Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered, and said,
Ndipo Elihu anawonjeza kunena kuti,
2 What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?
“Kodi mukuganiza kuti mukukhoza? Mukunena kuti, ‘Ndine wolungama pamaso pa Mulungu.’
3 That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
Komanso inu mukufunsa kuti, ‘Kodi phindu langa nʼchiyani, ndipo ndimapeza chiyani ndikapanda kuchimwa?’
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
“Ine ndikufuna ndikuyankheni inu pamodzi ndi abwenzi anu omwe.
5 Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Yangʼanani kumwamba ndipo muone mitambo imene ili kutali ndi inuyo.
6 If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?
Inuyo mukachimwa, Iye zimamukhudza motani? Ngati machimo anu ndi ochuluka, zimenezo zimachita chiyani kwa Iye?
7 If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?
Ngati inu ndinu wolungama, mumamupatsa Iyeyo chiyani? Kapena Iye amalandira chiyani chochokera mʼdzanja lanu?
8 Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.
Kuyipa kwanu kumangokhudza anthu ngati inuyo, ndipo chilungamo chanu chimakhudza anthu anzanu.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
“Anthu akufuwula chifukwa cha kuzunzidwa; akufuna chithandizo kuti achoke pansi pa ulamuliro wa anthu amphamvu.
10 But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,
Koma palibe amene akunena kuti, ‘Kodi ali kuti Mulungu, Mlengi wanga, amene amatisangalatsa nthawi ya usiku,
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
amene amatiphunzitsa kupambana nyama za dziko lapansi ndipo amatipatsa nzeru kupambana mbalame zowuluka?’
12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Iye sayankha pamene anthu akufuwulira kwa Iye chifukwa cha kudzikuza kwa anthu oyipa.
13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.
Ndithu, Mulungu samva kupempha kwawo kopanda pake; Wamphamvuzonse sasamalira zimenezi.
14 How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
Ndipo ndi bodza lalikulu kunena kuti Iye saona zimene zikuchitika. Iye adzaweruza molungama ngati inu mutamudikira
15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,
ndiye tsono popeza kuti ukali wake sukupereka chilango, zoyipa zambiri zimene anthu amachita,
16 so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.
abambo Yobu mumangoyankhula zopandapake, mukungochulukitsa mawu opanda nzeru.”
