Job 22

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει

2'Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge?

πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην

3For what concern is it to the Lord If you were blameless in your works? Or what profit is it to Him to make plain your ways?

τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἁπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου

4Will He argue with you while you plead your case? Will He enter into judgment with you?

ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν

5Is not your vice plentiful, And are not your sins innumerable?

πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστιν πολλή ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι

6For you have taken pledges from your brethren for no reason And taken away the clothing of the naked.

ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου

7Neither have you given the thirsty water to drink, But have even withheld a morsel from the hungry.

οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν

8You have also admired the personality of some And have transplanted those already settled on earth.

ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

9You have sent widows away empty And have mistreated orphans.

χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας

10Therefore snares are all around you, And a serious war has troubled you.

τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες καὶ ἐσπούδασέν σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος

11The light has turned to darkness for you, And water has covered you as you fell asleep.

τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψεν

12'Does not He who dwells on high take notice of all? Does He not humble those who move about with insolence?

μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν

13But you say, 'What does the Mighty One know? Will He judge down into the darkness?

καὶ εἶπας τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ

14A cloud is His hiding place, so He cannot see As He travels through the circle of heaven.'

νέφη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύσεται

15Will you keep to the old path Which wrongdoers have trod,

μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες ἄδικοι

16Who were seized before their time And whose foundations were swept away by a flood;

οἳ συνελήμφθησαν ἄωροι ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν

17Who said, 'What will the Lord do to us?' Or, 'What will the Almighty bring upon us?'

οἱ λέγοντες κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ

18Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the ungodly is far from Him.

ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησεν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ

19'The righteous have seen it and laughed, And the innocent mocked them.

ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν

20Surely their substance has perished, And fire will consume what is left.

εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ

21'Be strong, therefore. If you endure, Then your fruit shall be in good things.

γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς εἶτ᾿ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς

22Receive utterance from His mouth And lay up His words in your heart.

ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου

23If you return and humble yourself before the Lord, You have caused wrongdoing to be far from your dwelling.

ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι κυρίου πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου τὸ ἄδικον

24Then you will lay up treasure for yourself Like a mound on a rock, And you shall be like the gold of Ophir On a rock in the brooks.

θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρᾳ χειμάρρους Ωφιρ

25So the Almighty will be your helper from enemies, And He will restore you as pure as silver purged by fire.

ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον

26For then you will speak freely before the Lord, Looking up cheerfully to heaven.

εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἔναντι κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς

27When you pray to Him, He will hear you, And He will allow you to pay your vows.

εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς

28He will restore righteousness to your dwelling, And there shall be light on your paths.

ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος

29You will say, 'He behaved arrogantly, but he humbled himself, And He will save him who bows down with his eyes.'

ὅτι ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐρεῖς ὑπερηφανεύσατο καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει

30He will deliver the innocent, And you will save yourself in the purity of your hands.'

ῥύσεται ἀθῷον καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσίν σου