§27## ΚΕΦ. ΚΖ΄. Ἔει δὲ προσθεὶς Ἰὼβτῷ προοιμίῳ εἶπεν.
## Chapter 27 And Job spoke, adding further to his prelude.
Ἔλαβεν ἐξουτίαν τοῦ Ἰὼβ ὁ διάβολος καὶ ἤτασεν αὐτὸν νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας· πρότερον μὲν διὰ τῶν ἐκτός· ὕστερον δὲ διʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ σώματος· μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ διὰ τῶν φίλων.
The devil received authority over Job and tested him night and day; first through external things, later through his very body, and after these things, also through his friends.
Ὅτε γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐδοκίμαζε διὰ τῆς γυναικὸς, καὶ οἶδεν, ὅτι οὐ νενίκηται ὁ Ἰὼβ, τρεῖς φίλους ἤνεγκεν, οὐκ ἐχθροὺς, οὐκ ἐπίβουλα δόγματα ἔχοντας· ἀλλʼ ἀληθεῖς μὲν λόγους. οὐ καλῶς δὲ, οὐδὲ ἐν καιρῷ προσφερομένους· καὶ ἐβούλετο διὰ τούτων ποιῆσαι τὸν δίκαιον φθέγξασθαί τι κατὰ τῆς Προνοίας· ἀσεβῆσαι διὰ τοὺς πόνους· ἐκκακῆσαι διὰ τὰς ἀλγηδόνας·
For when he tested him through his wife, and knew that Job was not conquered, he brought three friends, not enemies, nor those holding insidious doctrines, but rather those offering true words, though not well nor in season; and he wished through them to make the righteous man utter something against Providence, to act impiously on account of his pains, and to lose heart on account of his sufferings.
ἀλλʼ ὁ στεῤῥὸς ἀδάμας οὗτος, ὅρα τί λέγει μετὰ τοὺς λόγους τῶν τριῶν, ὅτε ἐτέλεσε ὁ Ἐλιφὰζ τρεῖς διαλέξεις, ὁ Βαλδὰδ τρεῖς, ὁ Σοφὰρ δύο. Οὐ γὰρ σύνοιδα ἐμαυτῷ ἄτοπα πράξας. Τοῦτο καὶ Παῦλος ὕστερον ἐφθέγξατο, καὶ προσέθηκεν· « Ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐν τούτῳ δεδικαίωμαι. » Πολλὴ ἡ παῤῥησία τοῦ δικαίου καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ προτέρῳ βίῳ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τῆς περιστάσεως, ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν· Οὐδὲν ἐμαυτῷ σύνοιδα. §29## ΚΕΦ΄. ΚΘ΄. Ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες. Ἢ κατὰ τὴν τῶν λοιπῶν ἔκδοσιν « οἱ ἄρχοντες. » Οὗτοι παραχωνήσῃ τὸ συλληφθέν·
But this firm adamant, see what he says after the words of the three, when Eliphaz completed three dialogues, Bildad three, and Zophar two: "For I am not conscious of having done any out of place things." This Paul also uttered later, and added: "But I am not justified by this." Great is the confidence of the righteous man, both concerning his former life and concerning the things during the time of adversity, so that he says: "I am conscious of nothing against myself." ## Chapter 29 "And the strong ones ceased speaking." Or, according to the edition of the rest, "the rulers." These will bury what was conceived.
κατὰ ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς φιλομαθοῦς ψυχῆς γίνεται· συλλαμβάνει γὰρ τὸν λόγον. ὅν ἀπαγγελλόμενον μορφοῖ, καὶ τυποῖ αὐτὸν τῇ τάξει· ὅταν δὲ μετὰ τὸ τυπῶσαι καὶ μορφῶσαι, τετελειωμένον αὐτὸν παραδῷ, τότε τίκτει· καὶ μέχρις ἂν τέκῃ, βαρύνεται ἐν ὠδῖνι.
And according to these things it also happens to the school-loving soul; for it conceives the word, which, when announced, it shapes, and forms it in order; and when, after forming and shaping it, it delivers it perfected, then it gives birth; and until it gives birth, it is heavy with labor pains.
Λαλήσω, ἵνα ἀναπαύσωμαι ἀνοίξας τὰ χείλη. Ὁ τυγχάνων συνετοῦ ἀκροατοῦ, καὶ ὤν πλήρης λόγων, λαλῶν ἀναπαύεται, τὴν περισσότητα οἷον κενώ σας καὶ ἀποβαλών.
"I will speak, that I may find relief, having opened my lips." He who meets an understanding listener, and is full of words, finds relief in speaking, having as it were emptied and cast off the excess.
§35## ΚΕΦ. ΛΕ΄. Ἀνάβεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. Ἀναβλέπει εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οὐχ ὁ τοὺς σωματικοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐπάρας, καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν οὐρανόν· τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ ἀναβλέπειν ἔχουσι » θ καὶ οἱ κύνες καὶ οἱ ὄνοι.
## Chapter 35 "Look up to heaven." He who lifts up his bodily eyes and sees heaven does not look up to heaven; for even dogs and donkeys have this looking up.
Οὐδεὶς φιλόκοσμος ἀναβλέπει εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, ἀλλʼ ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν κόσμον, μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ.
No world-lover looks up to heaven, but he who does not love the world, nor the things in the world.
