Job 36
1 And Elihu addeth and saith: —
Also Helyu addide, and spak these thingis,
2 Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
Suffre thou me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee; for yit Y haue that, that Y schal speke for God.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
Y schal reherse my kunnyng fro the bigynnyng; and Y schal preue my worchere iust.
4 For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, and perfit kunnyng schal be preued to thee.
5 Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
God castith not awei myyti men, sithen he is myyti;
6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
but he saueth not wickid men, and he yyueth dom to pore men.
7 He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
He takith not awei hise iyen fro a iust man; and he settith kyngis in seete with out ende, and thei ben reisid there.
8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
And if thei ben in chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert,
9 Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
he schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; for thei weren violent, `ethir rauenours.
10 And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
Also he schal opene her eere, that he chastise; and he schal speke, that thei turne ayen fro wickidnesse.
11 If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
If thei heren, and kepen, thei schulen fille her daies in good, and her yeris in glorie.
12 And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
Sotheli if thei heren not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei schulen be wastid in foli.
13 And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
Feyneris and false men stiren the ire of God; and thei schulen not crye, whanne thei ben boundun.
14 Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
The soule of hem schal die in tempest; and the lijf of hem among `men of wymmens condiciouns.
15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hym in tribulacioun.
16 And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
Therfor he schal saue thee fro the streit mouth of the broddeste tribulacioun, and not hauynge a foundement vndur it; sotheli the rest of thi table schal be ful of fatnesse.
17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
Thi cause is demed as the cause of a wickid man; forsothe thou schalt resseyue thi cause and doom.
18 Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
Therfor ire ouercome thee not, that thou oppresse ony man; and the multitude of yiftis bowe thee not.
19 Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
Putte doun thi greetnesse with out tribulacioun, and putte doun alle stronge men bi strengthe.
20 Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
Dilaie thou not nyyt, that puplis stie for hem.
21 Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
Be thou war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; for thou hast bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse.
22 Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
Lo! God is hiy in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among the yyueris of lawe.
23 Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
Who mai seke out the weies of God? ethir who dar seie to hym, Thou hast wrouyt wickidnesse?
24 Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of whom men sungun.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
Alle men seen God; ech man biholdith afer.
26 Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
Lo! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kunnyng; the noumbre of hise yeeris is with out noumbre.
27 When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
Which takith awei the dropis of reyn; and schedith out reynes at the licnesse of floodyatis,
28 Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
whiche comen doun of the cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue.
29 Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
If he wole stretche forthe cloudis as his tente,
30 Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
and leite with his liyt fro aboue, he schal hile, yhe,
31 For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
the herris of the see. For bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and yyueth mete to many deedli men.
32 By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
In hondis he hidith liyt; and comaundith it, that it come eft.
33 He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
He tellith of it to his freend, that it is his possessioun; and that he may stie to it.
