Ἰώβ 15

1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει

Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,

2 πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρὸς

Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?

3 ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος

Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?

4 οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ κυρίου

Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.

5 ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν

For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.

6 ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγώ τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσίν σου

Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.

7 τί γάρ μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγενήθης ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης

Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

8 ἦ σύνταγμα κυρίου ἀκήκοας εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία

Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?

9 τί γὰρ οἶδας ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ἢ τί συνίεις ὃ οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμεῖς

What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?

10 καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις

Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us, — richer than thy father in days.

11 ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας

Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?

12 τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου

Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?

13 ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα

That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter [such] words 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 that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?

15 εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ

Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:

16 ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ

How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing?

17 ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι ἄκουέ μου ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα ἀναγγελῶ σοι

I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;

18 ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσιν καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρας αὐτῶν

Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers;

19 αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπ’ αὐτούς

Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered.

20 πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ

All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.

21 ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή

A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over 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 looked for by 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 there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.

24 ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων

Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.

25 ὅτι ἦρκεν χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἔναντι δὲ κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν

Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty;

26 ἔδραμεν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ

[And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;

27 ὅτι ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων

Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;

28 αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται

And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.

29 οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν

[Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.

30 οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος

He will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.

31 μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ

Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.

32 ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ

Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.

33 τρυγηθείη δὲ ὥσπερ ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας

He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.

34 μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν

For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

35 ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήμψεται ὀδύνας ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενά ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον

They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.