Eyüp 14

¹Zira kadından doğan ölümlü insan kısa ömürlüdür ve ilahi gazapla doludur.

²Tıpkı açan bir çiçek gibi dökülüp gider; bir gölge gibi kaçar ve asla kalıcı olmaz.

³Böyle birinin de mi hesabını tutuyorsun ve onu kendi huzurunda yargılanmaya zorluyorsun?

⁴Zira kim kirden arınıp temiz kılınabilir ki? Aksine, hiç kimse!

⁵Yeryüzündeki ömrü bir gün bile olsa, ayları senin katında zaten sayılıdır; ona asla aşamayacağı bir süre belirledin.

⁶Ondan bakışını çek ki huzur bulsun ve bir gündelikçi gibi ömrünün sonuna razı gelsin.

⁷Çünkü bir ağaç için bile umut vardır; kesilse bile yeniden filizlenir ve taze sürgünü asla eksik olmaz.

⁸Kökü toprakta yaşlansa, kütüğü kayanın içinde ölse bile,

⁹Suyun kokusunu alır almaz yeniden filizlenecektir ve yeni dikilmiş bir fidan gibi ürün verecektir.

¹⁰Oysa insan öldüğünde göçüp gider; ölümlü yere yıkılınca artık yoktur.

¹¹Zamanla denizin suyu nasıl azalırsa ve yatağı boşalan nehir nasıl kurursa,

¹²Uykuda olan insan da öylece yatar ve asla ayağa kalkmaz; gökler yeniden bir araya getirilip dikilene dek uyanmazlar ve uykularından uyandırılmazlar.

¹³Keşke beni Hades'te saklasaydın, öfken dinene dek beni gizleseydin; bana belirli bir süre koysaydın da beni o zaman hatırlasaydın!

¹⁴Zira insan ölürse, ömrünün günlerini tamamladıktan sonra yeniden yaşayacak mıdır? Yeniden var olacağım güne kadar bu zorluğa katlanacağım.

¹⁵O zaman sen çağırırdın, ben de sana yanıt verirdim; ellerinin eserini reddedip yadsımazdın.

¹⁶Oysa şimdi adımlarımı tek tek sayıyorsun ve günahlarımdan hiçbir şey gözünden kaçmayacak.

¹⁷İsyanlarımı bir torbaya koyup mühürledin ve eğer sınırları aştıysam hepsini işaretledin.

¹⁸Ancak nasıl yıkılan bir dağ ufalanıp yok olursa ve bir kaya yerinden sökülüp giderse,

¹⁹Sular taşları nasıl aşındırır ve taşkınlar yeryüzünün toprağını nasıl su altında bırakırsa, sen de insanın umudunu öyle yok edersin.

²⁰Onu sonuna kadar sürersin ve göçüp gider; çehresini değiştirir ve onu huzurundan gönderirsin.

²¹Oğulları onurlansa da o bunu bilmez, küçük düşüp azalsalar da farkına varmaz.

²²Sadece kendi bedeni acı çeker ve kendi canı yas tutar.

¹ΒΡΟΤΟΣ γὰρ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ὀλιγόβιος καὶ πλήρης ὀργῆς

²ἢ ὥσπερ ἄνθος ἀνθῆσαν ἐξέπεσεν, ἀπέδρα δὲ ὥσπερ σκιὰ καὶ οὐ μὴ στῇ.

³οὐχὶ καὶ τούτου λόγον ἐποιήσω καὶ τοῦτον ἐποίησας εἰσελθεῖν ἐν κρίματι ἐνώπιόν σου;

⁴τίς γὰρ καθαρὸς ἔσται ἀπὸ ῥύπου; ἀλλ᾿ οὐθείς,

⁵ἐὰν καὶ μία ἡμέρα ὁ βίος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἀριθμητοὶ δὲ μῆνες αὐτοῦ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ· εἰς χρόνον ἔθου, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπερβῇ.

⁶ἀπόστα ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἡσυχάσῃ καὶ εὐδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον ὥσπερ ὁ μισθωτός.

⁷ἔστι γὰρ δένδρῳ ἐλπίς· ἐὰν γὰρ ἐκκοπῇ, ἔτι ἐπανθήσει, καὶ ὁ ράδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ·

⁸ἐὰν γὰρ γηράσῃ ἐν γῇ ἡ ρίζα αὐτοῦ, ἐν δὲ πέτρᾳ τελευτήσῃ τὸ στέλεχος αὐτοῦ,

⁹ἀπὸ ὀσμῆς ὕδατος ἀνθήσει, ποιήσει δὲ θερισμὸν ὥσπερ νεόφυτον.

¹⁰ἀνὴρ δὲ τελευτήσας ᾤχετο, πεσὼν δὲ βροτὸς οὐκέτι ἐστί·

¹¹χρόνῳ γὰρ σπανίζεται θάλασσα, ποταμὸς δὲ ἐρημωθεὶς ἐξηράνθη·

¹²ἄνθρωπος δὲ κοιμηθεὶς οὐ μὴ ἀναστῇ, ἕως ἂν ὁ οὐρανὸς οὐ μὴ συρραφῇ· καὶ οὐκ ἐξυπνισθήσονται ἐξ ὕπνου αὐτῶν.

¹³εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον ἐν ᾅδῃ με ἐφύλαξας, ἔκρυψας δέ με ἕως ἂν παύσηταί σου ἡ ὀργὴ καὶ τάξῃ μοι χρόνον, ἐν ᾧ μνείαν μου ποιήσῃ·

¹⁴ἐὰν γὰρ ἀποθάνῃ ἄνθρωπος, ζήσεται συντελέσας ἡμέρας τοῦ βίου αὐτοῦ· ὑπομενῶ ἕως ἂν πάλιν γένωμαι.

¹⁵εἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι, τὰ δὲ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ ἀποποιοῦ.

¹⁶ἠρίθμησας δέ μου τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα, καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ σε οὐδὲν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου·

¹⁷ἐσφράγισας δέ μου τὰς ἀνομίας ἐν βαλλαντίῳ, ἐπεσημήνω δέ, εἴ τι ἄκρων παρέβην.

¹⁸καὶ πλὴν ὄρος πῖπτον διαπεσεῖται, καὶ πέτρα παλαιωθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς.

¹⁹λίθους ἐλέαναν ὕδατα, καὶ κατέκλυσεν ὕδατα ὕπτια τοῦ χώματος τῆς γῆς· καὶ ὑπομονὴν ἀνθρώπου ἀπώλεσας.

²⁰ὦσας αὐτὸν εἰς τέλος, καὶ ᾤχετο· ἐπέστησας αὐτῷ τὸ πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλας·

²¹πολλῶν δὲ γενομένων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, οὐκ οἶδεν, ἐὰν δὲ ὀλίγοι γένωνται, οὐκ ἐπίσταται·

²²ἀλλ᾿ ἢ αἱ σάρκες αὐτοῦ ἤλγησαν, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπένθησεν.

¹For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath.

²Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

³Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

⁴For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

⁵if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].

⁶Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.

⁷For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

⁸For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

⁹it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

¹⁰But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

¹¹For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.

¹²And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

¹³For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!

¹⁴For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

¹⁵Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

¹⁶But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

¹⁷And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

¹⁸And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

¹⁹The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

²⁰Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

²¹and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

²²But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.