Job 22
1 Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 [Numquid Deo potest comparari homo, etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ?
Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
3 Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris? aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 Numquid timens arguet te, et veniet tecum in judicium,
Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
5 et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam, et infinitas iniquitates tuas?
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
6 Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa, et nudos spoliasti vestibus.
For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
7 Aquam lasso non dedisti, et esurienti subtraxisti panem.
Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 In fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram, et potentissimus obtinebas eam.
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
9 Viduas dimisisti vacuas, et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.
Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Propterea circumdatus es laqueis, et conturbat te formido subita.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11 Et putabas te tenebras non visurum, et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri?
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
12 an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit, et super stellarum verticem sublimetur?
Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
13 Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus? et quasi per caliginem judicat.
And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
14 Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat, et circa cardines cæli perambulat.
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
15 Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,
Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
16 qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum, et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum?
Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
17 Qui dicebant Deo: Recede a nobis: et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,
Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
18 cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis: quorum sententia procul sit a me.
Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur, et innocens subsannabit eos:
The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20 nonne succisa est erectio eorum? et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis?
Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
21 Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem, et per hæc habebis fructus optimos.
Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22 Suscipe ex ore illius legem, et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo.
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
23 Si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem, ædificaberis, et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
24 Dabit pro terra silicem, et pro silice torrentes aureos.
And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
25 Eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos, et argentum coacervabitur tibi.
Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
26 Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues, et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.
Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God:
27 Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te, et vota tua reddes.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
28 Decernes rem, et veniet tibi, et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.
And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria, et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.
When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
30 Salvabitur innocens: salvabitur autem in munditia manuum suarum.]
[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
