Job 35
1 Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
And Elius resumed and said,
2 “Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
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 kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
I will answer thee, and thy three friends.
4 Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above thee.
5 Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?
6 Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?
7 Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?
8 Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
Thy ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.
9 Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,
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 nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'
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 Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
