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