Job 34
1 And Elius continued, and said,
And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis,
2 Hear me, you wise men; listen, you that have knowledge.
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
3 For the ear tries words, and the mouth tastes meat.
and the throte demeth metis bi taast.
4 Let us choose judgment to ourselves: let us know amount ourselves what is right.
Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, what is the betere.
5 For Job has said, I am righteous: the Lord has removed my judgment.
For Job seide, Y am iust, and God hath distried my doom.
6 And he has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness [of mine].
For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne.
7 What man is as Job, drinking scorning like water?
Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir?
8 [saying], I have not sinned, nor committed ungodliness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity, to go with the ungodly.
that goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vnfeithful men?
9 For you should not say, There shall be no visitation of a man, whereas [there is] a visitation on him from the Lord.
For he seide, A man schal not plese God, yhe, thouy he renneth with God.
10 Therefore hear me, you that are wise in heart: far be it from me to sin before the Lord, and to pervert righteousness before the almighty.
Therfor ye men hertid, `that is, vndurstonde, here ye me; vnpite, `ethir cruelte, be fer fro God, and wickidnesse fro Almyyti God.
11 Yes, he renders to a man accordingly as each of them does, and in a man's path he will find him.
For he schal yelde the werk of man to hym; and bi the weies of ech man he schal restore to hym.
12 And think you that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth wrest judgment?
For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
13 And who is he that made [the whole world] under heaven, and all things therein?
What othere man hath he ordeyned on the lond? ether whom hath he set on the world, which he made?
14 For if he would confine, and restrain his spirit with himself;
If God dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his spirit and blast.
15 all flesh would die together, and every mortal would return to the earth, whence also he was formed.
Ech fleisch schal faile togidere; `and a man schal turne ayen in to aisch.
16 Take heed lest he rebuke [you]: hear this, listen to the voice of words.
Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
17 Behold then the one that hates iniquities, and that destroys the wicked, who is for ever just.
Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
18 [He is] ungodly that says to a king, You are a transgressor, [that says] to princes, O most ungodly one.
Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which clepith the duykis vnpitouse, `ethir vnfeithful.
19 [Such a one] as would not reverence the face of an honorable man, neither knows how to give honor to the great, so as that their persons should be respected.
`Which takith not the persoones of princes, nether knew a tyraunt, whanne he stryuede ayens a pore man; for alle men ben the werk of hise hondis.
20 But it shall turn out vanity to them, to cry and beseech a man; for they dealt unlawfully, the poor being turned aside [from their right].
Thei schulen die sudeynli, and at mydnyyt puplis schulen be troblid, `ethir schulen be bowid, as othere bookis han; and schulen passe, and schulen take `awei `a violent man with out hond.
21 For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him.
For the iyen of God ben on the weies of men, and biholdith alle goyngis of hem.
22 Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.
No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;
23 For he will not lay upon a man more [than right].
for it is `no more in the power of man, that he come to God in to doom.
24 For the Lord looks down upon all men, who comprehends unsearchable things, glorious also and excellent things without number.
God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
25 Who discovers their works, and will bring night about [upon them], and they shall be brought low.
For he knowith the werkis of hem; therfor he schal brynge yn niyt, and thei schulen be al to-brokun.
26 And he quite destroys the ungodly, for they are seen before him.
He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
27 Because they turned aside from the law of God, and did not regard his ordinances,
Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
28 so as to bring before him the cry of the needy; for he will hear the cry of the poor.
That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore men.
29 And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man also:
For whanne he grauntith pees, who is that condempneth? Sithen he hidith his cheer, who is that seeth hym? And on folkis and on alle men `he hath power `to do siche thingis.
30 causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people.
Which makith `a man ypocrite to regne, for the synnes of the puple.
31 For [there is] one that says to the Mighty One, I have received [blessings]; I will not take a pledge:
Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, also Y schal not forbede thee.
32 I will see apart from myself: do you show me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do [so] any more.
If Y erride, teche thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde.
33 Will he take vengeance for it on you, whereas you will put [it] far [from you]? for you shall choose, and not I; and what you know, speak you.
Whether God axith that wickidnesse of thee, for it displeside thee? For thou hast bigunne to speke, and not Y; that if thou knowist ony thing betere, speke thou.
34 Because the wise in heart shall say this, and a wise man listens to my word.
Men vndurstondynge, speke to me; and a wise man, here me.
35 But Job has not spoken with understanding, his words are not [uttered] with knowledge.
Forsothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng.
36 Howbeit do you learn, Job: no longer make answer as the foolish:
My fadir, be Joob preuede `til to the ende; ceesse thou not fro the man of wickidnesse,
37 that we add not to our sins: for iniquity will be reckoned against us, if [we] speak many words before the Lord.
`that addith blasfemye ouer hise synnes. Be he constreyned among vs in the meene tyme; and thanne bi hise wordis stire he God to the doom.
