Job 35
1 Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
And Elihu went on to say:
2 “Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7 Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
There they cry out, but He does not 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 does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of 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, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15 Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
