Job 4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
4 Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2 If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?
3 Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
4 Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
5 But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
8 On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
9 Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:
11 The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.
12 Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.
13 In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
14 Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:
15 And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.
16 There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:
17 Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
19 How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?
20 From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.
21 And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
Iov 4
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Cuvântarea lui Elifaz către Iov
4 Elifaz din Teman a luat cuvântul şi a zis:
2 „Dacă vom îndrăzni să-ţi vorbim, te vei supăra?
Dar cine ar putea să tacă?
3 De multe ori tu ai învăţat pe alţii
şi ai întărit mâinile(A) slăbite.
4 Cuvintele tale au ridicat pe cei ce se clătinau
şi ai întărit genunchii(B) care se îndoiau.
5 Şi acum, când este vorba de tine, eşti slab!
Acum, când eşti atins tu, te tulburi!
Nu este frica(C) ta de Dumnezeu sprijinul tău?
6 Nădejdea(D) ta nu-i neprihănirea ta?
7 Adu-ţi aminte, te rog! Care nevinovat(E) a pierit?
Care oameni neprihăniţi au fost nimiciţi?
8 După câte am văzut eu, numai cei ce ară(F) fărădelegea
şi seamănă nelegiuirea îi seceră roadele!
9 Aceia pier prin suflarea lui Dumnezeu,
nimiciţi de vântul mâniei Lui.
10 Mugetul leilor încetează,
dinţii(G) puilor de lei sunt zdrobiţi!
11 Leul(H) bătrân piere din lipsă de pradă
şi puii leoaicei se risipesc.
Toţi oamenii sunt vinovaţi
12 Un cuvânt s-a furişat până la mine,
şi urechea mea i-a prins sunetele uşoare.
13 În clipa când(I) vedeniile de noapte frământă gândul,
când oamenii sunt cufundaţi într-un somn adânc,
14 m-a apucat groaza(J) şi spaima,
şi toate oasele mi-au tremurat.
15 Un duh a trecut pe lângă mine…
Tot părul mi s-a zbârlit ca ariciul…
16 Un chip cu o înfăţişare necunoscută era înaintea ochilor mei.
Şi am auzit un glas care şoptea încetişor:
17 ‘Fi-va omul(K) fără vină înaintea lui Dumnezeu?
Fi-va el curat înaintea Celui ce l-a făcut?’
18 Dacă n-are încredere Dumnezeu(L) nici în slujitorii Săi,
dacă găseşte El greşeli chiar la îngerii Săi,
19 cu cât(M) mai mult la cei ce locuiesc în case(N) de lut,
care îşi trag obârşia din ţărână
şi pot fi zdrobiţi ca un vierme!
20 De dimineaţă până seara sunt(O) zdrobiţi,
pier pentru totdeauna şi nimeni nu ţine seama de ei.
21 Li se(P) taie firul vieţii:
mor şi tot n-au căpătat înţelepciunea!(Q)
Job 4
Complete Jewish Bible
4 Then Elifaz the Teimani spoke up:
2 “If one tries to speak to you, will you mind?
Yet who could keep from speaking?
3 You have given moral instruction to many,
you have firmed up feeble hands,
4 your words have supported those who were stumbling,
and you have strengthened the weak-kneed.
5 “But now it comes to you, and you are impatient;
at the first touch, you are in shock.
6 Isn’t your fear of God your assurance,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?
7 “Think back: what innocent person has perished?
Since when are the upright destroyed?
8 What I see is that those who plow sin
and sow trouble reap just that.
9 At a breath from God, they perish;
at a blast from his anger, they are consumed.
10 The lion may growl, the king lion may roar,
but that old lion’s teeth are broken;
11 so the lion succumbs from lack of prey,
and the lion’s cubs are scattered.
12 “For a word was stealthily brought to me,
my ear caught only a whisper of it.
13 In passing thoughts flashing through visions at night,
when sleep lies heavy on people,
14 a shiver of horror came over me;
it made all my bones tremble.
15 Then a spirit passed in front of my face;
the hair of my flesh stood on end.
16 It stood still,
but I couldn’t make out its appearance;
yet the form stayed there before my eyes.
Then I heard a subdued voice:
17 ‘Can a human be seen by God as righteous?
Can a mortal be pure before his maker?
18 [God] doesn’t trust his own servants,
he finds fault even with his angels;
19 much more those living in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust.
They are crushed more easily than a worm;
20 shattered between morning and evening;
they perish forever, and no one takes notice.
21 Their cord within them is pulled up;
then they die, without ever gaining wisdom.’
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