Job, 19

1. Then Job answered , and said:

1. ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει

2. How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

2. ἕως τίνος ἔγκοπον ποιήσετε ψυχήν μου καὶ καθαιρεῖτε με λόγοις

3. Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.

3. γνῶτε μόνον ὅτι ὁ κύριος ἐποίησέ με οὕτως καταλαλεῖτέ μου οὐκ αἰσχυνόμενοί με ἐπίκεισθέ μοι

4. For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.

4. ναὶ δὴ ἐπ’ ἀληθείας ἐγὼ ἐπλανήθην παρ’ ἐμοὶ δὲ αὐλίζεται πλάνος (4a) λαλῆσαι ῥῆμα ὃ οὐκ ἔδει τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου πλανᾶται καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ καιροῦ

5. But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.

5. ἔα δὲ ὅτι ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ μεγαλύνεσθε ἐνάλλεσθε δέ μοι ὀνείδει

6. At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.

6. γνῶτε οὖν ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ ταράξας ὀχύρωμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ὕψωσεν

7. Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

7. ἰδοὺ γελῶ ὀνείδει καὶ οὐ λαλήσω κεκράξομαι καὶ οὐδαμοῦ κρίμα

8. He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

8. κύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο

9. He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.

9. τὴν δὲ δόξαν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἐξέδυσεν ἀφεῖλεν δὲ στέφανον ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς μου

10. He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.

10. διέσπασέν με κύκλῳ καὶ ᾠχόμην ἐξέκοψεν δὲ ὥσπερ δένδρον τὴν ἐλπίδα μου

11. His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.

11. δεινῶς δέ μοι ὀργῇ ἐχρήσατο ἡγήσατο δέ με ὥσπερ ἐχθρόν

12. His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.

12. ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἦλθον τὰ πειρατήρια αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου ἐκύκλωσάν με ἐγκάθετοι

13. He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.

13. ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ δὲ ἀδελφοί μου ἀπέστησαν ἔγνωσαν ἀλλοτρίους ἢ ἐμέ φίλοι δέ μου ἀνελεήμονες γεγόνασιν

14. My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.

14. οὐ προσεποιήσαντό με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου καὶ οἱ εἰδότες μου τὸ ὄνομα ἐπελάθοντό μου

15. They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.

15. γείτονες οἰκίας θεράπαιναί τέ μου ἀλλογενὴς ἤμην ἐναντίον αὐτῶν

16. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

16. θεράποντά μου ἐκάλεσα καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν στόμα δέ μου ἐδέετο

17. My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

17. καὶ ἱκέτευον τὴν γυναῖκά μου προσεκαλούμην δὲ κολακεύων υἱοὺς παλλακίδων μου

18. Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.

18. οἱ δὲ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνά με ἀπεποιήσαντο ὅταν ἀναστῶ κατ’ ἐμοῦ λαλοῦσιν

19. They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.

19. ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με οἱ εἰδότες με οὓς δὴ ἠγαπήκειν ἐπανέστησάν μοι

20. The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

20. ἐν δέρματί μου ἐσάπησαν αἱ σάρκες μου τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἐν ὀδοῦσιν ἔχεται

21. Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

21. ἐλεήσατέ με ἐλεήσατέ με ὦ φίλοι χεὶρ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μού ἐστιν

22. Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

22. διὰ τί δέ με διώκετε ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ κύριος ἀπὸ δὲ σαρκῶν μου οὐκ ἐμπίπλασθε

23. Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

23. τίς γὰρ ἂν δῴη γραφῆναι τὰ ῥήματά μου τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰ ἐν βιβλίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

24. With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone.

24. ἐν γραφείῳ σιδηρῷ καὶ μολίβῳ ἢ ἐν πέτραις ἐγγλυφῆναι

25. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

25. οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι ἀέναός ἐστιν ὁ ἐκλύειν με μέλλων ἐπὶ γῆς

26. And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

26. ἀναστήσαι τὸ δέρμα μου τὸ ἀνατλῶν ταῦτα παρὰ γὰρ κυρίου ταῦτά μοι συνετελέσθη

27. Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.

27. ἃ ἐγὼ ἐμαυτῷ συνεπίσταμαι ἃ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἑόρακεν καὶ οὐκ ἄλλος πάντα δέ μοι συντετέλεσται ἐν κόλπῳ

28. Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

28. εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐρεῖτε τί ἐροῦμεν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ καὶ ῥίζαν λόγου εὑρήσομεν ἐν αὐτῷ

29. Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is judgment.

29. εὐλαβήθητε δὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματος θυμὸς γὰρ ἐπ’ ἀνόμους ἐπελεύσεται καὶ τότε γνώσονται ποῦ ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἡ ὕλη