Homilies on Job · §7

Lament, justice, and the measure of affliction

He will be placed in ruin, handed over to mourning and many-lamenting in life; yet he, fleeing from crowds and pursuing men who play and make merry, what kind of words would he fall into, a life of shame and darkness? Since I had been exhausted and broken, I did not descend into the evils of that life. F my sorrowful women often said: Who would satisfy us with his flesh, so very useful to me? Instead of enjoying his life, for I was sweet to them. Lb. A stranger was not turned away outside, and my door was open to all who came. For he did not merely receive them by hosting, but also provided for the poverty that followed. Ch. 24, 1. And Job ceased speaking. Job was silent, giving them words to speak; yet he looked up and called God as witness, declaring that his friends had ceased to accuse. 14. For I will speak, while you listen, until you are wearied by words, and until I understand you. Perhaps he means that even when you should have rebuked, as was right, you did not rebuke; or that later you fell silent. Thus: For I will speak, while you listen. Ch. 25, 12. How can you say: I am righteous, and he did not listen to me? What then happened? Did he not think this: Elihu indeed took this, but Job did not say with such an opinion, that this one is more righteous than God; but that these things happened to him, and he did not accuse God of injustice. And Elihu took this; but he rightly accused those who gave to God a portion and denied Him. 381 k. I will speak, to rest by opening my lips. The one who is a thoughtful listener, full of words, speaks and rests, as if emptying and casting off his abundance, saying: I will speak to rest. Ch. 26, 18. He who is not ashamed before an honorable person, nor knows how to grant honor to the simple. For even if you do not know, you must yield much to him and his glory, so as not to seek all things, but to learn. 23. That he will no longer set against a man. It seems he says this: now the good and the bad lie within us, but in the coming age, not anymore. 10. That toward the strong the one says: If I take, I will not hold back, without myself I will see; show me. Some interpreted this as: no one dares to say to the stronger that you unjustly took my things, not for reproach, but against my will; show that you acted rightly. If no one dares speak to the powerful, how dare you speak against God? And the Ally explained: we undertook an oath toward God, not outside release, clarify for me. And he understood: because we undertook the oath concerning God, Elius says, I do not hold back, but proceed freely. If I speak wrongly, clarify, instead of examining the word. –I think this is how the text is meant: not because I chose to speak concerning God, but you must agree simply, as I demand; without myself I will see, show me, instead of: apart from my words I want to know if you can oppose, so you may say I offer peace and grasp the word if you can. Ch. 45, 5. Look up to heaven. No lover of the world looks up to heaven; let us not love the world or its things. If we love these, we do not look to heaven. If you sinned, what will you do? That is, you will not wrong him, nor benefit, being righteous; for indeed... If I sinned, what can I do? what will I do, he says; this to say: For what reason? does one care about his sinning if not wronged? not as a harm endured? X. The one appointing nocturnal guards. Do you wish to see how God appoints nocturnal guards? The whole age is night, darkness. The light is kept for you; what you see now as light, you see through a mirror. And: In your light we shall see light; we intend to see it. Is not the age all night? since it is night, enemies abound, many beasts roam. Since night is the time of life's darkness, guards must be appointed for this night, so the guards, those over the nights, may guard those in night and come to guard us from robbers. Who then are the guards, appointed by God in these nocturnal watches? The Lord's angel interposes around those who fear Him, and rescues them; these are the angels who in night...

