| DB1 | | THE FIRST DIALOGUE. Jb.4.1-14.22. Eliphaz. Jb.4.1-5.27 | Lxx Contents | notes| Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) | : | The Septuagint in English (Brenton) | |
| Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει | THE FIRST DIALOGUE. Jb.4.1-14.22. Eliphaz. Jb.4.1-5.27THE FIRST DIALOGUE. Jb.4.1-14.22. Eliphaz. Jb.4.1-5.27 | Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said, | |
| Μὴ πολλάκις σοι λελάληται ἐν κόπῳ; ἰσχὺν δὲ ῥημάτων σου τίς ὑποίσει; | Have you been often spoken to in distress? but who hall endure the force of your words? | ||
| εἰ γὰρ σὺ ἐνουθέτησας πολλοὺς καὶ χεῖρας ἀσθενοῦς παρεκάλεσας | For whereas you have instructed many, and have strengthened the hands of the weak one, | ||
| ἀσθενοῦντάς τε ἐξανέστησας ῥήμασιν γόνασίν τε ἀδυνατοῦσιν θάρσος περιέθηκας, | and have supported the failing with words, and have imparted courage to feeble knees. | ||
| νῦν δὲ ἥκει ἐπὶ σὲ πόνος καὶ ἥψατό σου, σὺ δὲ ἐσπούδασας. | Yet now [that] pain has come upon you, and touched you, you are troubled. | ||
| πότερον οὐχ ὁ φόβος σού ἐστιν ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ, καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς σου καὶ ἡ ἀκακία τῆς ὁδοῦ σου; | Is not your fear [founded] in folly, your hope also, and the mischief of your way? | ||
| μνήσθητι οὖν τίς καθαρὸς ὢν ἀπώλετο ἢ πότε ἀληθινοὶ ὁλόρριζοι ἀπώλοντο. | Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed? | ||
| καθ' ὃν τρόπον εἶδον τοὺς ἀροτριῶντας τὰ ἄτοπα, οἱ δὲ σπείροντες αὐτὰ ὀδύνας θεριοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς. | Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. | ||
| ἀπὸ προστάγματος κυρίου ἀπολοῦνται, ἀπὸ δὲ πνεύματος ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀφανισθήσονται. | They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. | ||
| σθένος λέοντος, φωνὴ δὲ λεαίνης, γαυρίαμα δὲ δρακόντων ἐσβέσθη· | The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. | ||
| μυρμηκολέων ὤλετο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βοράν, σκύμνοι δὲ λεόντων ἔλιπον ἀλλήλους. | The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another. | ||
| εἰ δέ τι ῥῆμα ἀληθινὸν ἐγεγόνει ἐν λόγοις σου, οὐθὲν ἄν σοι τούτων κακὸν ἀπήντησεν. πότερον οὐ δέξεταί μου τὸ οὖς ἐξαίσια παρ' αὐτοῦ; | But if there had been any truth in your words, none of these evils would have befallen you. Shall not mine ear receive excellent [revelations] from him? | ||
| φόβοι δὲ καὶ ἠχὼ νυκτερινή, ἐπιπίπτων φόβος ἐπ' ἀνθρώπους, | But [as when] terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night, | ||
| φρίκη δέ μοι συνήντησεν καὶ τρόμος, καὶ μεγάλως μου τὰ ὀστᾶ συνέσεισεν, | horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake. | ||
| καὶ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπῆλθεν, ἔφριξαν δέ μου τρίχες καὶ σάρκες. | And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered. | ||
| ἀνέστην, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνων· εἶδον, καὶ οὐκ ἦν μορφὴ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, ἀλλ' ἢ αὔραν καὶ φωνὴν ἤκουον | I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, [saying], | ||
| Τί γάρ; μὴ καθαρὸς ἔσται βροτὸς ἐναντίον κυρίου; ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἄμεμπτος ἀνήρ; | What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works? | ||
| εἰ κατὰ παίδων αὐτοῦ οὐ πιστεύει, κατὰ δὲ ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ σκολιόν τι ἐπενόησεν, | Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels. | ||
| τοὺς δὲ κατοικοῦντας οἰκίας πηλίνας, ἐξ ὧν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πηλοῦ ἐσμεν, ἔπαισεν αὐτοὺς σητὸς τρόπον· | But [as for] them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth. | ||
| καὶ ἀπὸ πρωίθεν ἕως ἑσπέρας οὐκέτι εἰσίν, παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς βοηθῆσαι ἀπώλοντο· | And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves. | ||
| ἐνεφύσησεν γὰρ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐξηράνθησαν, ἀπώλοντο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς σοφίαν. | For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom. | ||
| ἐπικάλεσαι δέ, εἴ τίς σοι ὑπακούσεται, ἢ εἴ τινα ἀγγέλων ἁγίων ὄψῃ. | But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels. | ||
