Job 15
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
1Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης, λέγει,
2Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
2Πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεῦμα, καὶ ἐνέπλησε πόνον γαστρὸς,
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
3ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ, καὶ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος;
4Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
4Οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον, συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ Κυρίου;
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
5Ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασι στόματός σου, οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
6Ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγὼ, τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσι σου.
7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
7Τί γάρ; μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγεννήθης; ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης;
8Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
8Ἢ σύνταγμα Κυρίου ἀκήκοας; ἢ συμβούλῳ σοι ἐχρήσατο ὁ Θεός; εἰς δέ σε ἀφίκετο σοφία;
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
9Τί γὰρ οἶδας, ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν; ἢ τί συνίεις σὺ, ὃ οὐ καὶ ἡμεῖς;
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
10Καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις.
11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
11Ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι, μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας.
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
12Τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου; ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου,
13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
13ὅτι θυμὸν ἔῤῥηξας ἔναντι Κυρίου, ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα;
14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
14Τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτὸς, ὅτι ἔσται ἅμεμπτος; ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός;
15Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
15Εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει, οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
16How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
16Ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ, πίνων ἀδικίας ἶσα ποτῷ.
17I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —
17Ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι, ἄκουέ μου, ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα, ἀναγγελῶ σοι,
18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
18ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσι, καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρες αὐτῶν.
19Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
19Αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπʼ αὐτούς.
20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
20Πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι, ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ.
21A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
21Ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ· ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν, ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
22Μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους, ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου,
23He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
23κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν· οἶδε δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα· ἡμέρα δὲ σκοτεινὴ αὐτὸν στροβήσει,
24Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
24ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλίψις αὐτὸν καθέξει, ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων·
25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
25Ὅτι ᾖρκε χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου, ἔναντι δὲ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν.
26He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
26Ἔδραμε δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει, ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ.
27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
27Ὅτι ἐκάλυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐποίησε περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων.
28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.
28Αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους, εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους· ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν, ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
29Οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ, οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα· οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν,
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.
30οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος· τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος, ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος.
31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
31Μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ, κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ.
32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
32Ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται, καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ.
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
33Τρυγηθείη δὲ ὡς ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας, ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας.
34For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
34Μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος· πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν·
35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
35Ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήψεται ὀδύνας, ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενὰ, ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον.
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