Job 34
1 And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis,
Furthermore Elihu responded, and said: —
2 Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
Hear, ye wise men, my words, and, ye who know, give ear unto me;
3 and the throte demeth metis bi taast.
For, the ear, trieth words, as, the palate, tasteth in eating.
4 Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, what is the betere.
What is right, let us choose 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 hath said—I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right;
6 For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne.
Concerning mine own right, shall I tell a falsehood? Incurable is my disease—not for any transgression.
7 Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir?
What man is like Job? He drinketh in scoffing like water;
8 that goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vnfeithful men?
And is on the way to keep company, with the workers of iniquity, and to walk with lawless men.
9 For he seide, A man schal not plese God, yhe, thouy he renneth with God.
For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is 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.
Wherefore, ye men of mind, hearken unto me, —Far be it, that, GOD, should be lawless, or, the Almighty, be perverse!
11 For he schal yelde the werk of man to hym; and bi the weies of ech man he schal restore to hym.
For, what any son of earth doeth, he repayeth him, and, according to every man’s course, he causeth him to find.
12 For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
Nay, verily, GOD, will not condemn unjustly, —nor, the Almighty, pervert justice.
13 What othere man hath he ordeyned on the lond? ether whom hath he set on the world, which he made?
Who set him in charge of the earth? Or who appointed [him] the whole world?
14 If God dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his spirit and blast.
If he should set against him his heart, His spirit and his inspiration, unto himself he should withdraw.
15 Ech fleisch schal faile togidere; `and a man schal turne ayen in to aisch.
All flesh together, would cease to breathe, and, the earth-born, unto dust, would return.
16 Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
If then [thou hast] understanding, hear this, Give thou ear to the teaching of my words: —
17 Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
Shall, the very hater of right, control? Or, the just—the mighty one, wilt thou condemn?
18 Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which clepith the duykis vnpitouse, `ethir vnfeithful.
Doth one say to a king, Abandoned one! Or, Lawless one! unto nobles?
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.
For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.
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, even in the middle of the night, —A people are convulsed when they pass away, A mighty one is removed, 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 a man, and, all his footsteps, he beholdeth, —
22 No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;
No darkness, and no death-shade, where the workers of iniquity may hide.
23 for it is `no more in the power of man, that he come to God in to doom.
For, unto no man, doth he appoint a repetition, —in going unto GOD in judgment;
24 God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
He shattereth mighty ones unsearchably, and setteth up 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 observeth their works, —and overturneth [them] in a night, and they are crushed;
26 He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
In the place of lawless men, hath he chastised them, in presence of beholders.
27 Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
Forasmuch, as they turned from following him, and, none of his ways, did they teach;
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.
Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth.
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.
When, he, giveth quiet, who then shall condemn? And, when he hideth [his] face, who then shall sing of him? whether unto a nation or unto mankind altogether,
30 Which makith `a man ypocrite to regne, for the synnes of the puple.
That impious men may not reign, nor be ensnarers of the people.
31 Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, also Y schal not forbede thee.
For, unto GOD, hath one [ever] said—I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;
32 If Y erride, teche thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde.
What I see not, do, thou, shew me, If, perverseness, I have wrought, I will do it no more?
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.
According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!
34 Men vndurstondynge, speke to me; and a wise man, here me.
The men of mind, will say to me, yea any wise man hearkening unto me: —
35 Forsothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng.
Job, without knowledge, doth speak, and, his words, are not with discretion.
36 My fadir, be Joob preuede `til to the ende; ceesse thou not fro the man of wickidnesse,
Would that Job might be tested to the uttermost, for replying with the 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 addeth—unto his sin—rebellion, In our midst, he clappeth his hands, and multiplieth his sayings against GOD.
