Ἰώβ 4
1 Τότε Ελιφάς ο Θαιμανίτης απεκρίθη και είπεν·
Then Eliphaz, from Teman, replied to Job. He said,
2 Εάν επιχειρισθώμεν να λαλήσωμεν προς σε, θέλεις δυσαρεστηθή; αλλά τις δύναται να κρατηθή από του να ομιλήση;
“Will you please let me say something to you? I am not [RHQ] able to remain silent [any longer].
3 Ιδού, συ ενουθέτησας πολλούς· και χείρας αδυνάτους ενίσχυσας.
In the past, you have instructed/taught many people, and you have encouraged those who were weak.
4 Οι λόγοι σου υπεστήριξαν τους κλονιζομένους, και γόνατα κάμπτοντα ενεδυνάμωσας.
By what you said, you have helped those who (needed spiritual help/almost quit trusting in God) [MET], and you have enabled them to become spiritually strong again [MET].
5 Τώρα δε ήλθεν επί σε τούτο, και βαρυθυμείς· σε εγγίζει, και ταράττεσαι.
But now, when you experience disasters, you become discouraged. The disasters hit you, and you are stunned.
6 Ο φόβος σου δεν είναι το θάρρος σου, και η ευθύτης των οδών σου η ελπίς σου;
You revere God; (does that not cause you to trust [in him]?/that should cause you to trust [in him].) [RHQ] If you were guiltless, you would [RHQ] be confident that [God] would not [have allowed] these disasters [to] happen to you!
7 Ενθυμήθητι, παρακαλώ· τις αθώος ων απωλέσθη; και που εξωλοθρεύθησαν οι ευθείς;
Think about this: Do innocent people die [while they are still young] [RHQ]? Does God get rid of godly people [RHQ]? [No!]
8 Καθώς εγώ είδον, όσοι ηροτρίασαν ανομίαν και έσπειραν ασέβειαν, θερίζουσιν αυτάς·
What I have experienced is this: [Just as] [MET] farmers who plant bad [seeds] do not harvest good [crops], [just as those who start] trouble for others, later bring trouble on themselves.
9 εξολοθρεύονται υπό του φυσήματος του Θεού, και από της πνοής των μυκτήρων αυτού αφανίζονται·
They die when God angrily blows his breath on them, when he is very angry with them.
10 ο βρυγμός του λέοντος και η φωνή του αγρίου λέοντος και το γαυρίαμα των σκύμνων, εσβέσθησαν·
[Even though wicked people may be very powerful like] young lions, [God] will get rid of them [MET].
11 ο λέων απόλλυται δι' έλλειψιν θηράματος, και οι σκύμνοι της λεαίνας διασκορπίζονται.
[They will die like] fierce lions [that] starve to death when there are no animals that they can kill and eat, and [their children will be separated from each other like] young lions separate from each other [to find food].”
12 Και λόγος ήλθεν επ' εμέ κρυφίως, και το ωτίον μου έλαβέ τι παρ' αυτού.
“I heard a message that someone came and whispered to me.
13 Εν μέσω των στοχασμών διά τα οράματα της νυκτός, ότε βαθύς ύπνος πίπτει επί τους ανθρώπους,
He spoke to me at night when I was having a bad dream that disturbed/frightened me while I was fast asleep.
14 Φρίκη συνέλαβέ με και τρόμος, και μεγάλως τα οστά μου συνέσεισε.
It caused me to be afraid and tremble; it caused all my bones to shake.
15 Και πνεύμα διήλθεν απ' έμπροσθέν μου, αι τρίχες του σώματός μου ανεσηκώθησαν·
A ghost glided past my face and caused the hair on [on the back of] my neck to stand straight up.
16 εστάθη, αλλ' εγώ δεν διέκρινα την μορφήν αυτού· σχήμα εφάνη έμπροσθεν των οφθαλμών μου· ήκουσα λεπτόν φύσημα και φωνήν λέγουσαν,
It stopped, but I could not see what form it had. But [I could sense that] there was some being in front of me, and it said in a quiet voice,
17 Ο άνθρωπος θέλει είσθαι δικαιότερος του Θεού; θέλει είσθαι ο άνθρωπος καθαρώτερος του Ποιητού αυτού;
‘(Does God consider anyone to be righteous?/No human beings can be righteous in God’s sight!) [RHQ] (Their creator cannot consider them to be pure./Can their creator consider them to be pure?) [RHQ]
18 Ιδού, αυτός δεν εμπιστεύεται εις τους δούλους αυτού, και εν τοις αγγέλοις αυτού βλέπει ελάττωμα·
God cannot be sure that his own angels [will always do what is right]; he declares that some of them have done what is wrong.
19 πόσω μάλλον εις τους κατοικούντας οικίας πηλίνας, αίτινες έχουσι το θεμέλιον αυτών εν τω χώματι και αφανίζονται έμπροσθεν του σαρακίου;
So he certainly cannot trust human beings who were made from dust and clay, who are crushed as easily as moths are crushed!
20 Από πρωΐ έως εσπέρας φθείρονται· χωρίς να νοήση τις, αφανίζονται διά παντός.
People are sometimes well in the morning, but in the evening they are dead. They are gone forever and do not even know it (OR, and no one pays any attention to it).
21 Το μεγαλείον αυτών το εν αυτοίς δεν παρέρχεται; Αποθνήσκουσιν, αλλ' ουχί εν σοφία.
They are like [MET] tents that collapse [suddenly]: They die [suddenly] before they become wise.’”
