Oedipus Translation

Destiny chair me always Destiny find me filled with value pure in word and deed. Great laws pillar above us, re atomic number 18d on high born for the splendiferous vault of heaven Olympian Sky their precisely father, nothing mortal, no man gave them birth, 960 their memory deathless, never lost in sleep within them lives a mighty god, the god does not grow old. dress breeds the tyrant . violent arrogance, gorging, crammed to bursting ith all that is overripe and generative with ruin 965 clawing up to the heights, headlong pride crashes downward the abysssheer doom No groundwork helps, all foothold lost and gone. besides the sun-loving strife that makes the city strong I crave that god will never end that grappling hook 970 god, my champion, I will never let you go. But if any man comes striding, high and mighty in all he says and does, no fear of justice, no reverence or the temples of the gods 975 let a pugnacious doom tear him down, repay his pride, breakneck, ruin ous pride If he cannot reap his profits fairly cannot define himself from outrage mad, laying hands on the saintly things untouchable 980 Can much(prenominal) a man, so desperate, still boast he can save his life from the flashing bolts of god? If all such violence goes with honor nowadays why sexual union the sacred dance?Never again will I go reverent to Delphi, 985 the inviolate centre of attention of Earth or Apollos ancient oracle at Abae or Olympia of the fires unless these prophecies all come certain for all mankind to point toward in wonder. 990 ability of kings, if you deserve your titles Zeus, remember, never forget You and your deathless, everlasting reign. They are dying, the old oracles sent to Laius, now our masters worst them off the rolls. 995 Nowhere Apollos golden glory now the gods, the gods go down.