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1. Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites dixit:

1. Then Eli'phaz the Te'manite answered:

2. “Numquid Deo prodesse potest homo, cum vix intellegens sibi ipse proderit?

2. "Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

3. Quid prodest Omnipotenti, si iustus fueris, aut quid ei confers, si immaculatam feceris viam tuam?

3. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?

4. Numquid pro tua pietate arguet te et veniet tecum in iudicium?

4. Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you?

5. Et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam et infinitas iniquitates tuas?

5. Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.

6. Sumpsisti enim pignori fratres tuos sine causa et nudos spoliasti vestibus.

6. For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7. Aquam lasso non dedisti et esurienti cohibuisti panem.

7. You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

8. Numquid viro forti brachio erit terra, et acceptus sedebit in ea?

8. The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man dwelt in it.

9. Viduas dimisisti vacuas et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.

9. You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

10. Propterea circumdatus es laqueis, et conturbat te subita formido.

10. Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden terror overwhelms you;

11. Vel tenebras non vides, et impetus aquarum opprimit te.

11. your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

12. “Nonne Deus excelsior caelo? Et inspice stellarum verticem: quam sublimis!”.

12. "Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are!

13. Et dicis: “Quid enim novit Deus et quasi per caliginem iudicat?

13. Therefore you say, `What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?

14. Nubes latibulum eius, nec nostra considerat; et circa orbem caeli perambulat”.

14. Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.'

15. Numquid semitam saeculorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui?

15. Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod?

16. Qui sublati ante tempus suum, et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum.

16. They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.

17. Qui dicebant Deo: “Recede a nobis!” et “Quid faciet Omnipotens nobis?”.

17. They said to God, `Depart from us,' and `What can the Almighty do to us?'

18. Cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis, quorum sententia procul erat ab eo.

18. Yet he filled their houses with good things -- but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19. Videbunt iusti et laetabuntur, et innocens subsannabit eos:

19. The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent laugh them to scorn,

20. “Vere succisus est status eorum, et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis”.

20. saying, `Surely our adversaries are cut off, and what they left the fire has consumed.'

21. Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem; et per haec habebis fructus optimos.

21. "Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.

22. Suscipe ex ore illius legem et pone sermones eius in corde tuo.

22. Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

23. Si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem, aedificaberis et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo.

23. If you return to the Almighty and humble yourself, if you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,

24. Comparabis tamquam terram aurum et tamquam glaream torrentis Ophir.

24. if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent bed,

25. Eritque Omnipotens metallum tuum, et argentum coacervabitur tibi.

25. and if the Almighty is your gold, and your precious silver;

26. Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.

26. then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.

27. Supplex rogabis eum, et exaudiet te, et vota tua reddes.

27. You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows.

28. Decernes rem, et veniet tibi, et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.

28. You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

29. Quia humiliat eum, qui loquitur superba, et demissus oculis ipse salvabitur.

29. For God abases the proud, but he saves the lowly.

30. Eripiet innocentem, eripietur autem in munditia manuum suarum”.

30. He delivers the innocent man; you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."



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