Job 20
1 Then Zophar replied,
Και απεκρίθη Σωφάρ ο Νααμαθίτης και είπε·
2 “I am very perturbed about what you have said, so I want to reply very quickly.
Διά τούτο οι στοχασμοί μου με κινούσιν εις το να αποκριθώ, και διά τούτο σπεύδω.
3 By saying these things you have insulted me, but I know how (OR, because I understand very much) I can reply to you.
Ήκουσα την εις εμέ ονειδιστικήν επίπληξιν, και το πνεύμα της συνέσεως μου με κάμνει να αποκριθώ.
4 “Do you not know that from long ago, ever since people were first put on the earth,
Δεν γνωρίζεις τούτο παλαιόθεν αφ' ότου ο άνθρωπος ετέθη επί της γης,
5 wicked people [like you] do not continue to rejoice for a long time, ungodly people are happy only for a (moment/very short time) [HYP]?
ότι ο θρίαμβος των ασεβών είναι ολιγοχρόνιος, και η χαρά του υποκριτού στιγμαία.
6 [Even] though their reputation/pride reaches up to the sky and their fame goes up as high as the clouds,
Και αν το μεγαλείον αυτού αναβή εις τους ουρανούς και η κεφαλή αυτού φθάση έως των νεφελών,
7 they will disappear forever, like their own dung, and those who knew them will ask, ‘(Where did they go/What happened to them)?’
θέλει αφανισθή διαπαντός ως κόπρος αυτού· όσοι έβλεπον αυτόν θέλουσι λέγει, Που εκείνος;
8 They will be forgotten like [SIM] a dream is, and they will exist no more. They will vanish, like visions [that people see] during the night.
θέλει πετάξει ως όνειρον και δεν θέλει ευρεθή· και, ως όρασις της νυκτός θέλει εξαφανισθή.
9 Those who saw those people previously will never see them again; even their families [MTY] will not see them any more.
Και ο οφθαλμός όστις έβλεπεν αυτόν δεν θέλει ιδεί αυτόν πλέον· και ο τόπος αυτού δεν θέλει πλέον γνωρίσει αυτόν.
10 Their children will be forced to return the valuable things that those children stole from poor people [DOU].
Οι υιοί αυτού θέλουσι ζητήσει την εύνοιαν των πτωχών, και αι χείρες αυτού θέλουσιν επιστρέψει τα αγαθά αυτών.
11 Previously their bodies were young and strong, but they will die and [their bodies will] be buried in the ground.
Τα οστά αυτού γέμουσιν από των αμαρτημάτων της νεότητος αυτού, και θέλουσι κοιμηθή μετ' αυτού εν χώματι.
12 “Doing wicked things was like having sweet food in their mouths, and they wanted to continue to taste it.
Αν και η κακία ήναι γλυκεία εν τω στόματι αυτού, κρύπτη αυτήν υπό την γλώσσαν αυτού·
13 And they did not want to stop doing those things,
αν και περιθάλπη αυτήν και δεν αφίνη αυτήν, αλλά κρατή αυτήν εν τω μέσω του ουρανίσκου αυτού·
14 [but some day] the evil things that they enjoyed doing will become like food [that they swallow] [and which becomes] as bitter as snake venom.
όμως η τροφή αυτού θέλει αλλοιωθή εις τα εντόσθια αυτού· χολή ασπίδων θέλει γείνει εν αυτώ.
15 Wicked people will not continue to keep the money they have accumulated, like people do not keep the food that they vomit. God takes their wealth from them.
Τα πλούτη όσα κατέπιε, θέλει εξεμέσει· ο Θεός θέλει εκσπάσει αυτά από της κοιλίας αυτού.
16 What wicked people do is [like] [MET] swallowing snake venom; it will kill them like [MET] the bite of a poisonous snake kills people.
Φαρμάκιον ασπίδων θέλει θηλάσει· γλώσσα εχίδνης θέλει θανατώσει αυτόν.
