Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded and said,
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
2 “How can anyone be of help to God? Even wise people are only helpful to themselves.
πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην
3 Is it any benefit to the Almighty if you're a good person? What does he gain if you do what's right?
τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἁπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου
4 Does he correct you and bring charges against you because of your reverence?
ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν
5 No: it's because you're so wicked! Your sins are never-ending!
πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστιν πολλή ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι
6 For no reason at all you took your brother's clothing as a security for a debt, and left them stripped naked.
ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου
7 You refused water to the thirsty; you denied food to the hungry.
οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν
8 Is it because the land belongs to the powerful, and only the privileged have a right to live there?
ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
9 You have sent widows away empty-handed; you have crushed the outstretched arms of orphans, begging for help.
χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας
10 That's why you're surrounded by traps to catch you, and why you suddenly panic in terror.
τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες καὶ ἐσπούδασέν σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος
11 That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.
τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψεν
12 Doesn't God live in highest heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν
13 But you ask, ‘What does God know? How can he see and judge what happens in down here in darkness?
καὶ εἶπας τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ
14 Thick clouds cover him so he can't see anything as he walks around in heaven.’
νέφη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύσεται
15 Why do you insist on following the traditional thinking of the wicked?
μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες ἄδικοι
16 They were taken before their time; all they had built was washed away.
οἳ συνελήμφθησαν ἄωροι ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν
17 They had told God, ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’
οἱ λέγοντες κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ
18 And yet he was the one who had filled their homes with good things—but I don't accept their way of thinking.
ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησεν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
19 Those who do right rejoice when they see the destruction of the wicked, and the innocent mock them,
ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν
20 saying, ‘Our enemies are destroyed, and fire has burned up all that's left of them.’
εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ
21 Come back to God and be reconciled to him, and you'll be prosperous again.
γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς εἶτ’ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς
22 Listen to what he tells you and keep his words in mind.
ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου
23 If you return to God you will be restored. If you renounce your sinful life
ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι κυρίου πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου τὸ ἄδικον
24 and give up your love of money and desire for possessions,
θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρᾳ χειμάρρους Ωφιρ
25 then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.
ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον
26 Then you will find delight in the Almighty, and be able to face him without feeling ashamed.
εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἔναντι κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will keep your promises to him.
εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς
28 Whatever you decide to do will be successful, and wherever you go, light will shine on you.
ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος
29 When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God will save them.
ὅτι ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐρεῖς ὑπερηφανεύσατο καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει
30 God saves those who are innocent, and you will be saved if you do what is right.”
ῥύσεται ἀθῷον καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσίν σου
