Job 35
1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
And Elihu answers and says:
2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have 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 you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
I return words, and your friends with you,
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 you.
6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt 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, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
16 ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
