Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
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 caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera 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 multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
porro si iuste 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 adiuvabit iustitia tua
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt 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 iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli 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 singulorum causas 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 iudicare coram eo 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 Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
