Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
Και επανέλαβεν ο Ελιού και είπε·
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
Στοχάζεσαι ότι είναι ορθόν τούτο, το οποίον είπας, Είμαι δικαιότερος του Θεού;
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
Διότι είπας, Τις ωφέλεια θέλει είσθαι εις σε; Τι κέρδος θέλω λάβει εκ τούτου μάλλον παρά εκ της αμαρτίας μου;
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Εγώ θέλω αποκριθή προς σε και προς τους φίλους σου μετά σου.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Ανάβλεψον εις τους ουρανούς και ιδέ· και θεώρησον τα νέφη, πόσον υψηλότερά σου είναι.
6 If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
Εάν αμαρτάνης, τι πράττεις κατ' αυτού; ή αν αι παραβάσεις σου πολλαπλασιασθώσι, τι κατορθόνεις κατ' αυτού;
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Εάν ήσαι δίκαιος, τι θέλεις δώσει εις αυτόν; ή τι θέλει λάβει εκ της χειρός σου;
8 It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
Η ασέβειά σου δύναται να βλάψη άνθρωπον ως σέ· και η δικαιοσύνη σου δύναται να ωφελήση υιόν ανθρώπου.
9 “People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
Εκ του πλήθους των καταθλιβόντων καταβοώσι· κραυγάζουσιν ένεκεν του βραχίονος των ισχυρών·
10 But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
Αλλ' ουδείς λέγει, που είναι ο Θεός ο Ποιητής μου, όστις δίδει άσματα εις την νύκτα,
11 He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
Όστις συνετίζει ημάς υπέρ τα κτήνη της γης, και σοφίζει ημάς υπέρ τα πετεινά του ουρανού;
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
Εκεί βοώσι διά την υπερηφανίαν των πονηρών, δεν θέλει όμως αποκριθή.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Ο Θεός βεβαίως δεν θέλει εισακούσει της ματαιολογίας, ουδέ θέλει επιβλέψει ο Παντοδύναμος εις αυτήν·
14 So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
πόσον ολιγώτερον όταν συ λέγης, ότι δεν θέλεις ιδεί αυτόν· η κρίσις όμως είναι ενώπιον αυτού· όθεν έχε το θάρρος σου επ' αυτόν.
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
Αλλά τώρα, επειδή δεν επεσκέφθη εν τω θυμώ αυτού και δεν παρετήρησε μετά μεγάλης αυστηρότητος,
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
διά τούτο ο Ιώβ ανοίγει το στόμα αυτού ματαίως· επισωρεύει λόγους εν αγνωσία.
