Ἰώβ 35

1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιους λέγει

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

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

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'

3 ἢ ἐρεῖς τί ποιήσω ἁμαρτών

For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

4 ἐγὼ σοὶ δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶν φίλοις σου

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

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

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

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

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

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

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

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

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

9 ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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

And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

11 ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν οὐρανοῦ

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

12 ἐκεῖ κεκράξονται καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃ καὶ ἀπὸ ὕβρεως πονηρῶν

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

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

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

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

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

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

And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

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

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.