Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
[Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Justior sum Deo?
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Suspice cælum, et intuere: et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei? aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt, et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives 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 animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.]
