Yobu 35
1 Ndipo Elihu anawonjeza kunena kuti,
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 “Kodi mukuganiza kuti mukukhoza? Mukunena kuti, ‘Ndine wolungama pamaso pa Mulungu.’
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than El's?
3 Komanso inu mukufunsa kuti, ‘Kodi phindu langa nʼchiyani, ndipo ndimapeza chiyani ndikapanda kuchimwa?’
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
4 “Ine ndikufuna ndikuyankheni inu pamodzi ndi abwenzi anu omwe.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Yangʼanani kumwamba ndipo muone mitambo imene ili kutali ndi inuyo.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6 Inuyo mukachimwa, Iye zimamukhudza motani? Ngati machimo anu ndi ochuluka, zimenezo zimachita chiyani kwa Iye?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Ngati inu ndinu wolungama, mumamupatsa Iyeyo chiyani? Kapena Iye amalandira chiyani chochokera mʼdzanja lanu?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Kuyipa kwanu kumangokhudza anthu ngati inuyo, ndipo chilungamo chanu chimakhudza anthu anzanu.
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 “Anthu akufuwula chifukwa cha kuzunzidwa; akufuna chithandizo kuti achoke pansi pa ulamuliro wa anthu amphamvu.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 Koma palibe amene akunena kuti, ‘Kodi ali kuti Mulungu, Mlengi wanga, amene amatisangalatsa nthawi ya usiku,
But none saith, Where is Eloah my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 amene amatiphunzitsa kupambana nyama za dziko lapansi ndipo amatipatsa nzeru kupambana mbalame zowuluka?’
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Iye sayankha pamene anthu akufuwulira kwa Iye chifukwa cha kudzikuza kwa anthu oyipa.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ndithu, Mulungu samva kupempha kwawo kopanda pake; Wamphamvuzonse sasamalira zimenezi.
Surely El will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Ndipo ndi bodza lalikulu kunena kuti Iye saona zimene zikuchitika. Iye adzaweruza molungama ngati inu mutamudikira
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 ndiye tsono popeza kuti ukali wake sukupereka chilango, zoyipa zambiri zimene anthu amachita,
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
16 abambo Yobu mumangoyankhula zopandapake, mukungochulukitsa mawu opanda nzeru.”
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