| καὶ γὰρ ἄφρονα ἀναιρεῖ ὀργή, πεπλανημένον δὲ θανατοῖ ζῆλος. | For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray. | ||
| ἐγὼ δὲ ἑώρακα ἄφρονας ῥίζαν βάλλοντας, ἀλλ' εὐθέως ἐβρώθη αὐτῶν ἡ δίαιτα. | And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured. | ||
| πόρρω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας, κολαβρισθείησαν δὲ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος· | Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer. | ||
| ἃ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι συνήγαγον, δίκαιοι ἔδονται, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐκ κακῶν οὐκ ἐξαίρετοι ἔσονται, ἐκσιφωνισθείη αὐτῶν ἡ ἰσχύς. | For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted. | ||
| οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἐξέλθῃ ἐκ τῆς γῆς κόπος, οὐδὲ ἐξ ὀρέων ἀναβλαστήσει πόνος· | For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains: | ||
| ἀλλὰ ἄνθρωπος γεννᾶται κόπῳ, νεοσσοὶ δὲ γυπὸς τὰ ὑψηλὰ πέτονται. | yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places. | ||
| οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἐγὼ δεηθήσομαι Κυρίου, Κύριον δὲ τὸν πάντων δεσπότην ἐπικαλέσομαι, | Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all; | ||
| τὸν ποιοῦντα μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός· | who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number: | ||
| τὸν διδόντα ὑετὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀποστέλλοντα ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν ὑπ' οὐρανόν· | who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth: | ||
| τὸν ποιοῦντα ταπεινοὺς εἰς ὕψος καὶ ἀπολωλότας ἐξεγείροντα· | who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost: | ||
| διαλλάσσοντα βουλὰς πανούργων, καὶ οὐ μὴ ποιήσουσιν αἱ χεῖρες αὐτῶν ἀληθές. | frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth: | ||
| ὁ καταλαμβάνων σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ φρονήσει, βουλὴν δὲ πολυπλόκων ἐξέστησεν· | who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty | ||
| ἡμέρας συναντήσεται αὐτοῖς σκότος, τὸ δὲ μεσημβρινὸν ψηλαφήσαισαν ἴσα νυκτί. | In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night: | ||
| ἀπόλοιντο δὲ ἐν πολέμῳ, ἀδύνατος δὲ ἐξέλθοι ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου· | and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty. | ||
| εἴη δὲ ἀδυνάτῳ ἐλπίς, ἀδίκου δὲ στόμα ἐμφραχθείη. | And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped. | ||
| μακάριος δὲ ἄνθρωπος, ὃν ἤλεγξεν ὁ κύριος· νουθέτημα δὲ παντοκράτορος μὴ ἀπαναίνου. | But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty. | ||
| αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαθίστησιν· ἔπαισεν, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἰάσαντο. | for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal. | ||
| ἑξάκις ἐξ ἀναγκῶν σε ἐξελεῖται, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ οὐ μὴ ἅψηταί σου κακόν. | Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you. | ||
| ἐν λιμῷ ῥύσεταί σε ἐκ θανάτου, ἐν πολέμῳ δὲ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου λύσει σε. | In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword. | ||
| ἀπὸ μάστιγος γλώσσης σε κρύψει, καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐρχομένων. | He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils. | ||
| ἀδίκων καὶ ἀνόμων καταγελάσῃ, ἀπὸ δὲ θηρίων ἀγρίων οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς· | You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts. | ||
| θῆρες γὰρ ἄγριοι εἰρηνεύσουσίν σοι. | For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. | ||
| εἶτα γνώσῃ ὅτι εἰρηνεύσει σου ὁ οἶκος, ἡ δὲ δίαιτα τῆς σκηνῆς σου οὐ μὴ ἁμάρτῃ. | Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail. | ||
| γνώσῃ δὲ ὅτι πολὺ τὸ σπέρμα σου, τὰ δὲ τέκνα σου ἔσται ὥσπερ τὸ παμβότανον τοῦ ἀγροῦ. | And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field. | ||
| ἐλεύσῃ δὲ ἐν τάφῳ ὥσπερ σῖτος ὥριμος κατὰ καιρὸν θεριζόμενος, ἢ ὥσπερ θιμωνιὰ ἅλωνος καθ' ὥραν συγκομισθεῖσα. | And you shall come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time. | ||
| ἰδοὺ ταῦτα οὕτως ἐξιχνιάσαμεν, ταῦτά ἐστιν ἃ ἀκηκόαμεν· σὺ δὲ γνῶθι σεαυτῷ εἴ τι ἔπραξας. | Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do you reflect with yourself, if you have done anything [wrong]. | ||