Ἰώβ 15
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρὸς
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ κυρίου
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before El.
5 ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest 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: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 τί γάρ μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγενήθης ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8 ἦ σύνταγμα κυρίου ἀκήκοας εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία
Hast thou heard the secret of Eloah? and dost thou restrain wisdom to 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
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
11 ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας
Are the consolations of El small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12 τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα
That thou turnest thy spirit against El, and lettest such 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 clean? and he which 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 saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
16 ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
17 ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι ἄκουέ μου ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα ἀναγγελῶ σοι
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which 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 hid it:
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
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come 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 waited for of 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, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 ὅτι ἦρκεν χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἔναντι δὲ κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν
For he stretcheth out his hand against El, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 ἔδραμεν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 ὅτι ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28 αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof 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 not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ
It shall be accomplished before his time, 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 grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήμψεται ὀδύνας ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενά ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
