Job, 21
1. Then Job answered, and said:
1. ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2. Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
2. ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρ’ ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις
3. Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.
3. ἄρατέ με ἐγὼ δὲ λαλήσω εἶτ’ οὐ καταγελάσετέ μου
4. Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
4. τί γάρ μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις ἢ διὰ τί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι
5. Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
5. εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαυμάσατε χεῖρα θέντες ἐπὶ σιαγόνι
6. As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
6. ἐάν τε γὰρ μνησθῶ ἐσπούδακα ἔχουσιν δέ μου τὰς σάρκας ὀδύναι
7. Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?
7. διὰ τί ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσιν πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ
8. Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight.
8. ὁ σπόρος αὐτῶν κατὰ ψυχήν τὰ δὲ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς
9. Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
9. οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσιν φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς
10. Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
10. ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησεν διεσώθη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα καὶ οὐκ ἔσφαλεν
11. Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
11. μένουσιν δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν
12. They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
12. ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ
13. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.
13. συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν
14. Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
14. λέγει δὲ κυρίῳ ἀπόστα ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ὁδούς σου εἰδέναι οὐ βούλομαι
15. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
15. τί ἱκανός ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ καὶ τίς ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ
16. Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
16. ἐν χερσὶν γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθά ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ
17. How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
17. οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφή ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς
18. They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
18. ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα πρὸ ἀνέμου ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτός ὃν ὑφείλατο λαῖλαψ
19. God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
19. ἐκλίποι υἱοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ ἀνταποδώσει πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ γνώσεται
20. His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
20. ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγήν ἀπὸ δὲ κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη
21. For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
21. ὅτι τί θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτόν καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν
22. Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?
22. πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην αὐτὸς δὲ φόνους διακρινεῖ
23. One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
23. οὗτος ἀποθανεῖται ἐν κράτει ἁπλοσύνης αὐτοῦ ὅλος δὲ εὐπαθῶν καὶ εὐθηνῶν
24. His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
24. τὰ δὲ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ πλήρη στέατος μυελὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ διαχεῖται
25. But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
25. ὁ δὲ τελευτᾷ ὑπὸ πικρίας ψυχῆς οὐ φαγὼν οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν
26. And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
26. ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμῶνται σαπρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκάλυψεν
27. Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
27. ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι
28. For you say: Where is the house of the prince ? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
28. ὅτι ἐρεῖτε ποῦ ἐστιν οἶκος ἄρχοντος καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ σκέπη τῶν σκηνωμάτων τῶν ἀσεβῶν
29. Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.
29. ἐρωτήσατε παραπορευομένους ὁδόν καὶ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπαλλοτριώσετε
30. Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
30. ὅτι εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπωλείας κουφίζεται ὁ πονηρός εἰς ἡμέραν ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπαχθήσονται
31. Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
31. τίς ἀπαγγελεῖ ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν τίς ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ
32. He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
32. καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τάφους ἀπηνέχθη καὶ ἐπὶ σορῷ ἠγρύπνησεν
33. He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.
33. ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάρρου καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι
34. How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth ?
34. πῶς δὲ παρακαλεῖτέ με κενά τὸ δὲ ἐμὲ καταπαύσασθαι ἀφ’ ὑμῶν οὐδέν
