Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Themanite responded by saying:
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
2 Can man be compared with God, even if he were perfect in knowledge?
πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην
3 What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate?
τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἁπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου
4 Will he reprove you and take you to judgment for being afraid,
ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν
5 and not because of your many evil deeds and your infinite unfairness?
πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστιν πολλή ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι
6 For you have taken away the collateral of your brothers without cause, and stripped them naked of their clothing.
ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου
7 You have not given water to the weary; you have taken bread away from the hungry.
οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν
8 By the strength of your arm, you took possession of the land, and you retain it by being the strongest.
ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
9 You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.
χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας
10 Because of this, you are surrounded by traps, and unexpected fears will disturb you.
τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες καὶ ἐσπούδασέν σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος
11 And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the onrush of overflowing waters?
τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψεν
12 Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?
μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν
13 And you say: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,”
καὶ εἶπας τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ
14 and, “The clouds are his hiding-place,” and, “He does not examine us closely,” and, “He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens.”
νέφη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύσεται
15 Do you not want to tend the path of the ages, which wicked men have spurned?
μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες ἄδικοι
16 These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.
οἳ συνελήμφθησαν ἄωροι ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν
17 They said to God, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,
οἱ λέγοντες κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ
18 though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.
ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησεν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
19 The just will see and will rejoice, and the innocent will mock them.
ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν
20 Has not their haughtiness been cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them?
εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ
21 So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.
γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς εἶτ’ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς
22 Accept the law from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου
23 If you will return to the Almighty, you will be rebuilt, and you will put sinfulness far from your tabernacle.
ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι κυρίου πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου τὸ ἄδικον
24 He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.
θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρᾳ χειμάρρους Ωφιρ
25 And the Almighty will be against your enemies, and silver will be gathered together for you.
ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον
26 Then will you flock together in delight over the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God.
εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἔναντι κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς
27 You will plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows.
εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς
28 You will decide on something, and it will come to you, and the light will shine in your ways.
ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος
29 For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved.
ὅτι ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐρεῖς ὑπερηφανεύσατο καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει
30 The innocent will be saved, and he will be saved with purity in his hands.
ῥύσεται ἀθῷον καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσίν σου
