Ἰώβ 15
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρὸς
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
3 ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
4 οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ κυρίου
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
5 ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
6 ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγώ τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσίν σου
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
7 τί γάρ μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγενήθης ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης
Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8 ἦ σύνταγμα κυρίου ἀκήκοας εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία
Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
9 τί γὰρ οἶδας ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ἢ τί συνίεις ὃ οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμεῖς
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
10 καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις
Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
11 ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας
Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
12 τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
13 ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14 τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτός ὅτι ἔσται ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός
What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
16 ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ
How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
17 ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι ἄκουέ μου ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα ἀναγγελῶ σοι
I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
18 ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσιν καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρας αὐτῶν
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
19 αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπ’ αὐτούς
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
21 ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή
The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
22 μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
23 κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν οἶδεν δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα ἡμέρα δὲ αὐτὸν σκοτεινὴ στροβήσει
He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
25 ὅτι ἦρκεν χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἔναντι δὲ κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
26 ἔδραμεν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ
He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27 ὅτι ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
28 αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
29 οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
30 οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ
Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
32 ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ
It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
33 τρυγηθείη δὲ ὥσπερ ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας
He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
34 μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν
For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήμψεται ὀδύνας ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενά ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
