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ΙΩΒ - Giobbe - Job 7


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LXXKING JAMES BIBLE
1 ποτερον ουχι πειρατηριον εστιν ο βιος ανθρωπου επι της γης και ωσπερ μισθιου αυθημερινου η ζωη αυτου1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
2 η ωσπερ θεραπων δεδοικως τον κυριον αυτου και τετευχως σκιας η ωσπερ μισθωτος αναμενων τον μισθον αυτου2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
3 ουτως καγω υπεμεινα μηνας κενους νυκτες δε οδυνων δεδομεναι μοι εισιν3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 εαν κοιμηθω λεγω ποτε ημερα ως δ' αν αναστω παλιν ποτε εσπερα πληρης δε γινομαι οδυνων απο εσπερας εως πρωι4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5 φυρεται δε μου το σωμα εν σαπρια σκωληκων τηκω δε βωλακας γης απο ιχωρος ξυων5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6 ο δε βιος μου εστιν ελαφροτερος λαλιας απολωλεν δε εν κενη ελπιδι6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 μνησθητι ουν οτι πνευμα μου η ζωη και ουκετι επανελευσεται ο οφθαλμος μου ιδειν αγαθον7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
8 ου περιβλεψεται με οφθαλμος ορωντος με οι οφθαλμοι σου εν εμοι και ουκετι ειμι8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
9 ωσπερ νεφος αποκαθαρθεν απ' ουρανου εαν γαρ ανθρωπος καταβη εις αδην ουκετι μη αναβη9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
10 ουδ' ου μη επιστρεψη ετι εις τον ιδιον οικον ουδε μη επιγνω αυτον ετι ο τοπος αυτου10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 αταρ ουν ουδε εγω φεισομαι τω στοματι μου λαλησω εν αναγκη ων ανοιξω πικριαν ψυχης μου συνεχομενος11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 ποτερον θαλασσα ειμι η δρακων οτι κατεταξας επ' εμε φυλακην12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 ειπα οτι παρακαλεσει με η κλινη μου ανοισω δε προς εμαυτον ιδια λογον τη κοιτη μου13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 εκφοβεις με ενυπνιοις και εν οραμασιν με καταπλησσεις14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 απαλλαξεις απο πνευματος μου την ψυχην μου απο δε θανατου τα οστα μου15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
16 ου γαρ εις τον αιωνα ζησομαι ινα μακροθυμησω αποστα απ' εμου κενος γαρ μου ο βιος16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 τι γαρ εστιν ανθρωπος οτι εμεγαλυνας αυτον η οτι προσεχεις τον νουν εις αυτον17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18 η επισκοπην αυτου ποιηση εως το πρωι και εις αναπαυσιν αυτον κρινεις18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
19 εως τινος ουκ εας με ουδε προιη με εως αν καταπιω τον πτυελον μου εν οδυνη19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 ει εγω ημαρτον τι δυναμαι σοι πραξαι ο επισταμενος τον νουν των ανθρωπων δια τι εθου με κατεντευκτην σου ειμι δε επι σοι φορτιον20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 και δια τι ουκ εποιησω της ανομιας μου ληθην και καθαρισμον της αμαρτιας μου νυνι δε εις γην απελευσομαι ορθριζων δε ουκετι ειμι21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.