ΙΩΒ - Giobbe - Job 40

LXX	NEW JERUSALEM
1 και απεκριθη κυριος ο θεος τω ιωβ και ειπεν	1 Stil speaking to Job, Yahweh said:
2 μη κρισιν μετα ικανου εκκλινει ελεγχων θεον αποκριθησεται αυτην	2 Is Yahweh's opponent going to give way? Has God's critic thought up an answer?
3 υπολαβων δε ιωβ λεγει τω κυριω	3 Job replied to Yahweh:
4 τι ετι εγω κρινομαι νουθετουμενος και ελεγχων κυριον ακουων τοιαυτα ουθεν ων εγω δε τινα αποκρισιν δω προς ταυτα χειρα θησω επι στοματι μου	4 My words have been frivolous: what can I reply? I had better lay my hand over my mouth.
5 απαξ λελαληκα επι δε τω δευτερω ου προσθησω	5 I have spoken once, I shal not speak again; I have spoken twice, I have nothing more to say.
6 ετι δε υπολαβων ο κυριος ειπεν τω ιωβ εκ του νεφους	6 Yahweh gave Job his answer from the heart of the tempest. He said:
7 μη αλλα ζωσαι ωσπερ ανηρ την οσφυν σου ερωτησω δε σε συ δε μοι αποκριθητι	7 Brace yourself like a fighter, I am going to ask the questions, and you are to inform me!
8 μη αποποιου μου το κριμα οιει δε με αλλως σοι κεχρηματικεναι η ινα αναφανης δικαιος	8 Do you real y want to reverse my judgement, put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?
9 η βραχιων σοι εστιν κατα του κυριου η φωνη κατ' αυτον βροντας	9 Has your arm the strength of God's, can your voice thunder as loud?
10 αναλαβε δη υψος και δυναμιν δοξαν δε και τιμην αμφιεσαι	10 Come on, display your majesty and grandeur, robe yourself in splendour and glory.
11 αποστειλον δε αγγελους οργη παν δε υβριστην ταπεινωσον	11 Let the fury of your anger burst forth, humble the haughty at a glance!
12 υπερηφανον δε σβεσον σηψον δε ασεβεις παραχρημα	12 At a glance, bring down al the proud, strike down the wicked where they stand.
13 κρυψον δε εις γην εξω ομοθυμαδον τα δε προσωπα αυτων ατιμιας εμπλησον	13 Bury the lot of them in the ground, shut them, every one, in the Dungeon.
14 ομολογησω αρα οτι δυναται η δεξια σου σωσαι	14 And I shal be the first to pay you homage, since your own right hand is strong enough to save you.
15 αλλα δη ιδου θηρια παρα σοι χορτον ισα βουσιν εσθιει	15 But look at Behemoth, my creature, just as you are! He feeds on greenstuff like the ox,
16 ιδου δη ισχυς αυτου επ' οσφυι η δε δυναμις επ' ομφαλου γαστρος	16 but what strength he has in his loins, what power in his stomach muscles!
17 εστησεν ουραν ως κυπαρισσον τα δε νευρα αυτου συμπεπλεκται	17 His tail is as stiff as a cedar, the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 αι πλευραι αυτου πλευραι χαλκειαι η δε ραχις αυτου σιδηρος χυτος	18 His bones are bronze tubes, his frame like forged iron.
19 τουτ' εστιν αρχη πλασματος κυριου πεποιημενον εγκαταπαιζεσθαι υπο των αγγελων αυτου	19 He is the first of the works of God. His Maker threatened him with the sword,
20 επελθων δε επ' ορος ακροτομον εποιησεν χαρμονην τετραποσιν εν τω ταρταρω	20 forbidding him the mountain regions and al the wild animals that play there.
21 υπο παντοδαπα δενδρα κοιμαται παρα παπυρον και καλαμον και βουτομον	21 Under the lotus he lies, he hides among the reeds in the swamps.
22 σκιαζονται δε εν αυτω δενδρα μεγαλα συν ραδαμνοις και κλωνες αγνου	22 The leaves of the lotus give him shade, the willows by the stream shelter him.
23 εαν γενηται πλημμυρα ου μη αισθηθη πεποιθεν οτι προσκρουσει ο ιορδανης εις το στομα αυτου	23 If the river overflows, he does not worry: Jordan might come up to his mouth, but he would not care.
24 εν τω οφθαλμω αυτου δεξεται αυτον ενσκολιευομενος τρησει ρινα	24 Who is going to catch him by the eyes or put poles through his nose?
25 αξεις δε δρακοντα εν αγκιστρω περιθησεις δε φορβεαν περι ρινα αυτου	25 Leviathan, too! Can you catch him with a fish-hook or hold his tongue down with a rope?
26 ει δησεις κρικον εν τω μυκτηρι αυτου ψελιω δε τρυπησεις το χειλος αυτου	26 Can you put a cane through his nostrils or pierce his jaw with a hook?
27 λαλησει δε σοι δεησει ικετηρια μαλακως	27 Will he plead lengthily with you, addressing you in diffident tones?
28 θησεται δε διαθηκην μετα σου λημψη δε αυτον δουλον αιωνιον	28 Will he strike a bargain with you to become your slave for life?
29 παιξη δε εν αυτω ωσπερ ορνεω η δησεις αυτον ωσπερ στρουθιον παιδιω	29 Will you make a pet of him, like a bird, keep him on a lead to amuse your little girls?
30 ενσιτουνται δε εν αυτω εθνη μεριτευονται δε αυτον φοινικων γενη	30 Is he to be sold by the fishing guild and then retailed by merchants?
31 παν δε πλωτον συνελθον ου μη ενεγκωσιν βυρσαν μιαν ουρας αυτου και εν πλοιοις αλιεων κεφαλην αυτου	31 Riddle his hide with darts? Or his head with fishing spears?
32 επιθησεις δε αυτω χειρα μνησθεις πολεμον τον γινομενον εν σωματι αυτου και μηκετι γινεσθω	32 You have only to lay a finger on him never to forget the struggle or risk it again!