Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered, and said,
Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
2 What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?
“Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
3 That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
5 Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
6 If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?
Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
7 If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?
Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
8 Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.
Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,
10 But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,
nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.
Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!
14 How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'
15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,
Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
16 so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.
Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
