ΙΩΒ 22
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει·
1Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;
2Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?
3τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος; ἢ ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἁπλώσεις τὴν ὁδόν σου;
3What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?
4ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε, καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν;
4Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:
5πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστι πολλή, ἀναρίθμητοι δὲ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι;
5And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy infinite iniquities?
6ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διακενῆς, ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου·
6For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας, ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν·
7Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.
8ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον, ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
8In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.
9χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς, ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας.
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.
10τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες, καὶ ἐσπούδασέ σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος.
10Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.
11τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη, κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψε.
11And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?
12μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ; τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσε;
12Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?
13καὶ εἶπας· τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός; ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ;
13And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.
14νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.
14The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.
15μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις, ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες δίκαιοι,
15Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?
16οἳ συνελήφθησαν ἄωροι; ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν,
16Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.
17οἱ λέγοντες· Κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν; ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ Παντοκράτωρ;
17Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:
18ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησε τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν, βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
18Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.
19ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν, ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν.
19The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.
20εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ.
20Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?
21γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός, ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς· εἶτα ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς.
21Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.
22ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ρήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου.
22Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
23ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι Κυρίου, πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου ἄδικον.
23If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.
24θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάρρου Σωφίρ.
24He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.
25ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ Παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν, καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον.
25And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.
26εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς·
26Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
27εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου, δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς·
27Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.
28ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης, ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος.
28Thou shalt decree a thing, and it I shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.
29ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας σεαυτόν, καὶ ἐρεῖς· ὑπερηφανεύσατο, καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει.
29For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.
30ρύσεται ἀθῷον, καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσί σου.
30The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.
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