Job 35

1 Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:

Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

2 “Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,

Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?

3 kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'

For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

4 Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.

Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.

5 Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!

Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

6 Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?

If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

7 Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?

And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

8 Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.

Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.

9 Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

10 nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,

And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

12 Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.

There shall they cry, and he will not hear, 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!

God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

14 A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'

Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.

15 Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'

For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

16 Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”

Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.