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καταστή σειεν ἕξιν, γοερῷ τινι καὶ πολυθρηνώδει παραδοὺς αὐτὸν βίῳ· τὸν δὲ καὶ πρὸ τού των φεύγοντα μὲν κώμους, διώκοντα δὲ ἀν θρώπους παίζοντας καὶ γελωτοποιοῦντας, ποῖον ἂν ἔχοι λόγον ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς σκύθρωπον καὶ κατηφῆ βίον; ἐπειδὴ κατεσκληκὼς ἤμην καὶ κατεστυμμένος, οὐκ ἐπὶ τὰς διαφορού σας ἐκείνῳ τῷ βίῳ κακίας κατέπεσα. 380 λαʹ. Εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλάκις εἶπον αἱ θερά παιναί μου· Τίς ἂν δῴη ἡμῖν τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτοῦ πλησθῆναι, λίαν μου χρηστοῦ ὄντος; Ἀντὶ τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπολαῦσαι, ὅτι ἤμην αὐταῖς γλυκύς. λβʹ. Ἔξω δὲ οὐκ ηὐλίζετο ξένος, ἡ δὲ θύρα μου παντὶ ἐλθόντι ἠνέῳκτο. Οὐ γὰρ ἐθεράπευεν αὐτοὺς ὑποδεχόμενος μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐφόδια τῆς μετὰ ταῦτα πενίας παρεῖχεν. Κεφ. ΛΒʹ, αʹ. Καὶ ἐπαύσατο Ἰὼβ ῥήμα σιν. Ἡσύχασεν μὲν ὁ Ἰὼβ, διδοὺς αὐτοῖς λό γον εἰπεῖν· ἐνεῖδε δὲ, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἐκάλεσε μάρτυρα, καὶ ἑαυτῷ ἐπηράσατο ὅτι ἐπεστο μίσθησαν οἱ φίλοι. ιαʹ. Ἐρῶ γὰρ, ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων, ἄχρις οὗ ἐτάσητε λόγους, καὶ μέχρι ὑμῶν συνήσω. Ἢ τοῦτό φησιν, ὅτι οὐδὲ ὅτε ἠλέγχετε, ὡς ἔδει, ἠλέγξατε· ἢ ὅτι ὕστερον ἐσιωπή σατε. Οὕτω πρὸς τό· Ἐρῶ γὰρ, ὑμῶν ἀκου όντων. Κεφ. ΛΓʹ, ιβʹ. Πῶς γὰρ λέγεις· ∆ίκαιός εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἐπακήκοέ μου; Τί οὖν ἐγένετο; οὐχὶ τοῦτο ἐνόμιζεν· τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ ὑπελάμβανεν ὁ Ἐλιοὺς, ἀλλ' οὐχὶ τοιαύτῃ γνώμῃ ὁ Ἰὼβ εἶπεν, ὅτι οὗτος δικαιότερός ἐστι τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἀλλ' ὅτι ταῦτα μὲν αὐτῷ πέπρακται, οὐ μὴν ἀδικίαν ἐνεκά λει τῷ Θεῷ. Ὁ δὲ Ἐλιοὺς τοῦτο ὑπέλαβεν· ἐκείνοις δὲ δικαίως ἐνεκάλει, προσδεδωκόσι τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ μέρος καὶ ἠρνημένοις. 381 κʹ. Λαλήσω, ἵνα ἀναπαύσωμαι ἀνοίξας τὰ χείλη. Ὁ τυγχάνων συνετοῦ ἀκροατοῦ, καὶ ὢν πλήρης λόγων, λαλῶν ἀναπαύεται, τὴν πε ριττότητα οἷον κενώσας καὶ ἀποβάλλων, καὶ λέγει· Λαλήσω ἵνα ἀναπαύσωμαι. Κεφ. Λ∆ʹ, ιθʹ. Ὃς οὐκ ἐπαισχυνθῇ πρόσω πον ἐντίμου, οὐδὲ οἶδε τιμὴν θέσθαι ἁδροῖς. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ μὴ οἶδας, ἀλλ' ὀφείλεις πολλὰ παραχωρεῖν αὐτῷ, καὶ τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε μὴ πάντα ζητεῖν μανθάνειν. κγʹ. Ὅτι οὐκ ἐπ' ἄνδρα θήσει ἔτι. Ἔοικε τοῦτο λέγειν, ὅτι νῦν μὲν ἐν ἡμῖν κεῖται τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ φαῦλον, ἐν δὲ τῷ μέλλοντι αἰῶνι οὐκ ἔτι. λαʹ. Ὅτι πρὸς τὸν ἰσχυρὸν ὁ λέγων· Εἴ ληφα, οὐκ ἐνεχυράσω, ἄνευ ἐμαυτοῦ ὄψομαι· σὺ δεῖξόν μοι. Τινὲς οὕτως ἡρμήνευσαν· ὅτι μὴ τολμᾷ τις εἰπεῖν τῷ ἰσχυρωτέρῳ, ὅτι ἀδίκως εἴ ληφας τὰ ἐμὰ, οὐκ ἐνεχύρου χάριν, ὡς ὑπο φειλόμενα, καὶ παρὰ γνώμην ἐμὴν εἴληφας· ἐπίδειξον ὅτι εὐλόγως τοῦτο δέδρακας. Εἰ δὲ τῷ δυνατῷ ταῦτα οὐδεὶς εἰπεῖν τολμᾷ, πῶς σὺ, φησὶ, τοιαῦτα θρασύνῃ κατὰ Θεόν; Ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος οὕτως ἐκδέδωκεν, ὅτι πρὸς Θεὸν ῥῆσιν ἀνέλαβον, οὐχ ἕξω ἀκω 382 λύτως, σὺ διασάφησόν μοι. Ὁ δὲ ἐνόησεν οὕτως, τουτέστιν· ἐπειδὴ τὴν ὑπὲρ Θεοῦ ῥῆσιν ἀνέλαβον, φησὶν Ἐλιοὺς, οὐκ ἐπέχω, ἀλλ' ἀκωλύτως ἐπεξέρχομαι τῷ λόγῳ. Εἰ δὲ μὴ καλῶς λέγω, σὺ διασάφησον, ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἔλεγξον τὸν λόγον. –Οἶμαι δὲ μᾶλ λον οὕτω νοεῖσθαι τὸ κείμενον, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπειδὴ τὸ ὑπὲρ Θεοῦ λέγειν εἱλόμην, παρὰ τοῦτο δεῖ σε καὶ συνομολογεῖν ἁπλῶς, οἷα δὴ χρέος ἀπαιτῶ· ἄνευ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ ὄψομαι, σὺ δεῖξόν μοι, ἀντὶ τοῦ· χωρὶς τοῦ ἐμοῦ λόγου εἰδέναι θέλω, εἴ τι καὶ ἀντειπεῖν ἔχοις· ἵνα εἴπῃς ὅτι ἡσυχίαν παρέχομαι, καὶ ἐπιλαμβάνου τὸν λόγον, εἰ δύνασαι. Κεφ. ΛΕʹ, εʹ. Ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. Οὐδεὶς φιλόκοσμος ἀναβλέπει εἰς τὸν οὐ ρανόν· μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν τὸν κόσμον, μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ. Εἰ τὰ ἐνθένδε ἀγαπῶμεν, οὐκ ἀναβλέπομεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. ʹ. Εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις; Τουτέστιν οὐδὲ αὐτὸν ἀδικήσεις, ἀλλ' οὐ δὲ ὠφελήσεις, δίκαιος ὤν· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἔλε γεν· Εἰ ἥμαρτον, τί δύναμαι πρᾶξαι; τί ποιήσω, φησίν; τοῦτο ἵνα εἴπῃ· ∆ιὰ τί; μὴ γὰρ ἀδικούμενος φροντίζει σου ἁμαρτάνον τος; μὴ γὰρ ὡς βλάβην ὑπομένων; ιʹ. Ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νυκτερινάς. Θέλεις ἰδεῖν πῶς κατατάσσει φυλακὰς νυκτερινὰς ὁ Θεός; ὅλος ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος νύξ ἐστι, σκότος ἐστί. Τὸ φῶς τηρεῖταί σοι· ὃ βλέπεις νῦν φῶς, δι' ἔσοπτρον βλέπεις. Καί· Ἐν τῷ φωτί σου ὀψόμεθα φῶς· μέλλομεν ποτὲ βλέπειν αὐτό. Οὐκοῦν νύξ ἐστι πᾶς ὁ αἰών; ἐπεὶ νύξ ἐστι, πολέμιοι πολλοὶ, πολλὰ θηρία περιέρχονται. Ἐπεὶ οὖν νύξ ἐστὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ τοῦ βίου πράγματα, χρεία ἐστι φυ λάκων τεταγμένων εἰς τὴν νύκτα ταύτην, 383 ἵνα οἱ φύλακες, οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν νυκτῶν, φρουρῶσι τοὺς ἐν νυκτὶ, καὶ ἔλθωσι καὶ φυλάξωσιν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν λῃστῶν. Τίνες οὖν οἱ φύλα κες, οἱ τεταγμένοι παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ταῖς φυλακαῖς ταῖς νυκτεριναῖς; Παρεμβαλεῖ ἄγ γελος Κυρίου κύκλῳ τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτὸν, καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτούς· οὗτοι οἱ ἄγγελοι οἳ ἐν νυκτὶ

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