Job 5 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Eliphaz proceeds in his charge, and exhorts Job to acknowledge his sins.
Book: Job · ← Job 4 · Job 6 →
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GR ἐπικάλεσαι δέ εἴ τίς σοι ὑπακούσεται ἢ εἴ τινα ἀγγέλων ἁγίων ὄψῃ
LA Voca ergo, si est qui tibi respondeat, et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere.
EN Call now, if there be any that will answer you, and turn to some of the saints.
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GR καὶ γὰρ ἄφρονα ἀναιρεῖ ὀργή πεπλανημένον δὲ θανατοῖ ζῆλος
LA Vere stultum interficit iracundia, et parvulum occidit invidia.
EN Anger indeed kills the foolish, and envy slays the little one.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ ἑώρακα ἄφρονας ῥίζαν βάλλοντας ἀλλ’ εὐθέως ἐβρώθη αὐτῶν ἡ δίαιτα
LA Ego vidi stultum firma radice, et maledixi pulchritudini ejus statim.
EN I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
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GR πόρρω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας κολαβρισθείησαν δὲ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος
LA Longe fient filii ejus a salute, et conterentur in porta, et non erit qui eruat.
EN His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
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GR ἃ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι συνήγαγον δίκαιοι ἔδονται αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐκ κακῶν οὐκ ἐξαίρετοι ἔσονται ἐκσιφωνισθείη αὐτῶν ἡ ἰσχύς
LA Cujus messem famelicus comedet, et ipsum rapiet armatus, et bibent sitientes divitias ejus.
EN Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
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GR οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἐξέλθῃ ἐκ τῆς γῆς κόπος οὐδὲ ἐξ ὀρέων ἀναβλαστήσει πόνος
LA Nihil in terra sine causa fit, et de humo non oritur dolor.
EN Nothing upon earth is done without a cause, and sorrow does not spring out of the ground.
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GR ἀλλὰ ἄνθρωπος γεννᾶται κόπῳ νεοσσοὶ δὲ γυπὸς τὰ ὑψηλὰ πέτονται
LA Homo nascitur ad laborem, et avis ad volatum.
EN Man is born to labour, and the bird to fly.
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GR οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἐγὼ δεηθήσομαι κυρίου κύριον δὲ τὸν πάντων δεσπότην ἐπικαλέσομαι
LA Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum, et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum:
EN Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
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GR τὸν ποιοῦντα μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός
LA qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;
EN Who does great things, and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
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GR τὸν διδόντα ὑετὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἀποστέλλοντα ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
LA qui dat pluviam super faciem terræ, et irrigat aquis universa;
EN Who gives rain upon the face of the earth, and waters all things with waters:
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GR τὸν ποιοῦντα ταπεινοὺς εἰς ὕψος καὶ ἀπολωλότας ἐξεγείροντα
LA qui ponit humiles in sublime, et mœrentes erigit sospitate;
EN Who sets up the humble on high, and comforts with health those that mourn.
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GR διαλλάσσοντα βουλὰς πανούργων καὶ οὐ μὴ ποιήσουσιν αἱ χεῖρες αὐτῶν ἀληθές
LA qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum, ne possint implere manus eorum quod cœperant;
EN Who brings to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
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GR ὁ καταλαμβάνων σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ φρονήσει βουλὴν δὲ πολυπλόκων ἐξέστησεν
LA qui apprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum, et consilium pravorum dissipat.
EN Who catches the wise in their craftiness, and disappoints the counsel of the wicked:
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GR ἡμέρας συναντήσεται αὐτοῖς σκότος τὸ δὲ μεσημβρινὸν ψηλαφήσαισαν ἴσα νυκτί
LA Per diem incurrent tenebras, et quasi in nocte, sic palpabunt in meridie.
EN They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
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GR ἀπόλοιντο δὲ ἐν πολέμῳ ἀδύνατος δὲ ἐξέλθοι ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου
LA Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum, et de manu violenti pauperem.
EN But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
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GR εἴη δὲ ἀδυνάτῳ ἐλπίς ἀδίκου δὲ στόμα ἐμφραχθείη
LA Et erit egeno spes; iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.
EN And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
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GR μακάριος δὲ ἄνθρωπος ὃν ἤλεγξεν ὁ κύριος νουθέτημα δὲ παντοκράτορος μὴ ἀπαναίνου
LA Beatus homo qui corripitur a Deo: increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes:
EN Blessed is the man whom God corrects: refuse not, therefore, the chastising of the Lord.
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GR αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαθίστησιν ἔπαισεν καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἰάσαντο
LA quia ipse vulnerat, et medetur; percutit, et manus ejus sanabunt.
EN For he wounds, and cures: he strikes, and his hands shall heal.
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GR ἑξάκις ἐξ ἀναγκῶν σε ἐξελεῖται ἐν δὲ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ οὐ μὴ ἅψηταί σου κακόν
LA In sex tribulationibus liberabit te, et in septima non tangent te malum.
EN In six troubles he shall deliver you, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch you.
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GR ἐν λιμῷ ῥύσεταί σε ἐκ θανάτου ἐν πολέμῳ δὲ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου λύσει σε
LA In fame eruet te de morte, et in bello de manu gladii.
EN In famine he shall deliver you from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
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GR ἀπὸ μάστιγος γλώσσης σε κρύψει καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐρχομένων
LA A flagello linguæ absconderis, et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit.
EN You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not fear calamity when it comes.
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GR ἀδίκων καὶ ἀνόμων καταγελάσῃ ἀπὸ δὲ θηρίων ἀγρίων οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς
LA In vastitate et fame ridebis, et bestias terræ non formidabis.
EN In destruction and famine you shall laugh: and you shall not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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GR θῆρες γὰρ ἄγριοι εἰρηνεύσουσίν σοι
LA Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum, et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.
EN But you shall have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with you.
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GR εἶτα γνώσῃ ὅτι εἰρηνεύσει σου ὁ οἶκος ἡ δὲ δίαιτα τῆς σκηνῆς σου οὐ μὴ ἁμάρτῃ
LA Et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum; et visitans speciem tuam, non peccabis.
EN And you shall know that your tabernacle is in peace, and visiting your beauty, you shall not sin.
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GR γνώσῃ δὲ ὅτι πολὺ τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰ δὲ τέκνα σου ἔσται ὥσπερ τὸ παμβότανον τοῦ ἀγροῦ
LA Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum, et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.
EN You shall know also that your seed shall be multiplied, and your offspring like the grass of the earth.
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GR ἐλεύσῃ δὲ ἐν τάφῳ ὥσπερ σῖτος ὥριμος κατὰ καιρὸν θεριζόμενος ἢ ὥσπερ θιμωνιὰ ἅλωνος καθ’ ὥραν συγκομισθεῖσα
LA Ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum, sicut infertur acervus tritici in tempore suo.
EN You shall enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
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GR ἰδοὺ ταῦτα οὕτως ἐξιχνιάσαμεν ταῦτά ἐστιν ἃ ἀκηκόαμεν σὺ δὲ γνῶθι σεαυτῷ εἴ τι ἔπραξας
LA Ecce hoc, ut investigavimus, ita est: quod auditum, mente pertracta.
EN Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which you having heard, consider it thoroughly in your mind.
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