Job 6

1But Job answered and said:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει

2'I wish there were someone who would weigh the wrath upon me, And at the same time lift up my griefs on a scale.

εἰ γάρ τις ἱστῶν στήσαι μου τὴν ὀργήν τὰς δὲ ὀδύνας μου ἄραι ἐν ζυγῷ ὁμοθυμαδόν

3For indeed they would be heavier than the sand of the seashore; But as it seems, my words are worthless.

καὶ δὴ ἄμμου παραλίας βαρυτέρα ἔσται ἀλλ᾿ ὡς ἔοικεν τὰ ῥήματά μού ἐστιν φαῦλα

4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, Whose anger drinks my blood; For when I begin to speak, they pierce me.

βέλη γὰρ κυρίου ἐν τῷ σώματί μού ἐστιν ὧν ὁ θυμὸς αὐτῶν ἐκπίνει μου τὸ αἷμα ὅταν ἄρξωμαι λαλεῖν κεντοῦσί με

5What then? Will the wild donkey bray for no reason If he is not seeking food? Or will the ox moo at the manger when it has fodder?

τί γάρ μὴ διὰ κενῆς κεκράξεται ὄνος ἄγριος ἀλλ᾿ ἢ τὰ σῖτα ζητῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ ῥήξει φωνὴν βοῦς ἐπὶ φάτνης ἔχων τὰ βρώματα

6Will bread be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in empty words?

εἰ βρωθήσεται ἄρτος ἄνευ ἁλός εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔστιν γεῦμα ἐν ῥήμασιν κενοῖς

7My soul cannot stop groaning, For I see my food to be like the smell of a lion.

οὐ δύναται γὰρ παύσασθαί μου ἡ ψυχή βρόμον γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ σῖτά μου ὥσπερ ὀσμὴν λέοντος

8'Would that my request would come about, And the Lord would grant my hope.

εἰ γὰρ δῴη καὶ ἔλθοι μου ἡ αἴτησις καὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου δῴη ὁ κύριος

9Let the Lord begin and wound me, But let Him not utterly destroy me.

ἀρξάμενος ὁ κύριος τρωσάτω με εἰς τέλος δὲ μή με ἀνελέτω

10May the grave be my city upon the walls which I have leaped. I will not turn away from it, For I have not lied about the holy words of my God.

εἴη δέ μου πόλις τάφος ἐφ᾿ ἧς ἐπὶ τειχέων ἡλλόμην ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ φείσωμαι οὐ γὰρ ἐψευσάμην ῥήματα ἅγια θεοῦ μου

11What strength do I have, that I should continue? For how long would my soul endure?

τίς γάρ μου ἡ ἰσχύς ὅτι ὑπομένω ἢ τίς μου ὁ χρόνος ὅτι ἀνέχεταί μου ἡ ψυχή

12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh made of bronze?

μὴ ἰσχὺς λίθων ἡ ἰσχύς μου ἢ αἱ σάρκες μού εἰσιν χάλκειαι

13Or have I not trusted in Him? But help is far from me.

ἦ οὐκ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἐπεποίθειν βοήθεια δὲ ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἄπεστιν

14'Mercy has rejected me; And the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.

ἀπείπατό με ἔλεος ἐπισκοπὴ δὲ κυρίου ὑπερεῖδέν με

15My relatives pay no attention to me. They pass me by like a wave, Or as though I were a failing brook.

οὐ προσεῖδόν με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἐκλείπων ἢ ὥσπερ κῦμα παρῆλθόν με

16Those who once reverenced me Now look upon me like snow or frozen ice.

οἵτινές με διευλαβοῦντο νῦν ἐπιπεπτώκασίν μοι ὥσπερ χιὼν ἢ κρύσταλλος πεπηγώς

17For when it melts at the approach of the heat, It is no longer recognized for what it was.

καθὼς τακεῖσα θέρμης γενομένης οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη ὅπερ ἦν

18Thus I have been forsaken by all, But I am also lost and homeless.

οὕτως κἀγὼ κατελείφθην ὑπὸ πάντων ἀπωλόμην δὲ καὶ ἔξοικος ἐγενόμην

19Look at the ways of Temanites, You who mark the paths of Sabeans.

ἴδετε ὁδοὺς Θαιμανων ἀτραποὺς Σαβων οἱ διορῶντες

20Those who put their trust in cities and wealth Will be debtors to shame.

καὶ αἰσχύνην ὀφειλήσουσιν οἱ ἐπὶ πόλεσιν καὶ χρήμασιν πεποιθότες

21But you have also come to me without mercy, That seeing my wound you were afraid.

ἀτὰρ δὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπέβητέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως ὥστε ἰδόντες τὸ ἐμὸν τραῦμα φοβήθητε

22What? Have I ever made any demand of you? Or do I need your strength

τί γάρ μή τι ὑμᾶς ᾔτησα ἢ τῆς παρ᾿ ὑμῶν ἰσχύος ἐπιδέομαι

23To deliver me from enemies, Or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty?

ὥστε σῶσαί με ἐξ ἐχθρῶν ἢ ἐκ χειρὸς δυναστῶν ῥύσασθαί με

24'How long will you keep talking?

διδάξατέ με ἐγὼ δὲ κωφεύσω εἴ τι πεπλάνημαι φράσατέ μοι

25But as it seems, the words of a true man are worthless, For I do not ask strength of you.

ἀλλ᾿ ὡς ἔοικεν φαῦλα ἀληθινοῦ ῥήματα οὐ γὰρ παρ᾿ ὑμῶν ἰσχὺν αἰτοῦμαι

26Neither will your rebuke cause me to cease my words, Nor will I endure the sound of your word.

οὐδὲ ὁ ἔλεγχος ὑμῶν ῥήμασίν με παύσει οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑμῶν φθέγμα ῥήματος ἀνέξομαι

27Nevertheless you attack the orphan, And you jump on your friend.

πλὴν ὅτι ἐπ᾿ ὀρφανῷ ἐπιπίπτετε ἐνάλλεσθε δὲ ἐπὶ φίλῳ ὑμῶν

28Now therefore, after I looked on your faces, I will not lie.

νυνὶ δὲ εἰσβλέψας εἰς πρόσωπα ὑμῶν οὐ ψεύσομαι

29Sit down now, and may there be no wrongdoing; And come together again with a righteous man.

καθίσατε δὴ καὶ μὴ εἴη ἄδικον καὶ πάλιν τῷ δικαίῳ συνέρχεσθε

30There is no wrongdoing on my tongue, Or does not my throat cultivate understanding?

οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν γλώσσῃ μου ἄδικον ἢ ὁ λάρυγξ μου οὐχὶ σύνεσιν μελετᾷ