ΙΩΒ - Giobbe - Job 16

GREEK BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Τοτε ο Ιωβ απεκριθη και ειπε?	1 Then Job, answering, said:
2 Πολλα τοιαυτα ηκουσα? αθλιοι παρηγορηται εισθε παντες.	2 I have often heard such things; you are all aggravating comforters.
3 Εχουσι τελος αι ματαιολογιαι; η τι σε ενθαρρυνει εις το να αποκρινησαι;	3 Will there be no end to windy words? Or is it at all a burden to you, if you speak?
4 Και εγω εδυναμην να λαλησω καθως σεις? εαν η ψυχη σας ητο εις τον τοπον της ψυχης μου, ηδυναμην να επισωρευσω λογους εναντιον σας, και να κινησω εναντιον σας την κεφαλην μου.	4 I, too, can speak like you; and I also wish that your soul favored my soul.
5 Ηθελον σας ενισχυσει με το στομα μου, και η κινησις των χειλεων μου ηθελε σας ανακουφισει.	5 I would also comfort you with speeches and would wag my head over you.
6 Αν λαλω, ο πονος μου δεν ανακουφιζεται? και αν σιωπω, ποια ελαττωσις γινεται εις εμε;	6 I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as if being lenient to you.
7 Αλλα τωρα με υπερεβαρυνεν? ηρημωσας πασαν την συνοδιαν μου.	7 But what can I do? When I am speaking, my grief will not be quiet; and if I am quiet, it will not withdraw from me.
8 Και αι ρυτιδες με τας οποιας με εσημειωσας, ειναι μαρτυρια? και η ισχνοτης μου ανισταμενη εις εμε, μαρτυρει επι του προσωπου μου.	8 But now my grief has crushed me, and all my limbs have been reduced to nothing.
9 Με διασπαραττει ο εχθρος μου εν τω θυμω αυτου και με μισει? τριζει τους οδοντας αυτου εναντιον μου? οξυνει τους οφθαλμους αυτου επ' εμε.	9 My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a liar rises up against my face, contradicting me.
10 Ανοιγουσι το στομα αυτων κατ' εμου? με τυπτουσι κατα της σιαγονος υβριστικως? συνηχθησαν ομου επ' εμε.	10 He has gathered together his fury towards me, and, threatening me, he has roared against me with his teeth; my enemy has beheld me with terrible eyes.
11 Ο Θεος με παρεδωκεν εις τον αδικον, και με ερριψεν εις χειρας ασεβων.	11 They have opened their mouths against me, and, reproaching me, they have struck me on the cheek; they are nourished by my sufferings.
12 Ημην εν ησυχια, και με κατεσπαραξε? και πιασας με απο του τραχηλου, με κατεσυντριψε, και με εθεσε σκοπον αυτου.	12 God has confined me with the immoral, and he has delivered me into the hands of the impious.
13 Οι τοξοται αυτου με περιεκυκλωσαν? διαπερα τα νεφρα μου, και δεν φειδεται? εκχεει την χολην μου επι την γην.	13 I, who once was wealthy, am now crushed. He has grabbed me by my neck; he has broken me and has place me before him as a sign.
14 Με συντριβει με πληγην επι πληγην? εδραμεν επ' εμε ως γιγας.	14 He has surrounded me with his lances. He has severely wounded my lower back, he has not been lenient, and he has poured out my organs upon the earth.
15 Σακκον ερραψα επι το δερμα μου, και εμολυνα το κερας μου με χωμα.	15 He has cut me with wound after wound. He has rushed upon me like a giant.
16 Το προσωπον μου κατεκαη υπο του κλαυθμου, και σκια θανατου ειναι επι των βλεφαρων μου?	16 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have covered my body with ashes.
17 ενω αδικια δεν υπαρχει εν ταις χερσι μου, και η προσευχη μου ειναι καθαρα.	17 My face is swollen from weeping, and my eyelids have dimmed my vision.
18 Ω γη, μη σκεπασης το αιμα μου, και ας μη υπαρχη τοπος δια την κραυγην μου,	18 These things I have endured without iniquity in my hand, while I held pure prayers before God.
19 και τωρα, ιδου, ο μαρτυς μου ειναι εν τω ουρανω, και η μαρτυρια μου εν τοις υψιστοις.	19 O earth, do not conceal my blood, nor let my outcry find a hiding place in you.
20 Οι φιλοι μου ειναι οι εμπαιζοντες με? ο οφθαλμος μου σταλαζει δακρυα προς τον Θεον.	20 For behold, my witness is in heaven, and my confidante is on high.
21 Να ητο δυνατον να διαδικαζηται τις προς τον Θεον, ως ανθρωπος προς τον πλησιον αυτου.	21 My friends are full of words; my eye rains tears upon God.
22 Διοτι ηλθον τα ηριθμημενα ετη? και θελω υπαγει την οδον, οποθεν δεν θελω επιστρεψει.	22 And I wish that a man might be so judged before God, just as the son of man is judged with his assistant!
	23 For behold, a few years pass by, and I am walking a path by which I will not return.