Ἰώβ 22
1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: —
2 πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην
To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?
3 τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἁπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου
Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?
4 ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν
Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
5 πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστιν πολλή ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι
Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.
6 ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου
For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
7 οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν
Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
8 ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
As to the man of arm — he hath the earth, And the accepted of face — he dwelleth in it.
9 χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας
Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
10 τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες καὶ ἐσπούδασέν σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος
Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.
11 τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψεν
Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
12 μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν
Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
13 καὶ εἶπας τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ
And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
14 νέφη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύσεται
Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
15 μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες ἄδικοι
The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
16 οἳ συνελήμφθησαν ἄωροι ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν
Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
17 οἱ λέγοντες κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ
Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
18 ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησεν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
19 ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν
See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
20 εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ
'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
21 γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς εἶτ’ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς
Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
22 ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου
Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
23 ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι κυρίου πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου τὸ ἄδικον
If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
24 θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρᾳ χειμάρρους Ωφιρ
So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
25 ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον
And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.
26 εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἔναντι κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς
For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,
27 εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς
Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.
28 ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος
And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.
29 ὅτι ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐρεῖς ὑπερηφανεύσατο καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει
For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
30 ῥύσεται ἀθῷον καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσίν σου
He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.
