Job 36
1 And Elihu added and said: —
Also Helyu addide, and spak these thingis,
2 Restrain thyself for me a little, and I will shew thee, that, yet—for GOD, there is justification,
Suffre thou me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee; for yit Y haue that, that Y schal speke for God.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and, to my Maker, will I attribute righteousness.
Y schal reherse my kunnyng fro the bigynnyng; and Y schal preue my worchere iust.
4 For, of a truth—not false, are my words, One of competent knowledge, is with thee.
For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, and perfit kunnyng schal be preued to thee.
5 Lo! GOD, is mighty, yet will he not despise, Mighty in vigour of mind;
God castith not awei myyti men, sithen he is myyti;
6 He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;
but he saueth not wickid men, and he yyueth dom to pore men.
7 He will not withdraw—from a righteous one—his eyes, —but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.
He takith not awei hise iyen fro a iust man; and he settith kyngis in seete with out ende, and thei ben reisid there.
8 But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,
And if thei ben in chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert,
9 Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions—that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;
he schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; for thei weren violent, `ethir rauenours.
10 Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said—that they should turn from iniquity.
Also he schal opene her eere, that he chastise; and he schal speke, that thei turne ayen fro wickidnesse.
11 If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;
If thei heren, and kepen, thei schulen fille her daies in good, and her yeris in glorie.
12 But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
Sotheli if thei heren not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei schulen be wastid in foli.
13 Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.
Feyneris and false men stiren the ire of God; and thei schulen not crye, whanne thei ben boundun.
14 Their soul should die in youth, and their life, among the unclean.
The soule of hem schal die in tempest; and the lijf of hem among `men of wymmens condiciouns.
15 He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover—in oppression—their ear.
He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hym in tribulacioun.
16 Yea he might even have allured thee—out of the mouth of straitness, [into] a wide space—no narrowness there, —and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.
Therfor he schal saue thee fro the streit mouth of the broddeste tribulacioun, and not hauynge a foundement vndur it; sotheli the rest of thi table schal be ful of fatnesse.
17 But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
Thi cause is demed as the cause of a wickid man; forsothe thou schalt resseyue thi cause and doom.
18 Because there is wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
Therfor ire ouercome thee not, that thou oppresse ony man; and the multitude of yiftis bowe thee not.
19 Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
Putte doun thi greetnesse with out tribulacioun, and putte doun alle stronge men bi strengthe.
20 Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.
Dilaie thou not nyyt, that puplis stie for hem.
21 Beware, do not turn unto iniquity, For, this, thou hast chosen rather than affliction.
Be thou war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; for thou hast bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse.
22 Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?
Lo! God is hiy in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among the yyueris of lawe.
23 Who enjoined on him his way? and who ever said, Thou hast wrought perversity?
Who mai seke out the weies of God? ethir who dar seie to hym, Thou hast wrouyt wickidnesse?
24 Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung;
Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of whom men sungun.
25 Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.
Alle men seen God; ech man biholdith afer.
26 Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!
Lo! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kunnyng; the noumbre of hise yeeris is with out noumbre.
27 For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;
Which takith awei the dropis of reyn; and schedith out reynes at the licnesse of floodyatis,
28 With which the clouds flow down, They drop on man in abundance.
whiche comen doun of the cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue.
29 But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
If he wole stretche forthe cloudis as his tente,
30 Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
and leite with his liyt fro aboue, he schal hile, yhe,
31 For, by those things, he executeth judgment on peoples, He giveth food in abundance:
the herris of the see. For bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and yyueth mete to many deedli men.
32 Upon both hands, he putteth a covering of lightning, and layeth command upon it against an assailant:
In hondis he hidith liyt; and comaundith it, that it come eft.
33 His rolling thunder telleth concerning him, —The cattle, even, concerning him that is coming up.
He tellith of it to his freend, that it is his possessioun; and that he may stie to it.
