Job 35
1 And Elihu made answer and said,
Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
Suspice cælum et intuere, et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
7 If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
9 Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,
11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
Qui docet nos super iumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
12 There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 And now ...;
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
