Eyüp 32

¹Bunun üzerine o üç arkadaş Eyüp'e artık yanıt vermekten vazgeçip sessiz kaldılar; çünkü Eyüp onların huzurunda doğruydu.

²O zaman Us ülkesinden, Ram soyundan, Buzlu Barakel oğlu Elihu öfkelendi; Eyüp'e karşı çok öfkelendi, çünkü Eyüp kendisini Rabbin önünde haklı beyan ediyordu.

³Üç arkadaşına karşı da çok öfkelendi; çünkü Eyüp'e karşıt bir yanıt vermeye muktedir olamamış, yine de onu tanrısız ilan etmişlerdi.

⁴Elihu ise Eyüp'e yanıt vermek için beklemişti, çünkü onlar gün sayısı bakımından kendisinden daha yaşlıydılar.

⁵Elihu bu üç adamın ağzında bir yanıt olmadığını görünce, kendi öfkesiyle gazaba geldi.

⁶Buzlu Barakel oğlu Elihu sözü alıp şöyle dedi: "Ben zaman bakımından daha gencim, sizler ise yaşlısınız; bu yüzden kendi bilgimi size açıklamaktan korkarak sessiz kaldım.

⁷Kendi kendime, 'Konuşan kronolojik zaman değildir' dedim, 'Çok yıllar geçirenler bilgeliği bilir.'

⁸Aksine, ölümlülerin içinde olan bir ruhtur; Her Şeye Gücü Yeten'in üflemesidir onlara öğreten.

⁹Uzun ömürlü olanlar bilge değildir, yaşlılar da adaletin hükmünü bilmezler.

¹⁰Bu yüzden, 'Beni dinleyin' dedim, 'Ben de bildiğim şeyleri size açıklayayım.'

¹¹Sözlerime kulak verin; siz sözleri sınayıp araştırana dek, siz dinlerken konuşacağım.

¹²Sizi dikkatle dinledim; ama işte, aranızda Eyüp'ü kanıtlarla çürüten, onun sözlerine yanıt verebilen kimse çıkmadı.

¹³Öyle ki, 'Kendimizi Rabbe sığınarak bilgeliği bulduk' demeyesiniz.

¹⁴Fakat siz bir insanın böyle sözler söylemesine izin verdiniz.

¹⁵Dehşete düştüler, artık yanıt vermediler; kendi içlerindeki sözleri tüketip eskittiler.

¹⁶Bekledim, çünkü konuşmadılar; öylece durdular ve yanıt vermediler."

¹⁷Elihu sözü alıp dedi ki: "Tekrar konuşacağım,

¹⁸çünkü sözlerle doluyum, içimdeki ruh beni tüketip mahvediyor.

¹⁹İşte içim, ağzı bağlanmış köpüren yeni şarap tulumu gibi, bir bakırcının yırtılmak üzere olan körüğü gibi.

²⁰Konuşmalıyım ki dudaklarımı açıp rahatlayayım.

²¹Çünkü hiçbir insandan asla çekinmeyeceğim, hiçbir ölümlünün önünde asla boyun eğmeyeceğim.

²²Çünkü ben yüzleri kayırmayı bilmem; aksi takdirde güveler beni de yiyip bitirecektir."

¹ΗΣΥΧΑΣΑΝ δὲ καὶ οἱ τρεῖς φίλοι αὐτοῦ ἔτι ἀντειπεῖν ᾿Ιώβ, ἦν γὰρ ᾿Ιὼβ δίκαιος ἐναντίον αὐτῶν.

²ὠργίσθη δὲ ᾿Ελιοὺς ὁ τοῦ Βαραχιὴλ ὁ Βουζίτης ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας Ῥὰμ τῆς Αὐσίτιδος χώρας· ὠργίσθη δὲ τῷ ᾿Ιὼβ σφόδρα, διότι ἀπέφηνεν ἑαυτὸν δίκαιον ἐναντίον Κυρίου.

³καὶ κατὰ τῶν τριῶν δὲ φίλων ὠργίσθη σφόδρα, διότι οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν ἀποκριθῆναι ἀντίθετα ᾿Ιὼβ καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτὸν εἶναι ἀσεβῆ.

⁴᾿Ελιοὺς δὲ ὑπέμεινε δοῦναι ἀπόκρισιν ᾿Ιώβ, ὅτι πρεσβύτεροι αὐτοῦ εἰσιν ἡμέραις.

