Job 34
1 And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis,
And Elius continued, and said,
2 Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.
3 and the throte demeth metis bi taast.
For the ear tries words, and the mouth tastes meat.
4 Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, what is the betere.
Let us choose judgment to ourselves: let us know amount ourselves what is right.
5 For Job seide, Y am iust, and God hath distried my doom.
For Job has said, I am righteous: the Lord has removed my judgment.
6 For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne.
And he has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness [of mine].
7 Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir?
What man is as Job, drinking scorning like water?
8 that goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vnfeithful men?
[saying], I have not sinned, nor committed ungodliness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity, to go with the ungodly.
9 For he seide, A man schal not plese God, yhe, thouy he renneth with God.
For thou shouldest not say, There shall be no visitation of a man, whereas [there is] a visitation on him from the Lord.
10 Therfor ye men hertid, `that is, vndurstonde, here ye me; vnpite, `ethir cruelte, be fer fro God, and wickidnesse fro Almyyti God.
Wherefore hear me, ye that are wise in heart: far be it from me to sin before the Lord, and to pervert righteousness before the almighty.
11 For he schal yelde the werk of man to hym; and bi the weies of ech man he schal restore to hym.
Yea, he renders to a man accordingly as each of them does, and in a man's path he will find him.
12 For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
And thinkest thou that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth wrest judgment?
13 What othere man hath he ordeyned on the lond? ether whom hath he set on the world, which he made?
And who is he that made [the whole world] under heaven, and all things therein?
14 If God dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his spirit and blast.
For if he would confine, and restrain his spirit with himself;
15 Ech fleisch schal faile togidere; `and a man schal turne ayen in to aisch.
all flesh would die together, and every mortal would return to the earth, whence also he was formed.
16 Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
Take heed lest he rebuke [thee]: hear this, hearken to the voice of words.
17 Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
Behold then the one that hates iniquities, and that destroys the wicked, who is for ever just.
18 Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which clepith the duykis vnpitouse, `ethir vnfeithful.
[He is] ungodly that says to a king, Thou art a transgressor, [that says] to princes, O most ungodly one.
19 `Which takith not the persoones of princes, nether knew a tyraunt, whanne he stryuede ayens a pore man; for alle men ben the werk of hise hondis.
[Such a one] as would not reverence the face of an honourable man, neither knows how to give honour to the great, so as that their persons should be respected.
20 Thei schulen die sudeynli, and at mydnyyt puplis schulen be troblid, `ethir schulen be bowid, as othere bookis han; and schulen passe, and schulen take `awei `a violent man with out hond.
But it shall turn out vanity to them, to cry and beseech a man; for they dealt unlawfully, the poor being turned aside [from their right].
21 For the iyen of God ben on the weies of men, and biholdith alle goyngis of hem.
For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him.
22 No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;
Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.
23 for it is `no more in the power of man, that he come to God in to doom.
For he will not lay upon a man more [than right].
24 God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
For the Lord looks down upon all men, who comprehends unsearchable things, glorious also and excellent things without number.
25 For he knowith the werkis of hem; therfor he schal brynge yn niyt, and thei schulen be al to-brokun.
Who discovers their works, and will bring night about [upon them], and they shall be brought low.
26 He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
And he quite destroys the ungodly, for they are seen before him.
27 Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
Because they turned aside from the law of God, and did not regard his ordinances,
28 That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore men.
so as to bring before him the cry of the needy; for he will hear the cry of the poor.
29 For whanne he grauntith pees, who is that condempneth? Sithen he hidith his cheer, who is that seeth hym? And on folkis and on alle men `he hath power `to do siche thingis.
And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man also:
30 Which makith `a man ypocrite to regne, for the synnes of the puple.
causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people.
31 Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, also Y schal not forbede thee.
For [there is] one that says to the Mighty One, I have received [blessings]; I will not take a pledge:
32 If Y erride, teche thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde.
I will see apart from myself: do thou shew me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do [so] any more.
33 Whether God axith that wickidnesse of thee, for it displeside thee? For thou hast bigunne to speke, and not Y; that if thou knowist ony thing betere, speke thou.
Will he take vengeance for it on thee, whereas thou wilt put [it] far [from thee]? for thou shalt choose, and not I; and what thou knowest, speak thou.
34 Men vndurstondynge, speke to me; and a wise man, here me.
Because the wise in heart shall say this, and a wise man listens to my word.
35 Forsothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng.
But Job has not spoken with understanding, his words are not [uttered] with knowledge.
36 My fadir, be Joob preuede `til to the ende; ceesse thou not fro the man of wickidnesse,
Howbeit do thou learn, Job: no longer make answer as the foolish:
37 `that addith blasfemye ouer hise synnes. Be he constreyned among vs in the meene tyme; and thanne bi hise wordis stire he God to the doom.
that we add not to our sins: for iniquity will be reckoned against us, if [we] speak many words before the Lord.
