Job 35
1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —
Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Justior sum Deo?
3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
Suspice cælum, et intuere: et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei? aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt, et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte;
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
