Job 33 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Eliu blames Job for asserting his own innocence.
Book: Job · ← Job 32 · Job 34 →
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GR οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἄκουσον Ιωβ τὰ ῥήματά μου καὶ λαλιὰν ἐνωτίζου μου
LA Audi igitur, Job, eloquia mea, et omnes sermones meos ausculta.
EN Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
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GR ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἤνοιξα τὸ στόμα μου καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἡ γλῶσσά μου
LA Ecce aperui os meum: loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis.
EN Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.
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GR καθαρά μου ἡ καρδία ῥήμασιν σύνεσις δὲ χειλέων μου καθαρὰ νοήσει
LA Simplici corde meo sermones mei, et sententiam puram labia mea loquentur.
EN My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
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GR πνεῦμα θεῖον τὸ ποιῆσάν με πνοὴ δὲ παντοκράτορος ἡ διδάσκουσά με
LA Spiritus Dei fecit me, et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me.
EN The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
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GR ἐὰν δύνῃ δός μοι ἀπόκρισιν πρὸς ταῦτα ὑπόμεινον στῆθι κατ’ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐγὼ κατὰ σέ
LA Si potes, responde mihi, et adversus faciem meam consiste.
EN If you can, answer me, and stand up against my face.
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GR ἐκ πηλοῦ διήρτισαι σὺ ὡς καὶ ἐγώ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ διηρτίσμεθα
LA Ecce, et me sicut et te fecit Deus, et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum.
EN Behold God has made me as well as you, and of the same clay I also was formed.
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GR οὐχ ὁ φόβος μού σε στροβήσει οὐδὲ ἡ χείρ μου βαρεῖα ἔσται ἐπὶ σοί
LA Verumtamen miraculum meum non te terreat, et eloquentia mea non sit tibi gravis.
EN But yet let not my wonder terrify you, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to you.
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GR πλὴν εἶπας ἐν ὠσίν μου φωνὴν ῥημάτων σου ἀκήκοα
LA Dixisti ergo in auribus meis, et vocem verborum tuorum audivi:
EN Now you have said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words:
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GR διότι λέγεις καθαρός εἰμι οὐχ ἁμαρτών ἄμεμπτος δέ εἰμι οὐ γὰρ ἠνόμησα
LA Mundus sum ego, et absque delicto: immaculatus, et non est iniquitas in me.
EN I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.
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GR μέμψιν δὲ κατ’ ἐμοῦ εὗρεν ἥγηται δέ με ὥσπερ ὑπεναντίον
LA Quia querelas in me reperit, ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi.
EN Because he has found complaints against me, therefore he has counted me for his enemy.
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GR ἔθετο δὲ ἐν ξύλῳ τὸν πόδα μου ἐφύλαξεν δέ μου πάσας τὰς ὁδούς
LA Posuit in nervo pedes meos; custodivit omnes semitas meas.
EN He has put my feet in the stocks, he has observed all my paths.
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GR πῶς γὰρ λέγεις δίκαιός εἰμι καὶ οὐκ ἐπακήκοέν μου αἰώνιος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐπάνω βροτῶν
LA Hoc est ergo in quo non es justificatus: respondebo tibi, quia major sit Deus homine.
EN Now this is the thing in which you are not justified: I will answer you, that God is greater than man.
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GR λέγεις δέ διὰ τί τῆς δίκης μου οὐκ ἐπακήκοεν πᾶν ῥῆμα
LA Adversus eum contendis, quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi?
EN Do you strive against him, because he has not answered you to all words?
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GR ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἅπαξ λαλήσαι ὁ κύριος ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἐνύπνιον
LA Semel loquitur Deus, et secundo idipsum non repetit.
EN God speaks once, and repeats not the selfsame thing the second time.
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GR ἢ ἐν μελέτῃ νυκτερινῇ ὡς ὅταν ἐπιπίπτῃ δεινὸς φόβος ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ νυσταγμάτων ἐπὶ κοίτης
LA Per somnium, in visione nocturna, quando irruit sopor super homines, et dormiunt in lectulo,
EN By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falls upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:
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GR τότε ἀνακαλύπτει νοῦν ἀνθρώπων ἐν εἴδεσιν φόβου τοιούτοις αὐτοὺς ἐξεφόβησεν
LA tunc aperit aures virorum, et erudiens eos instruit disciplina,
EN Then he opens the ears of men, and teaching instructs them in what they are to learn.
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GR ἀποστρέψαι ἄνθρωπον ἐξ ἀδικίας τὸ δὲ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πτώματος ἐρρύσατο
LA ut avertat hominem ab his quæ facit, et liberet eum de superbia,
EN That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.
