Job 30

But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock:

Nunc autem derident me juniores tempore, quorum non dignabar patres ponere cum canibus gregis mei :

νυνὶ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι νῦν νουθετοῦσίν με ἐν μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν πατέρας αὐτῶν οὓς οὐχ ἡγησάμην εἶναι ἀξίους κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων

The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself.

quorum virtus manuum mihi erat pro nihilo, et vita ipsa putabantur indigni :

καί γε ἰσχὺς χειρῶν αὐτῶν ἵνα τί μοι ἐπ' αὐτοὺς ἀπώλετο συντέλεια

Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery.

egestate et fame steriles, qui rodebant in solitudine, squallentes calamitate et miseria.

ἐν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ λιμῷ ἄγονος οἱ φεύγοντες ἄνυδρον ἐχθὲς συνοχὴν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν

And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.

Et mandebant herbas, et arborum cortices, et radix juniperorum erat cibus eorum :

οἱ περικλῶντες ἅλιμα ἐπὶ ἠχοῦντι οἵτινες ἅλιμα ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ σῖτα ἄτιμοι δὲ καὶ πεφαυλισμένοι ἐνδεεῖς παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ οἳ καὶ ῥίζας ξύλων ἐμασῶντο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ μεγάλου

Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.

qui de convallibus ista rapientes, cum singula reperissent, ad ea cum clamore currebant.

ἐπανέστησάν μοι κλέπται

They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.

In desertis habitabant torrentium, et in cavernis terræ, vel super glaream :

ὧν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν ἦσαν τρῶγλαι πετρῶν

They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.

qui inter hujuscemodi lætabantur, et esse sub sentibus delicias computabant :

ἀνὰ μέσον εὐήχων βοήσονται οἳ ὑπὸ φρύγανα ἄγρια διῃτῶντο

The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.

filii stultorum et ignobilium, et in terra penitus non parentes.

ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων ὄνομα καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς

Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.

Nunc in eorum canticum versus sum, et factus sum eis in proverbium.

νυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλημα ἔχουσιν

They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.

Abominantur me, et longe fugiunt a me, et faciem meam conspuere non verentur.

ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με ἀποστάντες μακράν ἀπὸ δὲ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἐφείσαντο πτύελον

For he hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.

Pharetram enim suam aperuit, et afflixit me, et frenum posuit in os meum.

ἀνοίξας γὰρ φαρέτραν αὐτοῦ ἐκάκωσέν με καὶ χαλινὸν τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐξαπέστειλαν

At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.

Ad dexteram orientis calamitates meæ illico surrexerunt : pedes meos subverterunt, et oppresserunt quasi fluctibus semitis suis.

ἐπὶ δεξιῶν βλαστοῦ ἐπανέστησαν πόδα αὐτῶν ἐξέτειναν καὶ ὡδοποίησαν ἐπ' ἐμὲ τρίβους ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν

They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.

Dissipaverunt itinera mea; insidiati sunt mihi, et prævaluerunt : et non fuit qui ferret auxilium.

ἐξετρίβησαν τρίβοι μου ἐξέδυσεν γάρ μου τὴν στολήν

They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.

Quasi rupto muro, et aperta janua, irruerunt super me, et ad meas miserias devoluti sunt.

βέλεσιν αὐτοῦ κατηκόντισέν με κέχρηταί μοι ὡς βούλεται ἐν ὀδύναις πέφυρμαι

I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.

Redactus sum in nihilum : abstulisti quasi ventus desiderium meum, et velut nubes pertransiit salus mea.

ἐπιστρέφονται δέ μου αἱ ὀδύναι ᾤχετό μου ἡ ἐλπὶς ὥσπερ πνεῦμα καὶ ὥσπερ νέφος ἡ σωτηρία μου

And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.

Nunc autem in memetipso marcescit anima mea, et possident me dies afflictionis.

καὶ νῦν ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἔχουσιν δέ με ἡμέραι ὀδυνῶν

In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.

Nocte os meum perforatur doloribus, et qui me comedunt, non dormiunt.

νυκτὶ δέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ συγκέκαυται τὰ δὲ νεῦρά μου διαλέλυται

With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.

In multitudine eorum consumitur vestimentum meum, et quasi capito tunicæ succinxerunt me.

ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελάβετό μου τῆς στολῆς ὥσπερ τὸ περιστόμιον τοῦ χιτῶνός μου περιέσχεν με

I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.

Comparatus sum luto, et assimilatus sum favillæ et cineri.

ἥγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς

I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.

Clamo ad te, et non exaudis me : sto, et non respicis me.

κέκραγα δὲ πρὸς σὲ καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούεις μου ἔστησαν καὶ κατενόησάν με

Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.

Mutatus es mihi in crudelem, et in duritia manus tuæ adversaris mihi.

ἐπέβης δέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως χειρὶ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας

Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and thou hast mightily dashed me.

Elevasti me, et quasi super ventum ponens; elisisti me valide.

ἔταξας δέ με ἐν ὀδύναις καὶ ἀπέρριψάς με ἀπὸ σωτηρίας

I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.

Scio quia morti trades me, ubi constituta est domus omni viventi.

οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι θάνατός με ἐκτρίψει οἰκία γὰρ παντὶ θνητῷ γῆ

But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.

Verumtamen non ad consumptionem eorum emittis manum tuam : et si corruerint, ipse salvabis.

εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον δυναίμην ἐμαυτὸν χειρώσασθαι ἢ δεηθείς γε ἑτέρου καὶ ποιήσει μοι τοῦτο

I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.

Flebam quondam super eo qui afflictus erat, et compatiebatur anima mea pauperi.

ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδυνάτῳ ἔκλαυσα ἐστέναξα δὲ ἰδὼν ἄνδρα ἐν ἀνάγκαις

I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.

Expectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala : præstolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebræ.

ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν

My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.

Interiora mea efferbuerunt absque ulla requie : prævenerunt me dies afflictionis.

ἡ κοιλία μου ἐξέζεσεν καὶ οὐ σιωπήσεται προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι πτωχείας

I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.

Mœrens incedebam sine furore; consurgens, in turba clamabam.

στένων πεπόρευμαι ἄνευ φιμοῦ ἕστηκα δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ κεκραγώς

I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.

Frater fui draconum, et socius struthionum.

ἀδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν

My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.

Cutis mea denigrata est super me, et ossa mea aruerunt præ caumate.

τὸ δὲ δέρμα μου ἐσκότωται μεγάλως τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ καύματος

My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.

Versa est in luctum cithara mea, et organum meum in vocem flentium.

ἀπέβη δὲ εἰς πάθος μου ἡ κιθάρα ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί