Job 35
1 Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 “Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
3 kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
4 Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
5 Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6 Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
8 Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
9 Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
11 umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
12 Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!
Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], Neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
15 Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
16 Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.
