Job 35
1 Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
Moreover Elihu answered,
2 “Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
3 kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4 Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
I will answer you, and your companions with you.
5 Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
6 Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, 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 may hurt a man as you are, and your 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 no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11 umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
12 Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
There they cry, but no one answers, 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 you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
15 Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
16 Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
