Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρὸς
3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος
4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ κυρίου
5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν
6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγώ τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσίν σου
7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
τί γάρ μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγενήθης ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης
8 Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
ἦ σύνταγμα κυρίου ἀκήκοας εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία
9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
τί γὰρ οἶδας ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ἢ τί συνίεις ὃ οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμεῖς
10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις
11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας
12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου
13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα
14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτός ὅτι ἔσται ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός
15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ
16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ
17 I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι ἄκουέ μου ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα ἀναγγελῶ σοι
18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσιν καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρας αὐτῶν
19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπ’ αὐτούς
20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ
21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή
22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου
23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν οἶδεν δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα ἡμέρα δὲ αὐτὸν σκοτεινὴ στροβήσει
24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
ὅτι ἦρκεν χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἔναντι δὲ κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν
26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
ἔδραμεν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ
27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
ὅτι ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων
28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται
29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν
30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος
31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ
32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ
33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
τρυγηθείη δὲ ὥσπερ ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν
35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήμψεται ὀδύνας ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενά ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον
