Job, 3
1. After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
1. μετὰ τοῦτο ἤνοιξεν Ιωβ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ
2. and he said:
2. καὶ κατηράσατο τὴν ἡμέραν αὐτοῦ λέγων
3. Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said: A man child is conceived.
3. ἀπόλοιτο ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθην καὶ ἡ νύξ ἐν ᾗ εἶπαν ἰδοὺ ἄρσεν
4. Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.
4. ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη εἴη σκότος καὶ μὴ ἀναζητήσαι αὐτὴν ὁ κύριος ἄνωθεν μηδὲ ἔλθοι εἰς αὐτὴν φέγγος
5. Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
5. ἐκλάβοι δὲ αὐτὴν σκότος καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου ἐπέλθοι ἐπ’ αὐτὴν γνόφος
6. Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.
6. καταραθείη ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη ἀπενέγκαιτο αὐτὴν σκότος μὴ εἴη εἰς ἡμέρας ἐνιαυτοῦ μηδὲ ἀριθμηθείη εἰς ἡμέρας μηνῶν
7. Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.
7. ἀλλὰ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη εἴη ὀδύνη καὶ μὴ ἔλθοι ἐπ’ αὐτὴν εὐφροσύνη μηδὲ χαρμονή
8. Let them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan:
8. ἀλλὰ καταράσαιτο αὐτὴν ὁ καταρώμενος τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ὁ μέλλων τὸ μέγα κῆτος χειρώσασθαι
9. Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:
9. σκοτωθείη τὰ ἄστρα τῆς νυκτὸς ἐκείνης ὑπομείναι καὶ εἰς φωτισμὸν μὴ ἔλθοι καὶ μὴ ἴδοι ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα
10. Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.
10. ὅτι οὐ συνέκλεισεν πύλας γαστρὸς μητρός μου ἀπήλλαξεν γὰρ ἂν πόνον ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου
11. Why did I not die in the womb, why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?
11. διὰ τί γὰρ ἐν κοιλίᾳ οὐκ ἐτελεύτησα ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ ἐξῆλθον καὶ οὐκ εὐθὺς ἀπωλόμην
12. Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts ?
12. ἵνα τί δὲ συνήντησάν μοι γόνατα ἵνα τί δὲ μαστοὺς ἐθήλασα
13. For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep.
13. νῦν ἂν κοιμηθεὶς ἡσύχασα ὑπνώσας δὲ ἀνεπαυσάμην
14. With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:
14. μετὰ βασιλέων βουλευτῶν γῆς οἳ ἠγαυριῶντο ἐπὶ ξίφεσιν
15. Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:
15. ἢ μετὰ ἀρχόντων ὧν πολὺς ὁ χρυσός οἳ ἔπλησαν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου
16. Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.
16. ἢ ὥσπερ ἔκτρωμα ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ μήτρας μητρὸς ἢ ὥσπερ νήπιοι οἳ οὐκ εἶδον φῶς
17. There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.
17. ἐκεῖ ἀσεβεῖς ἐξέκαυσαν θυμὸν ὀργῆς ἐκεῖ ἀνεπαύσαντο κατάκοποι τῷ σώματι
18. And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.
18. ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ οἱ αἰώνιοι οὐκ ἤκουσαν φωνὴν φορολόγου
19. The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
19. μικρὸς καὶ μέγας ἐκεῖ ἐστιν καὶ θεράπων οὐ δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ
20. Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
20. ἵνα τί γὰρ δέδοται τοῖς ἐν πικρίᾳ φῶς ζωὴ δὲ ταῖς ἐν ὀδύναις ψυχαῖς
21. That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:
21. οἳ ὁμείρονται τοῦ θανάτου καὶ οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἀνορύσσοντες ὥσπερ θησαυρούς
22. And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.
22. περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγένοντο ἐὰν κατατύχωσιν
23. To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?
23. θάνατος ἀνδρὶ ἀνάπαυμα συνέκλεισεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς κατ’ αὐτοῦ
24. Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:
24. πρὸ γὰρ τῶν σίτων μου στεναγμός μοι ἥκει δακρύω δὲ ἐγὼ συνεχόμενος φόβῳ
25. For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.
25. φόβος γάρ ὃν ἐφρόντισα ἦλθέν μοι καὶ ὃν ἐδεδοίκειν συνήντησέν μοι
26. Have I not dissembled ? have I not kept silence ? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.
26. οὔτε εἰρήνευσα οὔτε ἡσύχασα οὔτε ἀνεπαυσάμην ἦλθεν δέ μοι ὀργή
