Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu continued, saying,
Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
2 “Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?
Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
3 For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I will answer you, both you and your friends.
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you.
Suspice cælum et intuere, et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
7 If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
9 Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 But no one says, '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 teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
Qui docet nos super iumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
12 There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”
Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
