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וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַר
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης, λέγει,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2
הֶחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַעַת־רוּחַ וִימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנוֹ
Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεῦμα, καὶ ἐνέπλησε πόνον γαστρὸς,
Will a wise man give for answer a [mere] breath of wisdom? And does he fill up the pain of his belly,
3
הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּם
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ, καὶ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος;
Reasoning with improper sayings, And with words wherein is no profit?
4
אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵל
Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before G-d.
Οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον, συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ Κυρίου;
Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, And accomplished such words before the Lord?
5
כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִים
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασι στόματός σου, οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν.
Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, Neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.
6
יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָךְ
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγὼ, τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσι σου.
Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: And thy lips shall testify against thee.
7
הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָלְתָּ
Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Τί γάρ; μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγεννήθης; ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης;
What! art thou the first man that was born? Or wert thou established before the hills?
8
הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָה
Dost thou hearken in the council of G-d? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Ἢ σύνταγμα Κυρίου ἀκήκοας; ἢ συμβούλῳ σοι ἐχρήσατο ὁ Θεός; εἰς δέ σε ἀφίκετο σοφία;
Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? Or has God used thee as [his] counselor? And has wisdom come [only] to thee?
9
מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הוּא
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Διαλλάσσων χείλη πιστῶν, σύνεσιν δὲ πρεσβυτέρων ἔγνω.
He changes the lips of the trustworthy, And he knows the understanding of the elders.
Τί γὰρ οἶδας, ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν; ἢ τί συνίεις σὺ, ὃ οὐ καὶ ἡμεῖς;
For what knowest thou, that we know not? Or what understandest thou, which we do not also?
10
גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִים
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
Καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις.
Truly among us [are] both the old and very aged man, More advanced in days than thy father.
11
הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחֻמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּךְ
Are the consolations of G-d too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
Ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι, μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας.
Thou hast been scourged for [but] few of thy sins: Thou hast spoken haughtily [and] extravagantly.
12
מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶיךָ
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
Τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου; ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου,
What has thy heart dared? Or what have thine eyes [aimed at],
13
כִּי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּין
That thou turnest thy spirit against G-d, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
ὅτι θυμὸν ἔῤῥηξας ἔναντι Κυρίου, ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα;
That thou hast vented [thy] rage before the Lord, And delivered such words from [thy] mouth?
14
מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּׁה
What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτὸς, ὅτι ἔσται ἅμεμπτος; ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός;
For who, being a mortal, [is such] that he shall be blameless? Or, [who that is] born of a woman, that he should be just?
15
הֵן בקדשו בִּקְדֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָיו
Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
Εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει, οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; And the heaven is not pure before him.
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אַף כִּי־נִתְעָב וְנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָה
How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
Ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ, πίνων ἀδικίας ἶσα ποτῷ.
Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, Drinking unrighteousness as a draft.
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אֲחַוְךָ שְׁמַע־לִי וְזֶה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּרָה
I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare--
Ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι, ἄκουέ μου, ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα, ἀναγγελῶ σοι,
But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;
18
אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִחֲדוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָם
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσι, καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρες αὐτῶν.
Things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.
19
לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָם
Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπʼ αὐτούς.
To them alone the earth was given, And no stranger came upon them.
20
כָּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִיץ
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
Πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι, ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ.
All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, And the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
21
קוֹל־פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלוֹם שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶנּוּ
A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ· ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν, ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή.
And his terror is in his ears: Just when he seems to be at peace, His overthrow will come.
22
לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וצפו וְצָפוּי הוּא אֱלֵי־חָרֶב
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους, ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου,
Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, For he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
23
נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע כִּי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יוֹם־חֹשֶׁךְ
He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν· οἶδε δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα· ἡμέρα δὲ σκοτεινὴ αὐτὸν στροβήσει,
And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; And he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: And a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.
24
יְבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ עָתִיד לַכִּידוֹר
Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλίψις αὐτὸν καθέξει, ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων·
Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: He shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
25
כִּי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי יִתְגַּבָּר
Because he hath stretched out his hand against G-d, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
Ὅτι ᾖρκε χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου, ἔναντι δὲ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν.
For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, And he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.
26
יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּיו
He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
Ἔδραμε δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει, ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ.
And he has run against him with insolence, On the thickness of the back of his shield.
27
כִּי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָסֶל
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
Ὅτι ἐκάλυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐποίησε περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων.
For he has covered his face with his fat, And made layers of fat upon his thighs.
28
וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.
Αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους, εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους· ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν, ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται.
And let him lodge in desolate cities, And enter into houses without inhabitant: And what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
29
לֹא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָם
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
Οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ, οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα· οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν,
Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: He shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
30
לֹא־יָסוּר מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּיו
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.
οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος· τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος, ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος.
Neither shall he in anywise escape the darkness: Let the wind blast his blossom, And let his flower fall off.
31
אַל־יַאֲמֵן בשו בַּשָּׁיו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתוֹ
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
Μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ, κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ.
Let him not think that he shall endure; For his end shall be vanity.
32
בְּלֹא־יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָנָה
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
Ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται, καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ.
His harvest shall perish before the time, And his branch shall not flourish.
33
יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתוֹ
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Τρυγηθείη δὲ ὡς ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας, ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας.
And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, And let him fall as the blossom of the olive.
34
כִּי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָהֳלֵי־שֹׁחַד
For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
Μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος· πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν·
For death is the witness of an ungodly man, And fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
35
הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָה
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήψεται ὀδύνας, ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενὰ, ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον.
And he shall conceive sorrows, And his end shall be vanity, And his belly shall bear deceit.