Job 35

1 Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

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

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — '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 sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

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

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

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

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

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

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

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

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

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

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

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

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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

And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

11 umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

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

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

13 Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

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

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

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

And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

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

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.