Job 34
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis,
2 Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
3 For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth meat.
and the throte demeth metis bi taast.
4 Let us choose for us that which is right: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, what is the betere.
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right:
For Job seide, Y am iust, and God hath distried my doom.
6 Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; my wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.
For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne.
7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir?
8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
that goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vnfeithful men?
9 For he hath said, it profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
For he seide, A man schal not plese God, yhe, thouy he renneth with God.
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Therfor ye men hertid, `that is, vndurstonde, here ye me; vnpite, `ethir cruelte, be fer fro God, and wickidnesse fro Almyyti God.
11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
For he schal yelde the werk of man to hym; and bi the weies of ech man he schal restore to hym.
12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
13 Who gave him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
What othere man hath he ordeyned on the lond? ether whom hath he set on the world, which he made?
14 If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
If God dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his spirit and blast.
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
Ech fleisch schal faile togidere; `and a man schal turne ayen in to aisch.
16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
17 Shall even one that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is just [and] mighty?
Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
18 Is it [fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] vile? [or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked?
Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which clepith the duykis vnpitouse, `ethir vnfeithful.
19 [How much less to] him that respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
`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.
20 In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
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.
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he seeth all his goings.
For the iyen of God ben on the weies of men, and biholdith alle goyngis of hem.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;
23 For he needeth not further to consider a man, that he should go before God in judgment.
for it is `no more in the power of man, that he come to God in to doom.
24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, and setteth others in their stead.
God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
25 Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
For he knowith the werkis of hem; therfor he schal brynge yn niyt, and thei schulen be al to-brokun.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
27 Because they turned aside from following him, and would not have regard to any of his ways:
Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted.
That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore men.
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man, alike:
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.
30 That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.
Which makith `a man ypocrite to regne, for the synnes of the puple.
31 For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, also Y schal not forbede thee.
32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
If Y erride, teche thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde.
33 Shall his recompence be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? for thou must choose, and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
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.
34 Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:
Men vndurstondynge, speke to me; and a wise man, here me.
35 Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without wisdom.
Forsothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng.
36 Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
My fadir, be Joob preuede `til to the ende; ceesse thou not fro the man of wickidnesse,
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
`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.
