| 1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said: | 1 Και εξηκολουθησεν ο Ιωβ την παραβολην αυτου και ειπε? |
| 2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness, | 2 Ζη ο Θεος, ο αποβαλων την κρισιν μου, και ο Παντοδυναμος, ο πικρανας την ψυχην μου, |
| 3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, | 3 οτι παντα τον χρονον ενοσω η πνοη μου ειναι εν εμοι και το πνευμα του Θεου εις τους μυκτηρας μου, |
| 4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies. | 4 τα χειλη μου δεν θελουσι λαλησει αδικιαν και η γλωσσα μου δεν θελει μελετησει δολον. |
| 5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence. | 5 Μη γενοιτο εις εμε να σας δικαιωσω? εως να εκπνευσω, δεν θελω απομακρυνει την ακεραιοτητα μου απ' εμου. |
| 6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life. | 6 Θελω κρατει την δικαιοσυνην μου και δεν θελω αφησει αυτην? η καρδια μου δεν θελει με ελεγξει ενοσω ζω. |
| 7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary. | 7 Ο εχθρος μου να ηναι ως ο ασεβης και ο ανισταμενος κατ' εμου ως ο παρανομος. |
| 8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul? | 8 Διοτι τις η ελπις του υποκριτου, αν και επλεονεκτησεν, οταν ο Θεος αποσπα την ψυχην αυτου; |
| 9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him? | 9 Αρα γε θελει ακουσει ο Θεος την κραυγην αυτου, οταν επελθη επ' αυτον συμφορα; |
| 10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times? | 10 Θελει ευφραινεσθαι εις τον Παντοδυναμον; θελει επικαλεισθαι τον Θεον εν παντι καιρω; |
| 11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it. | 11 θελω σας διδαξει τι ειναι εν τη χειρι του Θεου? ο, τι ειναι παρα τω Παντοδυναμω, δεν θελω κρυψει αυτο. |
| 12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason? | 12 Ιδου, σεις παντες ειδετε? δια τι λοιπον εισθε ολως τοσον ματαιοι; |
| 13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty. | 13 Τουτο ειναι παρα Θεου η μερις του ασεβους ανθρωπου, και η κληρονομια των δυναστων, την οποιαν θελουσι λαβει παρα του Παντοδυναμου. |
| 14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread. | 14 Εαν οι υιοι αυτου πολλαπλασιασθωσιν, ειναι δια την ρομφαιαν? και οι εκγονοι αυτου δεν θελουσι χορτασθη αρτον. |
| 15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep. | 15 Οι εναπολειφθεντες αυτου θελουσι ταφη εν θανατω? και αι χηραι αυτου δεν θελουσι κλαυσει. |
| 16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay, | 16 Και αν επισωρευση αργυριον ως το χωμα και ετοιμαση ιματια ως τον πηλον? |
| 17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver. | 17 δυναται μεν να ετοιμαση, πλην ο δικαιος θελει ενδυθη αυτα? και ο αθωος θελει διαμοιρασθη το αργυριον. |
| 18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry. | 18 Οικοδομει τον οικον αυτου ως το σαρακιον, και ως καλυβην, την οποιαν καμνει ο αγροφυλαξ. |
| 19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing. | 19 Πλαγιαζει πλουσιος, πλην δεν θελει συναχθη? ανοιγει τους οφθαλμους αυτου και δεν υπαρχει. |
| 20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night. | 20 Τρομοι συλλαμβανουσιν αυτον ως υδατα, ανεμοστροβιλος αρπαζει αυτον την νυκτα. |
| 21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place. | 21 Σηκονει αυτον ανατολικος ανεμος, και υπαγει? και αποσπα αυτον απο του τοπου αυτου. |
| 22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile. | 22 Διοτι ο Θεος θελει ριψει κατ' αυτου συμφορας και δεν θελει φεισθη? απο της χειρος αυτου σπευδει να φυγη. |
| 23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation. | 23 Θελουσι κροτησει τας χειρας αυτων επ' αυτον, και θελουσι συριξει αυτον απο του τοπου αυτων. |