⁵καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπόκρισις ἐν στόματι τῶν τριῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ.

⁶ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ᾿Ελιοὺς ὁ τοῦ Βαραχιὴλ ὁ Βουζίτης εἶπε· νεώτερος μέν εἰμι τῷ χρόνῳ, ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε πρεσβύτεροι· διὸ ἡσύχασα φοβηθεὶς τοῦ ὑμῖν ἀναγγεῖλαι τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιστήμην.

⁷εἶπα δὲ ὅτι οὐχ ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶν ὁ λαλῶν, ἐν πολλοῖς δὲ ἔτεσι οἴδασι σοφίαν,

⁸ἀλλὰ πνεῦμά ἐστιν ἐν βροτοῖς, πνοὴ δὲ Παντοκράτορός ἐστιν ἡ διδάσκουσα·

⁹οὐχ οἱ πολυχρόνιοί εἰσι σοφοί, οὐδ᾿ οἱ γέροντες οἴδασι κρίμα.

¹⁰διὸ εἶπα· ἀκούσατέ μου, καὶ ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν ἃ οἶδα.

¹¹ἐνωτίζεσθέ μου τὰ ῥήματα· ἐρῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων, ἄχρις οὗ ἐτάσητε λόγους,

¹²καὶ μέχρι ὑμῶν συνήσω. καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν τῷ ᾿Ιὼβ ἐλέγχων ἀνταποκρινόμενος ρήματα αὐτοῦ ἐξ ὑμῶν,

¹³ἵνα μὴ εἴπητε· εὕρομεν σοφίαν Κυρίῳ προσθέμενοι·

¹⁴ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ ἐπετρέψατε λαλῆσαι τοιαῦτα ρήματα.

¹⁵ἐπτοήθησαν, οὐκ ἀπεκρίθησαν ἔτι, ἐπαλαίωσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν λόγους.

¹⁶ὑπέμεινα, οὐ γὰρ ἐλάλησαν· ὅτι ἔστησαν, οὐκ ἀπεκρίθησαν.

¹⁷ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ᾿Ελιοὺς λέγει· πάλιν λαλήσω·

¹⁸πλήρης γάρ εἰμι ρημάτων, ὀλέκει γάρ με τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς γαστρός·

¹⁹ἡ δὲ γαστήρ μου ὥσπερ ἀσκὸς γλεύκους ζέων δεδεμένος ἢ ὥσπερ φυσητὴρ χαλκέως ἐρρηγώς.

²⁰λαλήσω, ἵνα ἀναπαύσωμαι ἀνοίξας τὰ χείλη·

²¹ἄνθρωπον γὰρ οὐ μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ, ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ βροτὸν οὐ μὴ ἐντραπῶ·

²²οὐ γὰρ ἐπίσταμαι θαυμάσαι πρόσωπα· εἰ δὲ μή, καὶ ἐμὲ σῆτες ἔδονται.

¹And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: for Job was righteous before them.

²Then Elius the son of Barachiel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Ausis, was angered: and he was very angry with Job, because he justified himself before the Lord.

³And he was also very angry with [his] three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man.

⁴But Elius had forborne to give an answer to Job, because they were older than he.

⁵And Elius saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men; and he was angered in his wrath.

⁶And Elius the Buzite the son of Barachiel answered and said, I am younger in age, and ye are elder, wherefore I kept silence, fearing to declare to you my own knowledge.

⁷And I said, It is not time that speaks, though in many years [men] know wisdom:

⁸but there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.

⁹The long-lived are not wise [as such]; neither do the aged know judgment.

¹⁰Wherefore I said, Hear me, and I will tell you what I know.

¹¹Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, until ye shall have tried [the matter] with words:

¹²and I shall understand as far as you; and, behold, there was no one of you that answered Job his words in argument,

¹³lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.

¹⁴And ye have commissioned a man to speak such words.

¹⁵They were afraid, they answered no longer; they gave up their speaking.

¹⁶I waited, (for I had not spoken,) because they stood still, they answered not.

¹⁷And Elius continued, and said, I will again speak,

¹⁸for I am full of words, for the spirit of my belly destroys me.

¹⁹And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine, bound up [and] ready to burst; or as a brazier’s labouring bellows.

²⁰I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.

²¹For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.

²²For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me.