Job 22
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
2 Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?
πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην
3 Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?
τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἁπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου
4 Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment?
ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν
5 Is not thy wickedness great? And are not thine iniquities without end?
πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστιν πολλή ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι
6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν
8 And as a mighty man, who hath the earth, and as a man of rank, who dwelleth in it,
ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee,
τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες καὶ ἐσπούδασέν σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.
τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψεν
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν
13 And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?
καὶ εἶπας τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ
14 Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'
νέφη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύσεται
15 Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες ἄδικοι
16 Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream;
οἳ συνελήμφθησαν ἄωροι ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν
17 Who said unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto them?
οἱ λέγοντες κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ
18 Yet He filled their houses with good things — but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησεν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
19 The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν
20 'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.'
εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ
21 Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby shall thine increase be good.
γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς εἶτ’ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς
22 Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in thy heart.
ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up — if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents,
ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι κυρίου πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου τὸ ἄδικον
24 And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρᾳ χειμάρρους Ωφιρ
25 And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;
ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον
26 Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἔναντι κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways.
ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος
29 When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up'; for the humble person He saveth.
ὅτι ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐρεῖς ὑπερηφανεύσατο καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει
30 He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
ῥύσεται ἀθῷον καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσίν σου
