Job, 9

1. And Job answered, and said:

1. ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει

2. Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with

2. ἐπ’ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ

3. If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.

3. ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων

4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace ?

4. σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν

5. Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.

5. ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ

6. Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

6. ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται

7. Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal:

7. ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει

8. Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

8. ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ’ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης

9. Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.

9. ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ ἕσπερον καὶ ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμίεια νότου

10. Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.

10. ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός

11. If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.

11. ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με οὐ μὴ ἴδω καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με οὐδ’ ὧς ἔγνων

12. If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?

12. ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ τί ἐποίησας

13. God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.

13. αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν

14. What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?

14. ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου

15. I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.

15. ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι

16. And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.

16. ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ ὑπακούσῃ οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέν μου

17. For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.

17. μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διὰ κενῆς

18. He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.

18. οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας

19. If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.

19. ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται

20. If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.

20. ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι

21. Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.

21. εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή

22. One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.

22. διὸ εἶπον μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή

23. If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.

23. ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται

24. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?

24. παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός τίς ἐστιν

25. My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.

25. ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν

26. They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.

26. ἦ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν

27. If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.

27. ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω

28. I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.

28. σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις

29. But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?

29. ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον

30. If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean :

30. ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς

31. Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me,

31. ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή

32. For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.

32. οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ’ ἐμέ ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν

33. There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.

33. εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων

34. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.

34. ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω

35. I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.

35. καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι