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וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַר
Then Job answered and said:
Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,
Then Job answered and said,
2
עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּים
How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
Ἕως τίνος ἔγκοπον ποιήσετε ψυχήν μου, καὶ καθαιρεῖτέ με λόγοις; γνῶτε μόνον ὅτι ὁ Κύριος ἐποίησέ με οὕτως.
How long will ye vex my soul, And destroy me with words? Only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.
3
זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִי
These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
Καταλαλεῖτέ μου, οὐκ αἰσχυνόμενοί με ἐπίκεισθέ μοι.
Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
4
וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִי
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Ναὶ δὴ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας ἐγὼ ἐπλανήθην, παρʼ ἐμοὶ δὲ αὐλίζεται πλάνος· 4aλαλῆσαι ῥῆματα ἃ οὐκ ἔδει, τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου πλανᾶται καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ καιροῦ.
Yea verily, I have erred in truth (But the error abides with myself)
5
אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּי
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
Ἔα δὲ, ὅτι ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ μεγαλύνεσθε, ἐνάλλεσθε δέ μοι ὀνείδει.
But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, And insult me with reproach.
6
דְּעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּיף
Know now that G-d hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
Γνῶτε οὖν ὅτι Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ ταράξας, ὀχύρωμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ὕψωσεν.
Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled [me], And has raised his bulwark against me.
7
הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּט
Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
Ἰδοὺ γελῶ ὀνείδει, οὐ λαλήσω· κεκράξομαι, καὶ οὐδαμοῦ κρίμα.
Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: [Or] I will cry out, but [there is] nowhere judgment.
8
אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִׂים
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Κύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι, καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ· ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο.
I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: He has set darkness before my face.
9
כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִׁי
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Τὴν δὲ δόξαν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξέδυσεν, ἀφεῖλε δὲ στέφανον ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς μου.
And he has stripped me of my glory, And has taken the crown from my head.
10
יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִי
He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
Διέσπασέ με κύκλῳ καὶ ᾠχόμην, ἐξέκοψε δὲ ὥσπερ δένδρον τὴν ἐλπίδα μου.
He has torn me round about, and I am gone: And he has cut off my hope like a tree.
11
וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָיו
He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
Δεινῶς δέ μοι ὀργῇ ἐχρήσατο, ἡγήσατο δέ με ὥσπερ ἐχθρόν.
And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, And has counted me for an enemy.
12
יַחַד יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִי
His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
Ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἦλθον τὰ πειρατήρια αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ, ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου ἐκύκλωσαν ἐγκάθετοι.
His troops also came upon me with one accord, Liers in wait compassed my ways.
13
אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּנִּי
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἀδελφοί μου ἀπέστησαν, ἔγνωσαν ἀλλοτρίους ἢ ἐμέ· φίλοι δέ μου ἀνελεήμονες γεγόνασιν·
My brethren have stood aloof from me; They have recognized strangers [rather] than me: And my friends have become pitiless.
14
חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחוּנִי
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Οὐ προσεποιήσαντό με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου, καὶ οἱ εἰδότες μου τὸ ὄνομα ἐπελάθοντό μου.
My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, And they that knew my name have forgotten me.
15
גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶם
They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.
Γείτονες οἰκίας, θεράπαιναί τε μοῦ, ἀλλογενὴς ἤμην ἐναντίον αὐτῶν.
[As for] my household, and my maidservants, I was a stranger before them.
16
לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לוֹ
I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
Θεράποντά μου ἐκάλεσα, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσε· στόμα δέ μου ἐδέετο.
I called my servant, and he hearkened not; And my mouth entreated [him].
17
רוּחִי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִי
My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
Καὶ ἱκέτευον τὴν γυναῖκά μου, προσεκαλούμην δὲ καλακευων υἱοὺς παλλακίδων μου·
And I besought my wife, And earnestly entreated the sons of my concubines.
18
גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִי
Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
Οἱ δὲ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνά με ἀπεποιήσαντο, ὅταν ἀναστῶ, κατʼ ἐμοῦ λαλοῦσιν.
But they rejected me forever; Whenever I rise up, they speak against me.
19
תִּעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִי
All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Ἐβδελύξαντό με οἱ ἰδόντες με· οὓς δὴ ἠγαπήκειν, ἐπανέστησάν μοι.
They that saw me abhorred me: The very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.
20
בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּי
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Ἐν δέρματί μου ἐσάπησαν αἱ σάρκες μου, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἐν ὀδοῦσιν ἔχεται.
My flesh is corrupt under my skin, And my bones are held in [my] teeth.
21
חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּי
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of G-d hath touched me.
Ἐλεήσατέ με, ἐλεήσατέ με, ὦ φίλοι, χεὶρ γὰρ Κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μου ἐστί.
Pity me, pity me, O friends; For it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.
22
לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּעוּ
Why do ye persecute me as G-d, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Διατί με διώκετε ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ Κύριος; ἀπὸ δὲ σαρκῶν μου οὐκ ἐμπίπλασθε;
Wherefore do ye persecute me as also the Lord [does], And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23
מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָקוּ
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Τίς γὰρ ἂν δοίη γραφῆναι τὰ ῥήματά μου, τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰ ἐν βιβλίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
For oh that my words were written, And that they were recorded in a book forever,
24
בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבוּן
That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
ἐν γραφείῳ σιδηρῷ καὶ μολίβῳ, ἢ ἐν πέτραις ἐγγλυφῆναι;
With an iron pen and lead, Or graven in the rocks!
25
וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקוּם
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
Οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι ἀένναός ἐστιν ὁ ἐκλύειν με μέλλων,
For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me,
26
וְאַחַר עוֹרִי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלוֹהַּ
And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see G-d;
ἐπὶ γῆς ἀναστῆσαι τὸ δέρμα μου τὸ ἀναντλοῦν ταῦτα· παρὰ γὰρ Κυρίου ταῦτά μοι συνετελέσθη,
[And] to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these [sufferings]: For these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;
27
אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי אֶחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִי
Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
ἃ ἐγὼ ἐμαυτῷ συνεπίσταμαι, ἃ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἑώρακε, καὶ οὐκ ἄλλος, πάντα δέ μοι συντετέλεσται ἐν κόλπῳ.
Which I am conscious of in myself, Which mine eye has seen, and not another, But all have been fulfilled to me in [my] bosom.
28
כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִי
If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐρεῖτε, τί ἐροῦμεν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ῥίζαν λόγου εὑρήσομεν ἐν αὐτῷ;
But if ye shall also say, What shall we say before him, And [so] find the root of the matter in him?
29
גּוּרוּ לָכֶם מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שדין שַׁדּוּן
Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Εὐλαβήθητε δὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματος, θυμὸς γὰρ ἐπʼ ἀνόμους ἐπελεύσεται· καὶ τότε γνώσονται, ποῦ ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἡ ὕλη
Do ye also beware of deceit: For wrath will come upon transgressors; And then shall they know where their substance is.