Yobu 35
1 Ndipo Elihu anawonjeza kunena kuti,
And Elius resumed and said,
2 “Kodi mukuganiza kuti mukukhoza? Mukunena kuti, ‘Ndine wolungama pamaso pa Mulungu.’
What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 Komanso inu mukufunsa kuti, ‘Kodi phindu langa nʼchiyani, ndipo ndimapeza chiyani ndikapanda kuchimwa?’
I will answer thee, and thy three friends.
4 “Ine ndikufuna ndikuyankheni inu pamodzi ndi abwenzi anu omwe.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above thee.
5 Yangʼanani kumwamba ndipo muone mitambo imene ili kutali ndi inuyo.
If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?
6 Inuyo mukachimwa, Iye zimamukhudza motani? Ngati machimo anu ndi ochuluka, zimenezo zimachita chiyani kwa Iye?
and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?
7 Ngati inu ndinu wolungama, mumamupatsa Iyeyo chiyani? Kapena Iye amalandira chiyani chochokera mʼdzanja lanu?
And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?
8 Kuyipa kwanu kumangokhudza anthu ngati inuyo, ndipo chilungamo chanu chimakhudza anthu anzanu.
Thy ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.
9 “Anthu akufuwula chifukwa cha kuzunzidwa; akufuna chithandizo kuti achoke pansi pa ulamuliro wa anthu amphamvu.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 Koma palibe amene akunena kuti, ‘Kodi ali kuti Mulungu, Mlengi wanga, amene amatisangalatsa nthawi ya usiku,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 amene amatiphunzitsa kupambana nyama za dziko lapansi ndipo amatipatsa nzeru kupambana mbalame zowuluka?’
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Iye sayankha pamene anthu akufuwulira kwa Iye chifukwa cha kudzikuza kwa anthu oyipa.
There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Ndithu, Mulungu samva kupempha kwawo kopanda pake; Wamphamvuzonse sasamalira zimenezi.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Ndipo ndi bodza lalikulu kunena kuti Iye saona zimene zikuchitika. Iye adzaweruza molungama ngati inu mutamudikira
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
15 ndiye tsono popeza kuti ukali wake sukupereka chilango, zoyipa zambiri zimene anthu amachita,
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 abambo Yobu mumangoyankhula zopandapake, mukungochulukitsa mawu opanda nzeru.”
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
