Ἰώβ 15
1 Τότε απεκρίθη Ελιφάς ο Θαιμανίτης και είπεν·
Then Eliphaz replied to Job:
2 Έπρεπε σοφός να προφέρη στοχασμούς μάταιους και να γεμίζη την κοιλίαν αυτού από ανατολικού ανέμου;
“If you were truly wise [RHQ], you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; what you are saying is just a lot of hot air [MET].
3 Έπρεπε να φιλονεική διά λόγων ματαίων και ομιλιών ανωφελών;
You should not [RHQ] be saying things that do not benefit anyone, using words that do no one any good.
4 Βεβαίως συ απορρίπτεις τον φόβον και αποκλείεις την δέησιν ενώπιον του Θεού.
[By what you say, ] you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God.
5 Διότι το στόμα σου αποδεικνύει την ανομίαν σου, και εξέλεξας την γλώσσαν των πανούργων.
[It is as though] your sins are telling you what to say; you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked.
6 Το στόμα σου σε καταδικάζει, και ουχί εγώ· και τα χείλη σου καταμαρτυρούσιν εναντίον σου.
Everything that you say [MTY] shows that you should be punished; so, it is not necessary for me to show that.
7 Μη πρώτος άνθρωπος εγεννήθης; ή προ των βουνών επλάσθης;
[“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that] you are the first person who was ever born? [SAR, RHQ] Were you born before the hills [were created]?
8 Μήπως ήκουσας τας βουλάς του Θεού; και εξήντλησας εις σεαυτόν την σοφίαν;
Were you listening when God made all his plans? [SAR, RHQ] Or do you think that you are the only person who is wise?
9 Τι εξεύρεις, και δεν εξεύρομεν; τι εννοείς, και δεν εννοούμεν;
(What do you know that we do not know?/You do not know anything that we do not know.) [RHQ] You do not understand [RHQ] anything that is not also clear to us.
10 Υπάρχουσι και μεταξύ ημών πολιοί και γέροντες, γεροντότεροι του πατρός σου.
My friends and I are also wise; we acquired [wisdom] from old gray-haired people, from people who were born before your father was born.
11 Αι παρηγορίαι του Θεού φαίνονται μικρόν πράγμα εις σε; ή έχεις τι απόκρυφον εν σεαυτώ;
God wants to comfort you, and to speak gently/kindly to you; (is that not enough for you/do you need more than that)?
12 Διά τι σε αποπλανά η καρδία σου; και διά τι παραφέρονται οι οφθαλμοί σου,
Why do you allow yourself to be (carried away/excited) by your emotions? Why are [you very angry, with the result that] your eyes flash?
13 ώστε στρέφεις το πνεύμά σου κατά του Θεού και αφίνεις να εξέρχωνται τοιούτοι λόγοι εκ του στόματός σου;
You are angry [IDM] with God, and so you [MTY] are criticizing/denouncing him.
14 Τι είναι ο άνθρωπος, ώστε να ήναι καθαρός; και ο γεγεννημένος εκ γυναικός, ώστε να ήναι δίκαιος;
“(How can any person, [including you, ] be sinless?/No person, [including you], can be sinless.) [RHQ] (How can anyone on the earth be [completely] righteous?/No one on the earth can be [completely] righteous.) [RHQ]
15 Ιδού, εις τους αγίους αυτού δεν εμπιστεύεται· και οι ουρανοί δεν είναι καθαροί εις τους οφθαλμούς αυτού·
Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be [completely] pure.
16 πόσω μάλλον βδελυρός και ακάθαρτος είναι ο άνθρωπος, ο πίνων ανομίαν ως ύδωρ;
So, he certainly does not [trust] abominable/disgusting and depraved/corrupt people who do evil things [as easily] as they drink water [MET].
17 Εγώ θέλω σε διδάξει· άκουσόν μου· τούτο βεβαίως είδον και θέλω φανερώσει,
Job, listen to what I will tell you. I will declare to you what I know,
18 το οποίον οι σοφοί ανήγγειλαν παρά των πατέρων αυτών, και δεν έκρυψαν·
things that wise men have told me, truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden.
