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Κεφάλαιο 39
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Chapter 39
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ΕΙ ἔγνως καιρὸν τοκετοῦ τραγελάφων πέτρας, ἐφύλαξας δὲ ὠδῖνας ἐλάφων;
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Say if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and if thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:
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ἠρίθμησας δὲ μῆνας αὐτῶν πλήρεις τοκετοῦ αὐτῶν, ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἔδυσας;
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and if thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and if thou hast relieved their pangs:
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ἐξέθρεψας δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ παιδία ἔξω φόβου; ὠδῖνας δὲ αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς;
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and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?
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ἀπορρήξουσι τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, πληθυνθήσονται ἐν γεννήματι· ἐξελεύσονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνακάμψουσιν αὐτοῖς.
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Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: their young will go forth, and will not return to them.
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τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον, δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν;
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And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?
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ἐθέμην δὲ τὴν δίαιταν αὐτοῦ ἔρημον, καὶ τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ ἁλμυρίδα·
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whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.
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καταγελῶν πολυοχλίας πόλεως, μέμψιν δὲ φορολόγου οὐκ ἀκούων,
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He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
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κατασκέψεται ὄρη νομὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀπίσω παντὸς χλωροῦ ζητεῖ.
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He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.
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βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι ἢ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου;
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And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?
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δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ;
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And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?
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πέποιθας δὲ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ, ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ, ἐπαφήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ τὰ ἔργα σου;
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And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?
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πιστεύσεις δὲ ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον, εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα;
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And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring it in to thy threshing-floor?
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πτέρυξ τερπομένων νεέλασα, ἐὰν συλλάβῃ ἀσίδα καὶ νέσσα·
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The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, it is worthy of notice,
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ὅτι ἀφήσει εἰς γῆν τὰ ὠὰ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ χοῦν θάλψει
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for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
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καὶ ἐπελάθετο ὅτι ποὺς σκορπιεῖ καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει·
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and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.
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ἀπεσκλήρυνε τὰ τέκνα ἑαυτῆς, ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτήν, εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν ἄνευ φόβου·
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She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: she labours in vain without fear.
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ὅτι κατεσιώπησεν αὐτῇ ὁ Θεὸς σοφίαν καὶ οὐκ ἐπεμέρισεν αὐτῇ ἐν τῇ συνέσει.
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For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.
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κατὰ καιρὸν ἐν ὕψει ὑψώσει, καταγελάσεται ἵππου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιβάτου αὐτοῦ.
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In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.
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ἦ σὺ περιέθηκας ἵππῳ δύναμιν, ἐνέδυσας δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ φόβον;
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Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
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περιέθηκας δὲ αὐτῷ πανοπλίαν, δόξαν δὲ στηθέων αὐτοῦ τόλμῃ;
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And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?
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ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ, ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύϊ·
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He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.
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συναντῶν βασιλεῖ καταγελᾷ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου·
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He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
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ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ γαυριᾷ τόξον καὶ μάχαιρα,
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The bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will swallow up the ground:
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καὶ ὀργῇ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσει, ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ·
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and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.
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σάλπιγγος δὲ σημαινούσης λέγει· εὖγε. πόρρωθεν δὲ ὀσφραίνεται πολέμου σὺν ἅλματι καὶ κραυγῇ.
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And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.
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ἐκ δὲ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστήμης ἕστηκεν ἱέραξ, ἀναπετάσας τὰς πτέρυγας, ἀκίνητος, καθορῶν τὰ πρὸς νότον;
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And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?
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ἐπὶ δὲ σῷ προστάγματι ὑψοῦται ἀετός, γὺψ δὲ ἐπὶ νοσσιᾶς αὐτοῦ καθεσθεὶς αὐλίζεται
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And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
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ἐπ᾿ ἐξοχῇ πέτρας καὶ ἀποκρύφῳ;
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on a crag of a rock, and in a secret place?
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ἐκεῖσε ὢν ζητεῖ τὰ σῖτα, πόρρωθεν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ σκοπεύουσι·
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Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
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νεοσσοὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ φύρονται ἐν αἵματι, οὗ δ᾿ ἂν ὦσι τεθνεῶτες, παραχρῆμα εὑρίσκονται.
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And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcases may be, immediately they are found.
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