Giobbe 35

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Igitur Eliu haec rursum locutus est:	1 Elihu continued his speech. He said:
2 “ Numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: “Iustificatio mea coram Deo”?	2 Do you think you can prove yourself upright and establish your uprightness before God
3 Dixisti enim: “Quid ad te? Vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?”.	3 by daring to say to him, 'What does it matter to you, or how does it benefit me, whether I have sinnedor not?'
4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum.	4 Very well, I shal tel you and your friends as wel .
5 Suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare nubes quod altiores te sint.	5 Take a look at the skies and see, observe how high the clouds are above you.
6 Si peccaveris, quid facies ei? Et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae, quid facies contra eum?	6 If you sin, how can you affect him? If you heap up crimes, what effect has it on him?
7 Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei? Aut quid de manu tua accipiet?	7 If you are upright, what do you give him, what benefit does he receive at your hands?
8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua, et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.	8 Your wickedness affects only your fel ows, your uprightness, other human beings.
9 Propter multitudinem oppressorum clamabunt et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum,	9 They too groan under the weight of oppression, they cry for help under the tyranny of the mighty,
10 sed nemo dixit: “Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,	10 but none of them thinks of saying, 'Where is God, my Maker, who makes glad songs ring out at night,
11 qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos?”.	11 who has made us more intel igent than wild animals wiser than birds in the sky?'
12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.	12 Cry they may, but get no answer, to be spared from the arrogance of the wicked.
13 Etiam, frustra: non audiet Deus, et Omnipotens non intuebitur.	13 Of course God does not listen to trivialities, Shaddai pays no attention to them.
14 Omnino cum dixeris: “Non considerat”, iudicium est coram illo, et exspectas eum.	14 And how much less when you say, 'I cannot see him, my case is open and I am waiting for him.'
15 Et nunc cum dicis: “Ira eius poenas non infert, nec ulciscitur scelus valde”,	15 Or, 'His anger never punishes, he does not seem aware of human rebel ion.'
16 Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat ”.	16 Hence, when Job speaks, he talks nonsense, ignorantly babbling on and on.