Giobbe 35

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Igitur Eliu haec rursum locutus est:	1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
2 “ Numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: “Iustificatio mea coram Deo”?	2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
3 Dixisti enim: “Quid ad te? Vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?”.	3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum.	4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
5 Suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare nubes quod altiores te sint.	5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
6 Si peccaveris, quid facies ei? Et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae, quid facies contra eum?	6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
7 Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei? Aut quid de manu tua accipiet?	7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua, et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.	8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
9 Propter multitudinem oppressorum clamabunt et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum,	9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
10 sed nemo dixit: “Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,	10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
11 qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos?”.	11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.	12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
13 Etiam, frustra: non audiet Deus, et Omnipotens non intuebitur.	13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
14 Omnino cum dixeris: “Non considerat”, iudicium est coram illo, et exspectas eum.	14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
15 Et nunc cum dicis: “Ira eius poenas non infert, nec ulciscitur scelus valde”,	15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
16 Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat ”.	16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.