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GR ἐφείσατο δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ θανάτου καὶ μὴ πεσεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολέμῳ
LA eruens animam ejus a corruptione, et vitam illius ut non transeat in gladium.
EN Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.
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GR πάλιν δὲ ἤλεγξεν αὐτὸν ἐν μαλακίᾳ ἐπὶ κοίτης καὶ πλῆθος ὀστῶν αὐτοῦ ἐνάρκησεν
LA Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo, et omnia ossa ejus marcescere facit.
EN He rebukes also by sorrow in the bed, and he makes all his bones to wither.
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GR πᾶν δὲ βρωτὸν σίτου οὐ μὴ δύνηται προσδέξασθαι καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ βρῶσιν ἐπιθυμήσει
LA Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis, et animæ illius cibus ante desiderabilis.
EN Bread becomes abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
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GR ἕως ἂν σαπῶσιν αὐτοῦ αἱ σάρκες καὶ ἀποδείξῃ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ κενά
LA Tabescet caro ejus, et ossa, quæ tecta fuerant, nudabuntur.
EN His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
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GR ἤγγισεν δὲ εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἡ δὲ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾅδῃ
LA Appropinquavit corruptioni anima ejus, et vita illius mortiferis.
EN His soul has drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
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GR ἐὰν ὦσιν χίλιοι ἄγγελοι θανατηφόροι εἷς αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτόν ἐὰν νοήσῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐπιστραφῆναι ἐπὶ κύριον ἀναγγείλῃ δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μέμψιν τὴν δὲ ἄνοιαν αὐτοῦ δείξῃ
LA Si fuerit pro eo angelus loquens, unus de millibus, ut annuntiet hominis æquitatem,
EN If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man’s uprightness,
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GR ἀνθέξεται τοῦ μὴ πεσεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς θάνατον ἀνανεώσει δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα ὥσπερ ἀλοιφὴν ἐπὶ τοίχου τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐμπλήσει μυελοῦ
LA miserebitur ejus, et dicet: Libera eum, ut non descendat in corruptionem: inveni in quo ei propitier.
EN he shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.
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GR ἁπαλυνεῖ δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰς σάρκας ὥσπερ νηπίου ἀποκαταστήσει δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνδρωθέντα ἐν ἀνθρώποις
LA Consumpta est caro ejus a suppliciis: revertatur ad dies adolescentiæ suæ.
EN His flesh is consumed with punishments, let him return to the days of his youth.
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GR εὐξάμενος δὲ πρὸς κύριον καὶ δεκτὰ αὐτῷ ἔσται εἰσελεύσεται δὲ προσώπῳ καθαρῷ σὺν ἐξηγορίᾳ ἀποδώσει δὲ ἀνθρώποις δικαιοσύνην
LA Deprecabitur Deum, et placabilis ei erit: et videbit faciem ejus in jubilo, et reddet homini justitiam suam.
EN He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.
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GR εἶτα τότε ἀπομέμψεται ἄνθρωπος αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ λέγων οἷα συνετέλουν καὶ οὐκ ἄξια ἤτασέν με ὧν ἥμαρτον
LA Respiciet homines, et dicet: Peccavi, et vere deliqui, et ut eram dignus, non recepi.
EN He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.
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GR σῶσον ψυχήν μου τοῦ μὴ ἐλθεῖν εἰς διαφθοράν καὶ ἡ ζωή μου φῶς ὄψεται
LA Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in interitum, sed vivens lucem videret.
EN He has delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.
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GR ἰδοὺ πάντα ταῦτα ἐργᾶται ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ὁδοὺς τρεῖς μετὰ ἀνδρός
LA Ecce hæc omnia operatur Deus tribus vicibus per singulos,
EN Behold, all these things God works three times within every one.
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GR ἀλλ’ ἐρρύσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου ἵνα ἡ ζωή μου ἐν φωτὶ αἰνῇ αὐτόν
LA ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione, et illuminet luce viventium.
EN That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.
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GR ἐνωτίζου Ιωβ καὶ ἄκουέ μου κώφευσον καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι λαλήσω
LA Attende, Job, et audi me: et tace, dum ego loquor.
EN Attend, Job, and hearken to me, and hold your peace, whilst I speak.
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GR εἰ εἰσὶν λόγοι ἀποκρίθητί μοι λάλησον θέλω γὰρ δικαιωθῆναί σε
LA Si autem habes quod loquaris, responde mihi: loquere, volo enim te apparere justum.
EN But if you have anything to say, answer me, speak: for I would have you to appear just.
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GR εἰ μή σὺ ἄκουσόν μου κώφευσον καὶ διδάξω σε σοφίαν
LA Quod si non habes, audi me: tace, et docebo te sapientiam.
EN And if you have not, hear me: hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.
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