Job 35
1 Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thouyt semeth euene,
Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
2 `ether riytful, to thee, that thou schuldist seie, Y am riytfulere than God?
Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
3 For thou seidist, That, that is good, plesith not thee; ethir what profitith it to thee, if Y do synne?
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee.
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Se thou, and biholde heuene, and biholde thou the eir, that God is hiyere than thou.
Suspice cælum et intuere, et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If thou synnest `ayens hym, what schalt thou anoye hym? and if thi wickidnessis ben multiplied, what schalt thou do ayens hym?
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
7 Certis if thou doist iustli, what schalt thou yyue to hym; ether what schal he take of thin hond?
Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 Thi wickidnesse schal anoie a man, which is lijk thee; and thi riytfulnesse schal helpe the sone of a man.
Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
9 Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 And Joob seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that yaf songis in the nyyt?
Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,
11 Which God techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene.
Qui docet nos super iumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
12 There thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride of yuele men.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man.
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 Yhe, whanne thou seist, He biholdith not; be thou demed bifor hym, and abide thou hym.
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 For now he bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, nether vengith `greetli felonye.
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.
Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
