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Κεφάλαιο 4
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Chapter 4
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| ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ ᾿Ελιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει· | Then Eliphaz the Thæmanite answered and said, |
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| μὴ πολλάκις σοι λελάληται ἐν κόπῳ; ἰσχὺν δὲ ρημάτων σου τίς ὑποίσει; | Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words? |
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| εἰ γὰρ σὺ ἐνουθέτησας πολλοὺς καὶ χεῖρας ἀσθενοῦς παρεκάλεσας, | For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one, |
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| ἀσθενοῦντάς τε ἐξανέστησας ρήμασι, γόνασί τε ἀδυνατοῦσι θάρσος περιέθηκας, | and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees. |
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| νῦν δὲ ἥκει ἐπὶ σὲ πόνος καὶ ἥψατό σου, σὺ ἐσπούδασας. | Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled. |
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| πότερον οὐχ ὁ φόβος σού ἐστιν ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς σου καὶ ἡ κακία τῆς ὁδοῦ σου; | Is not thy fear founded in folly, thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way? |
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| μνήσθητι οὖν, τίς καθαρὸς ὢν ἀπώλετο ἢ πότε ἀληθινοὶ ὁλόρριζοι ἀπώλοντο; | Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed? |
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| καθ᾿ ὃν τρόπον εἶδον τοὺς ἀροτριῶντας τὰ ἄτοπα, οἱ δὲ σπείροντες αὐτὰ ὀδύνας θεριοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς. | Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. |
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| ἀπὸ προστάγματος Κυρίου ἀπολοῦνται, ἀπὸ δὲ πνεύματος ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀφανισθήσονται. | They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. |
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| σθένος λέοντος, φωνὴ δὲ λεαίνης, γαυρίαμα δὲ δρακόντων ἐσβέσθη· | The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. |
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| μυρμηκολέων ὤλετο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βοράν, σκύμνοι δὲ λεόντων ἔλιπον ἀλλήλους. | The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another. |
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| εἰ δέ τι ρῆμα ἀληθινὸν ἐγεγόνει ἐν λόγοις σου, οὐθὲν ἄν σοι τούτων κακὸν ἀπήντησε. πότερον οὐ δέξεταί μου τὸ οὖς ἐξαίσια παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ; | But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him? |
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| φόβοι δὲ καὶ ἠχὼ νυκτερινή, ἐπιπίπτων φόβος ἐπ᾿ ἀνθρώπους, | But as when terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night, |
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| φρίκη δέ μοι συνήντησε καὶ τρόμος καὶ μεγάλως μου τὰ ὀστᾶ διέσεισε, | horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake. |
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| καὶ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπῆλθεν, ἔφριξαν δέ μου τρίχες καὶ σάρκες. | And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered. |
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| ἀνέστην, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνων· εἶδον, καὶ οὐκ ἦν μορφὴ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ αὔραν καὶ φωνὴν ἤκουον· | I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying, |
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| τί γάρ; μὴ καθαρὸς ἔσται βροτὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἄμεμπτος ἀνήρ; | What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works? |
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| εἰ κατὰ παίδων αὐτοῦ οὐ πιστεύει, κατὰ δὲ ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ σκολιόν τι ἐπενόησε, | Whereas he trusts not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels. |
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| τοὺς δὲ κατοικοῦντας οἰκίας πηλίνας, ἐξ ὧν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πηλοῦ ἐσμεν, ἔπαισεν αὐτοὺς σητὸς τρόπον· | But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth. |
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| καὶ ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν μέχρις ἑσπέρας οὐκέτι εἰσί, παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς βοηθῆσαι ἀπώλοντο. | And from morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves. |
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| ἐνεφύσησε γὰρ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐξηράνθησαν, ἀπώλοντο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς σοφίαν. | For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom. |
