Job 9

And Job answered, and said:

Et respondens Job, ait:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει

Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified, compared with God.

Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.

ἐπ' ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.

Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.

ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore : quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit?

σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν

Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.

Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.

ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ

Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

Qui commovet terram de loco suo, et columnæ ejus concutiuntur.

ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ' οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται

Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars, as it were, under a seal:

Qui præcipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.

ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea,

Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.

ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ' ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης

Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.

Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri.

ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ ἕσπερον καὶ ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμίεια νότου

Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.

Qui facit magna, et incomprehensibilia, et mirabilia, quorum non est numerus.

ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός

If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand.

Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.

ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με οὐ μὴ ἴδω καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με οὐδ' ὧς ἔγνων

If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?

Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei? vel quis dicere potest : Cur ita facis?

ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ τί ἐποίησας

God, whose wrath no man can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.

Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.

αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ' οὐρανόν

What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?

Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo?

ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου

I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.

qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum, non respondebo : sed meum judicem deprecabor.

ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι

And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.

Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam.

ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ ὑπακούσῃ οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέν μου

For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.

In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.

μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διὰ κενῆς

He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.

Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.

οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας

If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.

Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.

ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται

If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would show myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.

Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.

ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι

Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.

Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.

εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή

One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.

Unum est quod locutus sum : et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.

διὸ εἶπον μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή

If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.

Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.

ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?

Terra data est in manus impii; vultum judicum ejus operit. Quod si non ille est, quis ergo est?

παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός τίς ἐστιν

My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.

Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum.

ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν

They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.

Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam.

ἦ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν

If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.

Cum dixero : Nequaquam ita loquar : commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.

ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω

I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.

Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.

σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις

But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?

Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi?

ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον

If I be washed, as it were, with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever clean:

Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,

ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς

Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me.

tamen sordibus intinges me, et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.

ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή

For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.

Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.

οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ' ἐμέ ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν

There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.

Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus.

εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.

Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.

ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ' ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω

I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.

Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.

καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι