Job 35
1 Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thouyt semeth euene,
Then Elihu also said this:
2 `ether riytful, to thee, that thou schuldist seie, Y am riytfulere than God?
“[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
3 For thou seidist, That, that is good, plesith not thee; ethir what profitith it to thee, if Y do synne?
and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
4 Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee.
[Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
5 Se thou, and biholde heuene, and biholde thou the eir, that God is hiyere than thou.
“[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
6 If thou synnest `ayens hym, what schalt thou anoye hym? and if thi wickidnessis ben multiplied, what schalt thou do ayens hym?
If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
7 Certis if thou doist iustli, what schalt thou yyue to hym; ether what schal he take of thin hond?
And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
8 Thi wickidnesse schal anoie a man, which is lijk thee; and thi riytfulnesse schal helpe the sone of a man.
It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
9 Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis.
“People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
10 And Joob seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that yaf songis in the nyyt?
But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
11 Which God techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene.
He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
12 There thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride of yuele men.
People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
13 For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man.
It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
14 Yhe, whanne thou seist, He biholdith not; be thou demed bifor hym, and abide thou hym.
So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
15 For now he bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, nether vengith `greetli felonye.
Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
16 Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.
You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
