James Duport, Job, 1.5

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[5] But when the fair-tressed Dawn had brought to fulfillment all the days of the honey-sweet feast, and the seasons had turned round about, straightway he, as a father purifies his banqueting sons, all according to due order, and at the same time as the morning appeared he would offer sacrifices and choice hecatombs to the Immortal, in case anyone had overstepped and sinned, or spoken evil of God with the tongue's folly of his mind. As many children as he had, so many fair sacrifices would he offer. Thus he would do continually throughout. For he himself knows what kinds of transgressions young men's deeds become. For swifter is the mind, and subtle is the counsel in all deeds, but most of all in the hour of the feast. For wine sets even a very prudent man to singing, and it sends forth some word which is better left unspoken.

Job. James Duport. . .

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Ἰώβ First1KGreek (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.) — 1 focus

ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ τις ἦν ἐν χῶρᾳ τῇ Αὐσίτιδι ᾧ ὄνομα Ἰὼβ·

καὶ ἣν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος ἀληθινός, ἄμεμπτος, δίκαιος.

θεοσεβής,

ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ πράγματος.

ἐγένοντο δὲ αὐτῷ υἱοὶ ἑπτὰ καὶ θυγατέρες τρεῖς.

καὶ ἣν τὰ κτήνη αὐτοῦ πρόβατα ἑπτακισχίλια,

κάμηλοι τρισχίλιαι,

ζεύγη βοῶν πεντακόσια,

ὄνοι θήλειαι νομάδες πεντακόσιαι.

καὶ ὑπηρεσία πολλὴ σφόδρα

καὶ ἔργα μεγάλα ἦν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·

καὶ ἦν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος εὐγενὴς τῶν ἀφʼ ἡλίου ἀνατολῶν.

συμπορευόμενοι δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ πρὸς ἀλλήλους

ἐποιοῦσαν πότον καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν,

συμπαραλαμβάνοντες ἅμα καὶ τὰς τρεῖς ἀδελφὰς αὐτῶν

ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν μετʼ αὐτῶν.

καὶ ὡς ἂν συνετελέσθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πότου,

ἀπέστελλεν Ἰὼ καὶ ἐκαθάριζεν αὐτοὺς ἀνιστάμενος τὸ

πρωί,

καὶ προσέφερεν περὶ αὐτῶν θυσίαν κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν

καὶ μόσχον ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίας περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν αὐτῶν·

²⁴

ἔλεγεν γὰρ Ἰώβ Μή ποτε οἱ υἱοί μου ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτῶν

κακὰ ἐνενόησαν πρὸς θεόν.

οὕτως οὖν ἐποίει Ἰὼβ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.

Καὶ ὡς ἐγένετο ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη,

καὶ ἰδοὺ ἦλθον οἱ ἄγγελοι τοῦ θεοῦ παραστῆναι ἐνώπιον

τοῦ κυρίου,

καὶ ὁ διάβολος ἦλθεν μετʼ αὐτῶν.

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ διαβόλῳ Πόθεν παραγέγονας ;

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ διάβολος τῷ κυρίῳ εἶπεν

Περιελθὼν τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσας τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν

πάρεμι.

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος

Προσέσχες τῇ δανοίᾳ σου κατὰ τοῦ παιδός μου Ἰὼβ;

ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν κατʼ αὐτὸν τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,

ἄνθρωπος ἄμεμπτος, ἀληθινός, θεοσεβής,

ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ πράγματος.

ἀπεκρίθη δὲ ὁ διάβολος καὶ εἶπεν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίρυ

Μὴ δωρεὰν σέβεται Ἰὼβ τὸν κύριον;

οὐ σὺ περιἐφραξας τὰ ἔξω αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἕσαν τῆς οἰκἰας αὐτοῦ

καὶ τὰ ἔξω πάντων τῶν ὄντων αὐτῷ κύκλῳ;

τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ εὐλόγησας,

καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτοῦ πολλὰ ἐποίησας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

ἀλλὰ ἀπόστειλον τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ ἅψαι πάνταον ὧυ ἔχει·

εἰ μὴν εἰς πρόσωπόν σε εὐλογήσει.

τότε εἶπεν ὁ κύρωως τῷ διαβόλῳ

Ἰδοὺ πάντα ὅσα ἐστὶν αὐτῷ δίδαυμι ἐν τῇ χειρί σου,

ἀλλὰ αὐτοῦ μὴ ἅψῃ.

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ διάβολος παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου.

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καὶ ἦν ὡς ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη,

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οἱ υἱρὶ Ἰὼβ καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτοῦ

ἔπινον οἶνον ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῶν τοῦ

πρεσβυτέρου.

καὶ ἰδοὸ ἄγγωλος ἦλθεν πρὸς Ἰὼβ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτχῷ

Τὰ ζεύγη τῶν βοῶν ἠροτρία.

καὶ αἱ θήλειαι ὄνοι ἐβόσκοντο ἐχόμεναι αὐτῶν·

καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ αἰχμαλωτεύοντες ᾐχμαλώτευσαν αὐτάς,

καὶ τοὺς παῖδας ἀπέκτειναν ἐν μαχαίραις·

σωθεὶς δὲ ἐγὼ μόνος ἦλθον τοῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σοι.

