Job 34 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Eliu charges Job with blasphemy: and sets forth the power and justice of God.
Book: Job · ← Job 33 · Job 35 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιους λέγει
LA Pronuntians itaque Eliu, etiam hæc locutus est:
EN And Eliu continued his discourse, and said:
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GR ἀκούσατέ μου σοφοί ἐπιστάμενοι ἐνωτίζεσθε τὸ καλόν
LA Audite, sapientes, verba mea: et eruditi, auscultate me.
EN Hear, wise men, my words, and you learned, hearken to me:
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GR ὅτι οὖς λόγους δοκιμάζει καὶ λάρυγξ γεύεται βρῶσιν
LA Auris enim verba probat, et guttur escas gustu dijudicat.
EN For the ear tries words, and the mouth discerns meats by the taste.
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GR κρίσιν ἑλώμεθα ἑαυτοῖς γνῶμεν ἀνὰ μέσον ἑαυτῶν ὅ τι καλόν
LA Judicium eligamus nobis, et inter nos videamus quid sit melius.
EN Let us choose to us judgment, and let us see among ourselves what is the best.
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GR ὅτι εἴρηκεν Ιωβ δίκαιός εἰμι ὁ κύριος ἀπήλλαξέν μου τὸ κρίμα
LA Quia dixit Job: Justus sum, et Deus subvertit judicium meum.
EN For Job has said: I am just, and God has overthrown my judgment.
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GR ἐψεύσατο δὲ τῷ κρίματί μου βίαιον τὸ βέλος μου ἄνευ ἀδικίας
LA In judicando enim me mendacium est: violenta sagitta mea absque ullo peccato.
EN For in judging me there is a lie: my arrow is violent without any sin.
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GR τίς ἀνὴρ ὥσπερ Ιωβ πίνων μυκτηρισμὸν ὥσπερ ὕδωρ
LA Quis est vir ut est Job, qui bibit subsannationem quasi aquam:
EN What man is there like Job, who drinks up scorning like water?
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GR οὐχ ἁμαρτὼν οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσας ἢ ὁδοῦ κοινωνήσας μετὰ ποιούντων τὰ ἄνομα τοῦ πορευθῆναι μετὰ ἀσεβῶν
LA qui graditur cum operantibus iniquitatem, et ambulat cum viris impiis?
EN Who goes in company with them that work iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
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GR μὴ γὰρ εἴπῃς ὅτι οὐκ ἔσται ἐπισκοπὴ ἀνδρός καὶ ἐπισκοπὴ αὐτῷ παρὰ κυρίου
LA Dixit enim: Non placebit vir Deo, etiam si cucurrerit cum eo.
EN For he has said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him.
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GR διό συνετοὶ καρδίας ἀκούσατέ μου μή μοι εἴη ἔναντι κυρίου ἀσεβῆσαι καὶ ἔναντι παντοκράτορος ταράξαι τὸ δίκαιον
LA Ideo, viri cordati, audite me: absit a Deo impietas, et ab Omnipotente iniquitas.
EN Therefore, you men of understanding, hear me: far from God be wickedness, and iniquity from the Almighty.
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GR ἀλλὰ ἀποδιδοῖ ἀνθρώπῳ καθὰ ποιεῖ ἕκαστος αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τρίβῳ ἀνδρὸς εὑρήσει αὐτόν
LA Opus enim hominis reddet ei, et juxta vias singulorum restituet eis.
EN For he will render to a man his work, and according to the ways of every one he will reward them.
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GR οἴῃ δὲ τὸν κύριον ἄτοπα ποιήσειν ἢ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ταράξει κρίσιν
LA Vere enim Deus non condemnabit frustra, nec Omnipotens subvertet judicium.
EN For in very deed God will not condemn without cause, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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GR ὃς ἐποίησεν τὴν γῆν τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν καὶ τὰ ἐνόντα πάντα
LA Quem constituit alium super terram? aut quem posuit super orbem quem fabricatus est?
EN What other has he appointed over the earth? Or whom has he set over the world which he made?
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GR εἰ γὰρ βούλοιτο συνέχειν καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα παρ’ αὐτῷ κατασχεῖν
LA Si direxerit ad eum cor suum, spiritum illius et flatum ad se trahet.
EN If he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself.
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GR τελευτήσει πᾶσα σὰρξ ὁμοθυμαδόν πᾶς δὲ βροτὸς εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσεται ὅθεν καὶ ἐπλάσθη
LA Deficiet omnis caro simul, et homo in cinerem revertetur.
EN All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return into ashes.
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GR εἰ δὲ μὴ νουθετῇ ἄκουε ταῦτα ἐνωτίζου φωνὴν ῥημάτων
LA Si habes ergo intellectum, audi quod dicitur, et ausculta vocem eloquii mei:
EN If then you have understanding, hear what is said, and hearken to the voice of my words.
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GR ἰδὲ σὺ τὸν μισοῦντα ἄνομα καὶ τὸν ὀλλύντα τοὺς πονηροὺς ὄντα αἰώνιον δίκαιον
LA numquid qui non amat judicium sanari potest? et quomodo tu eum qui justus est in tantum condemnas?
EN Can he be healed that loves not judgment? And how do you so far condemn him that is just?
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GR ἀσεβὴς ὁ λέγων βασιλεῖ παρανομεῖς ἀσεβέστατε τοῖς ἄρχουσιν
LA Qui dicit regi: Apostata; qui vocat duces impios;
EN Who says to the king: You are an apostate: who calls rulers ungodly:
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GR ὃς οὐκ ἐπῃσχύνθη πρόσωπον ἐντίμου οὐδὲ οἶδεν τιμὴν θέσθαι ἁδροῖς θαυμασθῆναι πρόσωπα αὐτῶν
LA qui non accipit personas principum, nec cognovit tyrannum cum disceptaret contra pauperem: opus enim manuum ejus sunt universi.
