Job 35
1 And Elihu went on to say:
igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
3 For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero
4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
5 Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
8 Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos
12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