19 εις τους οποίους μόνους εδόθη η γη, και ξένος δεν επέρασε διά μέσου αυτών.
God gave this land to those ancestors, who were truly wise; no one from another country caused them to think wrongly [IDM].
20 Ο ασεβής βασανίζεται πάσας τας ημέρας, και αριθμητά έτη είναι πεφυλαγμένα διά τον τύραννον.
It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who (oppress/act violently toward) others.
21 Ήχος φόβου είναι εις τα ώτα αυτού· εν μέσω ειρήνης θέλει επέλθει επ' αυτόν ο εξολοθρευτής.
They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them.
22 Δεν πιστεύει ότι θέλει επιστρέψει εκ του σκότους, και περιμένει την μάχαιραν.
Wicked people surely know that they will not escape from darkness/death, because [they are sure that someone] is waiting to kill them with a sword.
23 Περιπλανάται διά άρτον, και που; εξεύρει ότι η ημέρα του σκότους είναι ετοίμη πλησίον αυτού.
They wander around, searching for food, saying ‘Where can I find some?’ And they know that they will soon experience disasters.
24 Θλίψις και στενοχωρία θέλουσι καταπλήττει αυτόν· θέλουσιν υπερισχύσει κατ' αυτού, ως βασιλεύς εις μάχην παρεσκευασμένος·
Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like [the army of] a king comes to attack [their enemies and cause them to suffer] [SIM].
25 διότι εξήπλωσε την χείρα αυτού κατά του Θεού και ηλαζονεύθη κατά του Παντοδυνάμου·
[Those things happen to them] because they (shook their fists/dared to fight) against Almighty God, and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.
26 ώρμησε κατ' αυτού με τράχηλον επηρμένον, με την πεπυκνωμένην ράχιν των ασπίδων αυτού·
They stubbornly [IDM] rush to attack God [as though they were carrying] a strong shield [to protect themselves].
27 διότι εσκέπασε το πρόσωπον αυτού με το πάχος αυτού και υπερεπάχυνε τα πλευρά αυτού·
They are so fat [that they are unable to fight].
28 και κατώκησεν εις πόλεις ερήμους, εις οίκους ακατοικήτους, ετοίμους διά σωρούς.
They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins.
29 δεν θέλει πλουτισθή, ουδέ θέλουσι διαμένει τα υπάρχοντα αυτού, ουδέ θέλει εκτανθή η αφθονία αυτών επί την γην.
But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear.
30 Δεν θέλει χωρισθή εκ του σκότους· φλόξ θέλει ξηράνει τους βλαστούς αυτού, και με την πνοήν του στόματος αυτού θέλει απέλθει.
They will not escape from the darkness [of death]; they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
31 Ας μη πιστεύση εις την ματαιότητα ο ηπατημένος, διότι ματαιότης θέλει είσθαι η αμοιβή αυτού.
Since they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless, then things that are worthless will be all that they get.
32 Προ του καιρού αυτού θέλει φθαρή, και ο κλάδος αυτού δεν θέλει πρασινίσει.
Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like [MET] branches that wither and never become green again.
33 Θέλει αποβάλει την άωρον σταφυλήν αυτού ως η άμπελος, και θέλει ρίψει το άνθος αυτού ως η ελαία.
They will be like [SIM] vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe, like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit.
34 Διότι η σύναξις των υποκριτών θέλει ερημωθή, και πυρ θέλει καταφάγει τας σκηνάς της δωροληψίας.
Wicked/godless people will not have any descendants, and fires will completely burn up the homes of [those who built those homes using] money they received from bribes.
35 Συλλαμβάνουσι πονηρίαν και γεννώσι ματαιότητα, και η καρδία αυτών μηχανάται δόλον.
They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things, and they are always preparing to deceive people.”
