Job 22 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Eliphaz falsely imputes many crimes to Job, but promises him prosperity if he will repent.
Book: Job · ← Job 21 · Job 23 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
LA Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
EN Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
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GR πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην
LA Numquid Deo potest comparari homo, etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ?
EN Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?
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GR τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἁπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου
LA Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris? aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua?
EN What does it profit God if you be just? Or what do you give him if your way be unspotted?
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GR ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν
LA Numquid timens arguet te, et veniet tecum in judicium,
EN Shall he reprove you for fear, and come with you into judgment:
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GR πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστιν πολλή ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι
LA et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam, et infinitas iniquitates tuas?
EN And not for your manifold wickedness and your infinite iniquities?
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GR ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου
LA Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa, et nudos spoliasti vestibus.
EN For you have taken away the pledge of your brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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GR οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν
LA Aquam lasso non dedisti, et esurienti subtraxisti panem.
EN You have not given water to the weary, you have withdrawn bread from the hungry.
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GR ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
LA In fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram, et potentissimus obtinebas eam.
EN In the strength of your arm you possessed the land, and being the most mighty you hold it.
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GR χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας
LA Viduas dimisisti vacuas, et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.
EN You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless you have broken in pieces.
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GR τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες καὶ ἐσπούδασέν σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος
LA Propterea circumdatus es laqueis, et conturbat te formido subita.
EN Therefore are you surrounded with shares, and sudden fear troubles you.
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GR τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψεν
LA Et putabas te tenebras non visurum, et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri?
EN And did you think that you should not see darkness, and that you should not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?
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GR μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν
LA an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit, et super stellarum verticem sublimetur?
EN Do you not think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?
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GR καὶ εἶπας τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ
LA Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus? et quasi per caliginem judicat.
EN And you say: What does God know? And he judges as it were through a mist.
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GR νέφη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύσεται
LA Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat, et circa cardines cæli perambulat.
EN The clouds are his covert, and he does not consider our things, and he walks about the poles of heaven.
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GR μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες ἄδικοι
LA Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,
EN Do you desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?
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GR οἳ συνελήμφθησαν ἄωροι ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν
LA qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum, et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum?
EN Who were taken away before their time, and a flood has overthrown their foundation.
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GR οἱ λέγοντες κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ
LA Qui dicebant Deo: Recede a nobis: et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,
EN Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:
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GR ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησεν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ
LA cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis: quorum sententia procul sit a me.
EN Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.
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GR ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν
LA Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur, et innocens subsannabit eos:
EN The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.
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GR εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ
LA nonne succisa est erectio eorum? et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis?
EN Is not their exaltation cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them?
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GR γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς εἶτ’ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς
LA Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem, et per hæc habebis fructus optimos.
EN Submit yourself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby you shall have the best fruits.
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GR ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου
LA Suscipe ex ore illius legem, et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo.
EN Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
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GR ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι κυρίου πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου τὸ ἄδικον
LA Si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem, ædificaberis, et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo.
EN If you will return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, and shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacle.
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GR θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρᾳ χειμάρρους Ωφιρ
LA Dabit pro terra silicem, et pro silice torrentes aureos.
EN He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.
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GR ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον
LA Eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos, et argentum coacervabitur tibi.
EN And the Almighty shall be against your enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for you.
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GR εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἔναντι κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς
LA Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues, et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.
EN Then shall you abound in delights in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
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GR εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς
LA Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te, et vota tua reddes.
EN You shall pray to him, and he will hear you, and you shall pay vows.
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GR ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος
LA Decernes rem, et veniet tibi, et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.
EN You shall decree a thing, and it shall come to you, and light shall shine in your ways.
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GR ὅτι ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐρεῖς ὑπερηφανεύσατο καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει
LA Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria, et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.
EN For he that has been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.
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GR ῥύσεται ἀθῷον καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσίν σου
LA Salvabitur innocens: salvabitur autem in munditia manuum suarum.
EN The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.
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