Job 22
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει·
2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
2πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
3τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος; ἢ ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἁπλώσεις τὴν ὁδόν σου;
4Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
4ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε, καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν;
5Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
5πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστι πολλή, ἀναρίθμητοι δὲ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι;
6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
6ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διακενῆς, ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου·
7You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
7οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας, ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν·
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
8ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον, ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
9χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς, ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας.
10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
10τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες, καὶ ἐσπούδασέ σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος.
11or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
11τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη, κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψε.
12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
12μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ; τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσε;
13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
13καὶ εἶπας· τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός; ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ;
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
14νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.
15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
15μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις, ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες δίκαιοι,
16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
16οἳ συνελήφθησαν ἄωροι; ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν,
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
17οἱ λέγοντες· Κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν; ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ Παντοκράτωρ;
18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
18ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησε τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν, βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
19ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν, ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν.
20saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
20εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ.
21“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
21γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός, ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς· εἶτα ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς.
22Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
22ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ρήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου.
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
23ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι Κυρίου, πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου ἄδικον.
24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
24θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάρρου Σωφίρ.
25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
25ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ Παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν, καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον.
26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
26εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς·
27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
27εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου, δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς·
28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
28ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης, ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος.
29When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
29ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας σεαυτόν, καὶ ἐρεῖς· ὑπερηφανεύσατο, καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει.
30He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
30ρύσεται ἀθῷον, καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσί σου.
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