Job 35
1 Elihu mah,
Then Elihu continued, saying,
2 hae lok loe toeng, tiah na poek maw? Sithaw pongah ka toeng kue, tiah na poek maw? tiah a naa.
“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
3 Nang mah, Tih amekhaih maw na hnu tih? Nang mah, Tih atho maw ka hak tih? Zaehaih ka sah ai pongah tih atho maw ka hak tih? tiah na thuih.
And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
4 Nangmah hoi nam puinawk khaeah lok pathim han ka koeh.
I'll tell you, and your friends too!
5 Vannawk ho doeng ah loe, khenah, nang pongah kasang kue tamainawk ho khenah.
Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
6 Na zae nahaeloe, na zaehaih mah kawbangmaw Sithaw raihaih paek? Na zaehaih pop parai nahaeloe, to zaehaih mah Sithaw kawbangmaw amrosak?
If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
7 Katoeng kami ah na oh pongah, Anih hanah tih hmuen maw na paek boeh? To tih ai boeh loe na ban hoiah Anih mah tih hmuen maw talawk vai boeh?
If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
8 Na sak ih sethaih mah nang baktih kami to raihaih paek; na toenghaih mah loe kami capa han amekhaih ohsak.
No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
9 Paroeai pacaekthlaekhaih tongh naah, nihcae mah tahmenhaih hnik o, Thacak Sithaw ih ban pongah nihcae mah abomhaih to hnik o.
People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
10 Toe mi mah doeh, Aqum ah laa paekkung, kai sahkung Sithaw loe naa ah maw oh;
But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
11 long ih moinawk pong pop kue ah aicae patukkung, van ih tavaanawk pongah aicae palungha kue ah sahkung loe naa ah maw oh? tiah thui o ai.
who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
12 Kasae kaminawk hoi amoek kaminawk lawkthuihaih lok Sithaw mah pathim pae ai.
When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
13 Sithaw mah avang ai kaminawk tahmenhnikhaih lok to tahngai pae mak ai; Thacak Sithaw mah to baktih loknawk to tiah doeh sah pae mak ai.
God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
14 Sithaw ka hnu ai, tiah na thuih cadoeh, anih hmaa ah lokcaekhaih to oh pongah, nang loe anih nuiah amha ah.
How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
15 Vaihi loe palung a phuihaih hoiah dan na paek mak ai; sakpazaehaih to pakuem khruek mak ai boeh, tiah a poek pongah,
You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
16 Job loe avang ai lok to thuih moe, panoekhaih tawn ai ah pop parai loknawk to a thuih, tiah a naa.
You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
