the distress and misery of drought.
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4 οἱ περικλῶντες ἅλιμα ἐπὶ ἠχοῦντι οἵτινες ἅλιμα ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ σῖτα ἄτιμοι δὲ καὶ πεφαυλισμένοι ἐνδεεῖς παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ οἳ καὶ ῥίζας ξύλων ἐμασῶντο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ μεγάλου
5 ἐπανέστησάν μοι κλέπται
Thieves have risen up against me,
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6 ὧν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν ἦσαν τρῶγλαι πετρῶν
Whose houses were the caves of the rocks, Who lived under the wild shrubs.
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7 ἀνὰ μέσον εὐήχων βοήσονται οἳ ὑπὸ φρύγανα ἄγρια διῃτῶντο
They will cry out among the rustling bushes.
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8 ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων ὄνομα καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς
They are sons of fools and vile men, Whose name and glory are quenched from off the earth.
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9 νυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλημα ἔχουσιν
But now I am their music, And they have me for a byword.
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10 ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με ἀποστάντες μακράν ἀπὸ δὲ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἐφείσαντο πτύελον
And they stood aloof and abhorred me, And spared not to spit in my face.
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11 ἀνοίξας γὰρ φαρέτραν αὐτοῦ ἐκάκωσέν με καὶ χαλινὸν τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐξαπέστειλαν
For he has opened his quiver and afflicted me: They also have cast off the restraint of my presence.
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12 ἐπὶ δεξιῶν βλαστοῦ ἐπανέστησαν πόδα αὐτῶν ἐξέτειναν καὶ ὡδοποίησαν ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τρίβους ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν
They have risen up against me on the right hand of their offspring; They have stretched out their foot, and directed against me the ways of their destruction.
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13 ἐξετρίβησαν τρίβοι μου ἐξέδυσεν γάρ μου τὴν στολήν
My paths are ruined; For they have stripped off my raiment: He has shot at me with his weapons.
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14 βέλεσιν αὐτοῦ κατηκόντισέν με κέχρηταί μοι ὡς βούλεται ἐν ὀδύναις πέφυρμαι
And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.
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15 ἐπιστρέφονται δέ μου αἱ ὀδύναι ᾤχετό μου ἡ ἐλπὶς ὥσπερ πνεῦμα καὶ ὥσπερ νέφος ἡ σωτηρία μου
My pains return upon me; My hope is gone like the wind, And my safety as a cloud.
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16 καὶ νῦν ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἔχουσιν δέ με ἡμέραι ὀδυνῶν
Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; And days of anguish seize me.
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17 νυκτὶ δέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ συγκέκαυται τὰ δὲ νεῦρά μου διαλέλυται
And by night my bones are confounded; And my sinews are relaxed.
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18 ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελάβετό μου τῆς στολῆς ὥσπερ τὸ περιστόμιον τοῦ χιτῶνός μου περιέσχεν με
With great force my disease has taken hold of my garment: It has compassed me as the collar of my coat.
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19 ἥγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς
And thou hast counted me as clay; My portion is in dust and ashes.
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20 κέκραγα δὲ πρὸς σὲ καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούεις μου ἔστησαν καὶ κατενόησάν με
And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: But they stood still, and observed me.
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21 ἐπέβης δέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως χειρὶ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας
They attacked me also without mercy: Thou hast scourged me with a strong hand.
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22 ἔταξας δέ με ἐν ὀδύναις καὶ ἀπέρριψάς με ἀπὸ σωτηρίας
And thou hast put me to grief, And hast cast me away from safety.
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23 οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι θάνατός με ἐκτρίψει οἰκία γὰρ παντὶ θνητῷ γῆ
For I know that death will destroy me: For the earth is the house appointed for every mortal.
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24 εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον δυναίμην ἐμαυτὸν χειρώσασθαι ἢ δεηθείς γε ἑτέρου καὶ ποιήσει μοι τοῦτο
Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, Or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.
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25 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδυνάτῳ ἔκλαυσα ἐστέναξα δὲ ἰδὼν ἄνδρα ἐν ἀνάγκαις
Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.
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26 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν
But I, when I waited for good things, Behold, days of evils came the more upon me.
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27 ἡ κοιλία μου ἐξέζεσεν καὶ οὐ σιωπήσεται προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι πτωχείας
My belly boiled, and would not cease: The days of poverty prevented me.
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28 στένων πεπόρευμαι ἄνευ φιμοῦ ἕστηκα δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ κεκραγώς
I went mourning without restraint: And I have stood and cried out in the assembly.
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29 ἀδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν
I am become a brother of monsters, And a companion of ostriches.
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30 τὸ δὲ δέρμα μου ἐσκότωται μεγάλως τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ καύματος
And my skin has been greatly blackened, And my bones are burned with heat.
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31 ἀπέβη δὲ εἰς πάθος μου ἡ κιθάρα ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί
My harp also has been turned into mourning, And my song into my weeping.
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