Ayub 35
1 Eka Elihu nowacho kama:
And Elihu made answer and said,
2 “Bende iparo ni itimo gima ber kiwacho ni, ‘In kare e nyim Nyasaye?’
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
3 To e iyeno bende ipenjo ni, ‘Mano to konya gangʼo, koso ohala mane ma ayudo ka ok atimo richo?’
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
4 “Daher mondo adwoki in kaachiel gi osiepenigo.
I will make answer to you and to your friends:
5 Ngʼiuru polo malo mondo unee boche polo kaka ni kuma bor.
Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
6 Ka umedo timo richo, to obadhe gangʼo? Kata ka richou ngʼeny to mano nyalo timone angʼo?
If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
7 Ka un joma kare to bedou makare miye angʼo, koso en angʼo muchiwone?
If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
8 Timbeu maricho hinyo mana dhano machal kodu, kendo timbeu makare bedo konyruok mana ne yawuot ji.
Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
9 “Ji ywak malit nikech tingʼ mapek moyie kuomgi; giywak mana ni mondo ogolgi e bwo loch joma thirogi.
Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
10 To onge ngʼato kuomgi mawachoe ni, ‘Nyasaye mane ochweya nikanye, Nyasaye mamiyo ji wende gotieno,
But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
11 mapuonjowa gik mathoth moloyo kaka opuonjo le manie piny kendo mamiyo wabedo mariek moloyo winy mafuyo e kor polo?’
Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
12 Ok odwok ji ka giywakne nikech wich teko mar joricho.
There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
13 Adier, Nyasaye ok chik ite ne ywakgi maonge tiendgi Jehova Nyasaye Maratego ok dewgi.
But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
14 Iwacho ni Nyasaye ok winj wecheni ka iwacho ni ok inene, kata obedo ni isetero kwayoni e nyime, kendo pod irite mondo odwoki.
How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
15 Bende imedo wacho ni kata ji ok okum gi mirimbe mager kendo kata mana richo ma ji timo ok obadhe.
And now ...;
16 Omiyo Ayub wuoyo ka ngʼama ofuwo; maonge rieko.”
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