EN Who accepts not the persons of princes: nor has regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands.
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GR κενὰ δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀποβήσεται τὸ κεκραγέναι καὶ δεῖσθαι ἀνδρός ἐχρήσαντο γὰρ παρανόμως ἐκκλινομένων ἀδυνάτων
LA Subito morientur, et in media nocte turbabuntur populi: et pertransibunt, et auferent violentum absque manu.
EN They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take away the violent without hand.
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GR αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁρατής ἐστιν ἔργων ἀνθρώπων λέληθεν δὲ αὐτὸν οὐδὲν ὧν πράσσουσιν
LA Oculi enim ejus super vias hominum, et omnes gressus eorum considerat.
EN For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considers all their steps.
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GR οὐδὲ ἔσται τόπος τοῦ κρυβῆναι τοὺς ποιοῦντας τὰ ἄνομα
LA Non sunt tenebræ, et non est umbra mortis, ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem,
EN There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity.
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GR ὅτι οὐκ ἐπ’ ἄνδρα θήσει ἔτι ὁ γὰρ κύριος πάντας ἐφορᾷ
LA neque enim ultra in hominis potestate est, ut veniat ad Deum in judicium.
EN For it is no longer in the power of man to enter into judgment with God.
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GR ὁ καταλαμβάνων ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός
LA Conteret multos, et innumerabiles, et stare faciet alios pro eis.
EN He shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead.
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GR ὁ γνωρίζων αὐτῶν τὰ ἔργα καὶ στρέψει νύκτα καὶ ταπεινωθήσονται
LA Novit enim opera eorum, et idcirco inducet noctem, et conterentur.
EN For he knows their works: and therefore he shall bring night on them, and they shall be destroyed.
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GR ἔσβεσεν δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ὁρατοὶ δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ
LA Quasi impios percussit eos in loco videntium:
EN He has struck them, as being wicked, in open sight.
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GR ὅτι ἐξέκλιναν ἐκ νόμου θεοῦ δικαιώματα δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν
LA qui quasi de industria recesserunt ab eo, et omnes vias ejus intelligere noluerunt:
EN Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways:
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GR τοῦ ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν κραυγὴν πένητος καὶ κραυγὴν πτωχῶν εἰσακούσεται
LA ut pervenire facerent ad eum clamorem egeni, et audiret vocem pauperum.
EN So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.
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GR καὶ αὐτὸς ἡσυχίαν παρέξει καὶ τίς καταδικάσεται καὶ κρύψει πρόσωπον καὶ τίς ὄψεται αὐτόν καὶ κατὰ ἔθνους καὶ κατὰ ἀνθρώπου ὁμοῦ
LA Ipso enim concedente pacem, quis est qui condemnet? ex quo absconderit vultum, quis est qui contempletur eum, et super gentes, et super omnes homines?
EN For when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?
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GR βασιλεύων ἄνθρωπον ὑποκριτὴν ἀπὸ δυσκολίας λαοῦ
LA Qui regnare facit hominem hypocritam propter peccata populi.
EN Who makes a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people?
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GR ὅτι πρὸς τὸν ἰσχυρὸν ὁ λέγων εἴληφα οὐκ ἐνεχυράσω
LA Quia ergo ego locutus sum ad Deum, te quoque non prohibebo.
EN Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder you in your turn.
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GR ἄνευ ἐμαυτοῦ ὄψομαι σὺ δεῖξόν μοι εἰ ἀδικίαν ἠργασάμην οὐ μὴ προσθήσω
LA Si erravi, tu doce me; si iniquitatem locutus sum, ultra non addam.
EN If I have erred, teach me: if I have spoken iniquity, I will add no more.
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GR μὴ παρὰ σοῦ ἀποτείσει αὐτήν ὅτι ἀπώσῃ ὅτι σὺ ἐκλέξῃ καὶ οὐκ ἐγώ καὶ τί ἔγνως λάλησον
LA Numquid a te Deus expetit eam, quia displicuit tibi? tu enim cœpisti loqui, et non ego: quod si quid nosti melius, loquere.
EN Does God require it of you, because it has displeased you? For you began to speak, and not I: but if you know anything better, speak.
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GR διὸ συνετοὶ καρδίας ἐροῦσιν ταῦτα ἀνὴρ δὲ σοφὸς ἀκήκοέν μου τὸ ῥῆμα
LA Viri intelligentes loquantur mihi, et vir sapiens audiat me.
EN Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man hearken to me.
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GR Ιωβ δὲ οὐκ ἐν συνέσει ἐλάλησεν τὰ δὲ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐν ἐπιστήμῃ
LA Job autem stulte locutus est, et verba illius non sonant disciplinam.
EN But Job has spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline.
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GR οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μάθε Ιωβ μὴ δῷς ἔτι ἀνταπόκρισιν ὥσπερ οἱ ἄφρονες
LA Pater mi, probetur Job usque ad finem: ne desinas ab homine iniquitatis:
EN My father, let Job be tried even to the end: cease not from the man of iniquity.
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GR ἵνα μὴ προσθῶμεν ἐφ’ ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν ἀνομία δὲ ἐφ’ ἡμῖν λογισθήσεται πολλὰ λαλούντων ῥήματα ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου
LA quia addit super peccata sua blasphemiam, inter nos interim constringatur: et tunc ad judicium provocet sermonibus suis Deum.
EN Because he adds blasphemy upon his sins, let him be tied fast in the mean time amongst us: and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches.
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