Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thouyt semeth euene,
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
`ether riytful, to thee, that thou schuldist seie, Y am riytfulere than God?
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
For thou seidist, That, that is good, plesith not thee; ethir what profitith it to thee, if Y do synne?
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Se thou, and biholde heuene, and biholde thou the eir, that God is hiyere than thou.
6 If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
If thou synnest `ayens hym, what schalt thou anoye hym? and if thi wickidnessis ben multiplied, what schalt thou do ayens hym?
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Certis if thou doist iustli, what schalt thou yyue to hym; ether what schal he take of thin hond?
8 It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
Thi wickidnesse schal anoie a man, which is lijk thee; and thi riytfulnesse schal helpe the sone of a man.
9 “People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis.
10 But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
And Joob seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that yaf songis in the nyyt?
11 He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
Which God techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene.
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
There thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride of yuele men.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man.
14 So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
Yhe, whanne thou seist, He biholdith not; be thou demed bifor hym, and abide thou hym.
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
For now he bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, nether vengith `greetli felonye.
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.
