Ἰώβ 35

1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιους λέγει

Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

2 τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσει σὺ τίς εἶ ὅτι εἶπας δίκαιός εἰμι ἔναντι κυρίου

What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?

3 ἢ ἐρεῖς τί ποιήσω ἁμαρτών

That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

4 ἐγὼ σοὶ δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶν φίλοις σου

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἰδέ κατάμαθε δὲ νέφη ὡς ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ σοῦ

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

6 εἰ ἥμαρτες τί πράξεις εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι

If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?

7 ἐπεὶ δὲ οὖν δίκαιος εἶ τί δώσεις αὐτῷ ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήμψεται

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

8 ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου

Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.

9 ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν

Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

10 καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας με ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νυκτερινάς

But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,

11 ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν οὐρανοῦ

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

12 ἐκεῖ κεκράξονται καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃ καὶ ἀπὸ ὕβρεως πονηρῶν

There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ὁ κύριος ἰδεῖν αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁρατής ἐστιν

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.

14 τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα καὶ σώσει με κρίθητι δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ εἰ δύνασαι αἰνέσαι αὐτόν ὡς ἔστιν

How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

15 καὶ νῦν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπισκεπτόμενος ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω παραπτώματι σφόδρα

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,

16 καὶ Ιωβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ῥήματα βαρύνει

so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.