Πάλιν δὲ οὐχ οὕτω τὰ νέφη ὑψηλὰ ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ἐστιν, ὡς ἐὰν ἴδω τὸν Μωσέως βίον, καὶ τὴν ἐκείνου πρὸς Θεὸν ἀρέσκειαν, καὶ τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ σμικρότητα καὶ ταπεινότητα, οὕτω βλέπω τὸ νέφος ὑψηλὸν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ· ἐὰν ἔλθω ἐπὶ Ἰησοῦν τὸν τοῦ Ναυῆ, ἐπὶ τοὺς βίους τῶν προφητῶν, ἐὰν ἐξετάζω αὐτῶν τὰς πράξεις, τότε ποιῶ τὸ γεγραμμένον, καὶ καταμανθάνω πόσον ἐστὶ τὰ νέφη ὑψηλὰ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
Again, the clouds are not so high above us as, if I see the life of Moses, and his pleasing of God, and my own smallness and lowliness, so I see the cloud high above me; if I come to Joshua the son of Nun, to the lives of the prophets, if I examine their deeds, then I do what is written, and I understand how high the clouds are above me.
Εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις; Ἆρα οὖν, φησὶν, οἶδας, εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις ἐπὶ τὸ λῦσαι τὸ ἡμαρτημένονς;
"If you sinned, what will you do?" Do you know, then, he says, if you sinned, what you will do to undo what was sinned?
Εἰ ἥμαρτες λόγοις, λόγοις κρείττοσιν ἴασαι· εἰ ἥμαρτες ἐν ἔργοις, ἔργοις διαφέρουσιν αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἰώμενος· εἰ δὲ πολλαὶ καὶ ἀνίατοι αἱ ἀνομίαι, διὰ τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνιάτοις, οἷς ἑαυτοὺς ἰάσασθαι οὐ δυνάμεθα, ἦλθαν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐξ οὐρανῶν, ἵνα τὰ ἀνίατα ἰάσηται, καὶ γένηται τὸ, « Μακάριοι ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἰ ἁμαρτίαι. »
Ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νσκτεριστάς. Ὅρα ὄτι ἐγκώμια τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ὕμνους διεξέρχεται ὁ Ἐλιοῦς, λέγων περὶ αὐτοῦ, « Ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νυκτερινάς. » Θέλεις ἰδεῖν πῶς κατατάσσει φυλακὰς νυκτερινὰς ὁ Θεός;
If you sinned in words, heal yourself with better words; if you sinned in deeds, by distinguished deeds, healing yourself; but if the lawless deeds are many and incurable, for this reason, on account of the incurable things which we are unable to heal ourselves, Jesus Christ came from heaven, that He might heal the incurable things, and that it might happen: "Blessed are they whose sins are forgiven." "He who appoints night watches." See that Elihu goes through praises and hymns of God, saying of Him, "He who appoints night watches." Do you wish to see how God appoints night watches?
Ὅλος ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος νύξ ἐστι, σκέτος ἐστί.
This whole age is night, it is darkness.
Τὸ φῶς τηρεῖταί σοι· νῦν γὰρ διʼ ἐσόπτρου βλέπεις, μέλλεις δέ ποτε βλέπειν τὸ φῶς.
The light is kept for you; for now you see through a glass, but you are destined to see the light sometime.
Οὐκοῦν νύξ ἐστι πᾶς ὁ αἰὼν, καὶ χρεία φυλάκων τεταγμένων εἰς ἵνα οἱ φύλακες, οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν νυκτῶν, φρουρῶσι τοὺς ἐν νυξὶν ἀπὸ τῶν λῃστῶν, ἀπὸ τῶν θηρίων, ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων.
Therefore, the whole age is night, and there is need of guards appointed so that the guards, those over the nights, may guard those in the nights from robbers, from wild beasts, from enemies.
Τίνες οἱ φύλακες;
Who are the guards?
Οἱ παρεμβάλλοντες ἄγγελοι.
The angels who pitch camp.
Ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς. Κατὰ δὲ τοὺς λοιποὺς, « διδάσκων ἡμᾶς ὑπὲρ τὰ κτήνη τῆς γῆς, καὶ σοφίζων ὑπὲρ τὰ κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα διιπτάμενα πετεινά· » μόνος γὰρ ὁ ἄνθρωπος λόγῳ τετίμηται.
"He who distinguishes me from the quadrupeds of the earth." But according to the rest, "teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, and making us wiser than the birds flying through the air"; for man alone has been honored with reason.
Κατὰ μὲν οὖν τὸν λόγον τῆς δημιουργίας διωρίσμεθα ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ζώων· ἐὰν δὲ ἦς ἁμαρτωλὸς, πόρνος, κατωφερὴς, οὐ διωρίσθης ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς, ἀλλὰ παρασυνεβλήθης τοῖς κτήνεσι, καὶ ἐγένου ὡς ἵππος καὶ ἡμίονος, οἷς οὐκ ἔστι σύνεσις, καὶ ἵππος θηλυμανής.
According to the account of creation, therefore, we have been distinguished from all animals; but if you are a sinner, a fornicator, cast down, you have not been distinguished from the quadrupeds of the earth, but you have been compared to the beasts, and you became like a horse and a mule, in which there is no understanding, and a horse mad after the female.