Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
2 Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly?
πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρὸς
3 To reason with a word not useful? And speeches — no profit in them?
ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος
4 Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.
οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ κυρίου
5 For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν
6 Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγώ τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσίν σου
7 The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?
τί γάρ μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγενήθης ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης
8 Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?
ἦ σύνταγμα κυρίου ἀκήκοας εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία
9 What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou — and it is not with us?
τί γὰρ οἶδας ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ἢ τί συνίεις ὃ οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμεῖς
10 Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us — Greater than thy father [in] days.
καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις
11 Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word [is] with thee,
ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας
12 What — doth thine heart take thee away? And what — are thine eyes high?
τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου
13 For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:
ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα
14 What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτός ὅτι ἔσται ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός
15 Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ
16 Also — surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ
17 I shew thee — hearken to me — And this I have seen and declare:
ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι ἄκουέ μου ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα ἀναγγελῶ σοι
18 Which the wise declare — And have not hid — from their fathers.
ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσιν καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρας αὐτῶν
19 To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:
αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπ’ αὐτούς
20 'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ
21 A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή
22 He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου
23 He is wandering for bread — 'Where [is] it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν οἶδεν δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα ἡμέρα δὲ αὐτὸν σκοτεινὴ στροβήσει
24 Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων
25 For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.
ὅτι ἦρκεν χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἔναντι δὲ κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν
26 He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
ἔδραμεν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ
27 For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
ὅτι ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων
28 And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται
29 He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν
30 He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος
31 Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ
32 Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ
33 He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
τρυγηθείη δὲ ὥσπερ ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας
34 For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν
35 To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήμψεται ὀδύνας ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενά ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον
