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 right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
3 kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
4 Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
5 Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
6 Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? 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 to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
8 Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness 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; they cry out 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 fowl of the heavens?
12 Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
There they cry, and he answereth not, 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 vanity, 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.'
Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
15 Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
16 Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