ἔτι τούτου λαλοῦντος ἦλθεν ἕτερος ἄγγελος καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς

Ἰώβ

Πῦρ ἔπεσεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέκαυσεν τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ

τοὺς ποιμένας κατέφαγεν ὁμοίαος·

σωθεὶς δὲ ἐγὼ μόνος ἦλθον τοῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σοι.

ἔτι τούτου λαλοῦντος ἦλθεν ἕτερος ἄγγελος καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς

Ἰώβ

ἱ ἱππεῖς ἐποίησαν ἡμῖν κεφαλὰς γ',

καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν τὰς καμήλους καὶ ήχμαλώτευσαν αὐτάς,

καὶ τοὺς παῖδας ἀπέκτειναν μαχαίραις·

ἐσώθην δὲ ἐγὼ μόνος καὶ ἦλθον τοῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σοι.

ἔτι τούτου λαλοῦντος ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἔρχεται λέγων τῷ Ἰώβ

Τῶν υἱῶν σου καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων σου ἐσθιόντων καὶ πινόντων

παρὰ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτῶν τῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ,

ἐξαίφνης πνεῦμα μέγα ἐπῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς ὲτελεύτηησαν· καὶ ἥψατο

τῶν τεσσάρων γωνιῶν τῆς οἰκίας·

καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ οἰκία ἐπὶ τὰ παιδία σου, καὶ ἐτελεύτησαν·

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ἐσώθην δὲ ἐγὼ μόνος καὶ ἦλθον τοῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σοι.

οὔτως ἀναστὰς Ἰὼβ διέρρηξεν τὰ ἱμάτια ἑαυτοῦ

καὶ ἐκείρατο τὴν κόμηυ τῆς κεφαλῆς,

καὶ πεκὼν χαμαὶ προσεκύνησεν

καὶ εἶπεν

Αὐτὸς γυμνὸς ἐξῆλθον ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου·

γυμνὸς καὶ ἀπελεύσομαι ἐκεῖ.

ὁ κύριος ἔδωκεν, ὁ κύριος ἀφείλατο·

ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ ἔδοξεν, οὕτως ἐγένετο·

εἴη τὸ ὄνομα Κυρἰου εὐλογημένον.

ἐν τούτοις πᾶσιν τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν αὐτῷ

οὐδὲν ἥμαρτεν Ἰὼβ ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου,

καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἀφροσύνην τῷ θεῷ.

Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 1.5.1 focus

Αὐτὰρ ὅτ' εἰλαπίνης μελιηδέος ἤματα πάντα

Ἠὼς εὐπλόκαμος τέλεσεν, περὶ δ' ἔτραπον ὧραι,

Αὐτίχ' ὅγ' ὡς ἐκάθηρε πατὴρ δοινήτορας υἷας,

Πάντα κατὰ μοῖραν, καὶ ἅμ' ἠοῖ φαινομένηφιν

Ἱερά τε ῥέξεσκε, καὶ ἐξαίτους ἑκατόμβας

Ἀθανάτῳ, ἤν πού τις ὑπερβείῃ καὶ ἁμάρτῃ,

Ἠὲ Θεὸν κακὰ εἴπῃ ἀγλωσσίῃσι νόοιο.

Ὅσσα μὲν οἱ πέλε τέκνα, τόσ' ἔρδεσκ' ἱερὰ καλά.

Ὡς ὅγ' αἰὲν ἔρδεσκε διαμπερές· οἶδε γὰρ αὐτὸς

Ὁπποῖαι νέῳ ἀνδρὸς ὑπερβασίαι τελέθουσι.

Κραιπνότερος μὲν γάρ τε νόος, λεπτή δέ τε μῆτις

Ἐν πάντεσσ᾽ ἔργοισι, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἐν δαιτὸς ἐν ὥρῃ·

Οἶνος γάρ τ᾽ ἐφέηκε πολύφρονά περ μάλ᾽ ἀεῖσαι,

Καί τι ἔπος προέηκεν, ὅπερ τ᾽ ἄρρητον ἄμεινον.

Translations (2)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 1 focus

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Now it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.

Yahweh said to Satan, Where have you come from? Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Yahweh said to Satan, Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.

Yahweh said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t put forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.

While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

He said, Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh.

In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 1.5.1 focus

Poſtquam verò convivii dulcis dies omnes

Aurora pulchros-crines-habens compleverat, & circumvertebantur horæ,

Continuò purgavit pater convivas filios,

Singulos ritè, & ſimulac aurora illuxit,

Hoſtias ſacrificavit, & eximia holocauſta

Immortali, an fortè quis filiorum transgreſſus fuerit & peccârit,

Aut Deo maledixerit præ inſolentia animi.

Quot ei erant liberi, tot obtulit ſacrificia pulchra.

Ità hic pro more ſuo faciebat jugiter: novit enim ipſe

Mobilior quidem animus, imbecille verò conſilium

In omnibus rebus, præſertim verò convivii tempore :

Vinum enim impellit ſapientem etiam valde cantare,

Et aliquod verbum emiſit, quod non-dictum fit melius.

James Duport Job 1.5

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