Job 34
1 And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis,
And Elihu answers and says:
2 Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
“Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
3 and the throte demeth metis bi taast.
For the ear tries words, And the palate tastes to eat.
4 Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, what is the betere.
Let us choose judgment for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
5 For Job seide, Y am iust, and God hath distried my doom.
For Job has said, I have been righteous, And God has turned aside my right,
6 For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne.
Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.
7 Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir?
Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,
8 that goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vnfeithful men?
And he has traveled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.
9 For he seide, A man schal not plese God, yhe, thouy he renneth with God.
For he has said, It does not profit a man When he delights himself with God.
10 Therfor ye men hertid, `that is, vndurstonde, here ye me; vnpite, `ethir cruelte, be fer fro God, and wickidnesse fro Almyyti God.
Therefore, O men of heart, listen to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness,
11 For he schal yelde the werk of man to hym; and bi the weies of ech man he schal restore to hym.
For He repays the work of man to him, And according to the path of each He causes him to find.
12 For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
Indeed, truly, God does not do wickedly, And the Mighty does not pervert judgment.
13 What othere man hath he ordeyned on the lond? ether whom hath he set on the world, which he made?
Who has inspected for Himself the earth? And who has placed all the habitable world?
14 If God dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his spirit and blast.
If He sets His heart on him, [If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,
15 Ech fleisch schal faile togidere; `and a man schal turne ayen in to aisch.
All flesh expires together, And man returns to dust.
16 Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.
17 Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?
18 Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which clepith the duykis vnpitouse, `ethir vnfeithful.
Who has said to a king, Worthless, To princes, Wicked?
19 `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.
That has not accepted the person of princes, Nor has known the rich before the poor, For all of them [are] a work of His hands.
20 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.
[In] a moment they die, And at midnight people shake, And they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
21 For the iyen of God ben on the weies of men, and biholdith alle goyngis of hem.
For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And He sees all his steps.
22 No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;
There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
23 for it is `no more in the power of man, that he come to God in to doom.
For He does not permit man anymore, To go to God in judgment,
24 God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
He breaks the mighty—no searching! And He appoints others in their stead.
25 For he knowith the werkis of hem; therfor he schal brynge yn niyt, and thei schulen be al to-brokun.
Therefore He knows their works, And He has overturned by night, And they are bruised.
26 He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
As wicked He has struck them, In the place of beholders.
27 Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And have considered none of His ways,
28 That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore men.
To cause to come to Him The cry of the poor, And He hears the cry of the afflicted.
29 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.
And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
30 Which makith `a man ypocrite to regne, for the synnes of the puple.
From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
31 Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, also Y schal not forbede thee.
For has any said to God: I have taken away, I do not do corruptly,
32 If Y erride, teche thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde.
Besides [that which] I see, You show me, If I have done iniquity—I do not add?
33 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.
Does He repay by you, that you have refused—That you choose, and not I? And what you have known, speak.
34 Men vndurstondynge, speke to me; and a wise man, here me.
Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is listening to me:
35 Forsothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng.
Job—he does not speak with knowledge, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
36 My fadir, be Joob preuede `til to the ende; ceesse thou not fro the man of wickidnesse,
My Father! Let Job be tried—to victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
37 `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.
For he adds to his sin, He vomits transgression among us, And multiplies his sayings to God.”
