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Giovedi, 16 maggio 2024 - San Simone Stock ( Letture di oggi)

Job 42


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CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAINGREEK BIBLE
1 Then Job, responding to the Lord, said:1 Τοτε απεκριθη ο Ιωβ προς τον Κυριον και ειπεν?
2 I know that you are able to do all things, and that no thoughts are hidden from you.2 Εξευρω οτι δυνασαι τα παντα, και ουδεις στοχασμος σου δυναται να εμποδισθη.
3 So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge.3 Τις ουτος ο κρυπτων την βουλην ασυνετως; Εγω λοιπον προεφερα εκεινο, το οποιον δεν ενοουν. Πραγματα υπερθαυμαστα δι' εμε, τα οποια δεν εγνωριζον.
4 Listen, and I will speak. I will question you, and you may answer me.4 Ακουσον, δεομαι? και εγω θελω λαλησει? θελω σε ερωτησει, και συ διδαξον με.
5 By paying attention with the ear, I have heard you, but now my eye sees you.5 Ηκουον περι σου με την ακοην του ωτιου, αλλα τωρα ο οφθαλμος μου σε βλεπει?
6 Therefore, I find myself reprehensible, and I will do penance in embers and ashes.6 δια τουτο βδελυττομαι εμαυτον, και μετανοω εν χωματι και σποδω.
7 But after the Lord had finished speaking these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath has been kindled against you, and against your two friends, because you have not been speaking correctly in my eyes, as my servant Job has done.7 Αφου δε ο Κυριος ελαλησε τους λογους τουτους προς τον Ιωβ, ειπεν ο Κυριος προς Ελιφας τον Θαιμανιτην, Ο θυμος μου εξηφθη κατα σου και κατα των δυο φιλων σου? διοτι δεν ελαλησατε περι εμου το ορθον ως ο δουλος μου Ιωβ?
8 Therefore, have seven bulls and seven rams brought to you, and go to my servant Job, and offer these as a holocaust for yourselves. But also, my servant Job will pray for you; I will accept his face, so that foolishness will not be imputed to you. For you have not been speaking correctly about me, as my servant Job has done.8 δια τουτο λαβετε τωρα εις εαυτους επτα μοσχους και επτα κριους και υπαγετε προς τον δουλον μου Ιωβ, και προσφερετε ολοκαυτωμα υπερ εαυτων? ο δε Ιωβ ο δουλος μου θελει ικετευσει υπερ υμων? διοτι θελω δεχθη το προσωπον αυτου? δια να μη πραξω με σας κατα την αφροσυνην σας? διοτι δεν ελαλησατε περι εμου το ορθον ως ο δουλος μου Ιωβ.
9 So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Zophar the Naamathite departed, and they did just as the Lord had spoken to them, and the Lord accepted the face of Job.9 Και υπηγον Ελιφας ο Θαιμανιτης και Βιλδαδ ο Σαυχιτης και Σωφαρ ο Νααμαθιτης, και εκαμον ως προσεταξεν εις αυτους ο Κυριος? ο δε Κυριος εδεχθη το προσωπον του Ιωβ.
10 Likewise, the Lord was moved by the repentance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave to Job twice as much as he had before.10 Και εστρεψεν ο Κυριος την αιχμαλωσιαν του Ιωβ, αφου προσηυχηθη υπερ των φιλων αυτου? και εδωκεν ο Κυριος εις τον Ιωβ διπλασια παντων των οσα ειχε προτερον.
11 Yet all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and everyone who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house. They also shook their heads over him and comforted him, because of all the bad things that God had inflicted on him. And each one of them gave him one female sheep, and one earring of gold.11 Τοτε ηλθον προς αυτον παντες οι αδελφοι αυτου και πασαι αι αδελφαι αυτου και παντες οι γνωριζοντες αυτον προτερον, και εφαγον αρτον μετ' αυτου εν τω οικω αυτου? και συνεκλαυσαν με αυτον και παρηγορησαν αυτον περι παντος του κακου, το οποιον ο Κυριος επεφερεν επ' αυτον? και εδωκαν εκαστος εις αυτον εν αργυριον και εκαστος εν χρυσουν ενωτιον.
12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job even more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.12 Και ευλογησεν ο Κυριος τα εσχατα του Ιωβ μαλλον παρα τα πρωτα? ωστε απεκτησε δεκατεσσαρας χιλιαδας προβατων και εξακισχιλιας καμηλους και χιλια ζευγη βοων και χιλιας ονους.
13 And he had seven sons and three daughters.13 Εγεννηθησαν ετι εις αυτον επτα υιοι και τρεις θυγατερες?
14 And he called the name of one, Daylight, and the name of the second, Cinnamon, and the name of the third, Horn of Cosmetics.14 και εκαλεσε το ονομα της πρωτης Ιεμιμα? και το ονομα της δευτερας Κεσια? και το ονομα της τριτης Κερεν-αππουχ?
15 And, in the whole world, there were not found women so beautiful as the daughters of Job. And so their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.15 και δεν ευρισκοντο εφ' ολης της γης γυναικες ωραιαι ως αι θυγατερες του Ιωβ? και ο πατηρ αυτων εδωκεν εις αυτας κληρονομιαν μεταξυ των αδελφων αυτων.
16 But Job lived long after these events, for a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children’s children, all the way to the fourth generation, and he died an old man and full of days.16 Μετα ταυτα εζησεν ο Ιωβ εκατον τεσσαρακοντα ετη, και ειδε τους υιους αυτου και τους υιους των υιων αυτου, τεταρτην γενεαν.
17 και ετελευτησεν ο Ιωβ, γερων και πληρης ημερων.