17 They will not remain alive to see abundant blessings [IDM] [from God], milk and olive oil and honey, that are [so abundant they are] like [MET] a stream that flows by.
Δεν θέλει ιδεί τους ποταμούς, τους ρύακας τους ρέοντας μέλι και βούτυρον.
18 They will be forced to give back the things that they stole from the poor; they will not be able to continue to enjoy those things. They will not remain happy because of what they got from their businesses,
Εκείνο, διά το οποίον εκοπίασε, θέλει αποδώσει και δεν θέλει καταπίει αυτό· κατά την απόκτησιν θέλει γείνει η απόδοσις αυτού, και δεν θέλει χαρή.
19 because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses [by cheating them].
Διότι κατέθλιψεν, εγκατέλιπε τους πένητας· ήρπασεν οικίαν, την οποίαν δεν ωκοδόμησε.
20 “They were always greedy and never satisfied. They just keep dreaming about owning more and more things.
Βεβαίως δεν θέλει γνωρίσει ανάπαυσιν εν τη κοιλία αυτού· δεν θέλει διασώσει ουδέν εκ των επιθυμητών αυτού.
21 When they finished eating their food, there was never anything left over [because they had greedily eaten it all]; but now their prosperity will end.
Δεν θέλει μείνει εις αυτόν ουδέν προς τροφήν· όθεν δεν θέλει ελπίσει επί τα αγαθά αυτού.
22 When they are extremely prosperous/wealthy, they will suddenly experience a lot of trouble. (Misery will strike them and crush them [PRS]/They will suffer very greatly).
Εν τη πλήρει αφθονία αυτού θέλει επέλθει επ' αυτόν στενοχωρία· πάσα η δύναμις της ταλαιπωρίας θέλει επιπέσει επ' αυτόν.
23 When the wicked people are filling their stomachs, God will show that he is very angry with them and punish them; the punishment [that he gives them] will be like [MET] rain falling on them.
Ενώ καταγίνεται να εμπλήση την κοιλίαν αυτού, ο Θεός θέλει αποστείλει τον θυμόν της οργής αυτού επ' αυτόν, και θέλει επιβρέξει αυτόν κατ' αυτού ενώ τρώγει.
24 They will try to escape from [being killed by] iron weapons, but arrows with bronze points will pierce them.
Ενώ φεύγει το όπλον το σιδηρούν, το χάλκινον τόξον θέλει διαπεράσει αυτόν.
25 The arrows will [go completely through their bodies and] stick out of their backs; the shiny points of the arrows will have blood dripping from them, and those wicked people will be terrified.
Το βέλος σύρεται και διαπερά το σώμα, και η αστράπτουσα ακμή εξέρχεται εκ της χολής αυτού. Τρόμοι είναι επ' αυτόν,
26 Their valuable possessions will all be destroyed; a fire that is not lit by humans, [but by God, ] will burn them up and also destroy the things that are left in their tents.
παν σκότος κρύπτεται εν τοις ταμείοις αυτού· πυρ άσβεστον θέλει κατατρώγει αυτόν· όσοι εναπελείφθησαν εν τη σκηνή αυτού θέλουσι δυστυχεί.
27 The [angels in] heaven [MTY] will reveal the sins that those wicked people have committed, and [people on] earth will stand up and testify against them.
Ο ουρανός θέλει ανακαλύψει την ανομίαν αυτού· και η γη θέλει σηκωθή κατ' αυτού.
28 When God punishes [MTY] [people], all the possessions in the wicked people’s houses will be carried away by a flood.
Η περιουσία του οίκου αυτού θέλει αφανισθή· θέλει διαρρεύσει εν τη ημέρα της κατ' αυτού οργής.
29 That is what will happen to wicked people [like you]; that is what God has decided will happen to them.”
Αύτη είναι η παρά του Θεού μερίς του ασεβούς ανθρώπου, και η κληρονομία η διωρισμένη εις αυτόν παρά του Θεού.
