Job 35
1 And Elihu went on to say:
Mgbe ahụ, Elihu sịrị:
2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
“Ị na-eche na nke a ziri ezi? Ị sịrị, ‘Na m ziri ezi ọ bụghị Chineke.’
3 For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
Nʼagbanyeghị ihe ndị a, ị na-ajụ ya si, ‘Uru gịnị ka ọ baara m, gịnị bụ uru m ma ọ bụrụ na emehieghị m?’
4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
“Ọ ga-amasị m ịzaghachi gị, zaghachikwa ndị enyi gị na ha nọ.
5 Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
Lelie anya na eluigwe ma hụkwa. Legide mbara igwe na igwe oji niile, nke dị anya karịa gị.
6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
Ọ bụrụ na i mehie, olee ụzọ nke a si metụta ya? Ọ bụrụ na mmehie gị bara ụba, gịnị ka nke a pụrụ ime ya?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
Ọ bụrụ na ị bụ onye ezi omume, gịnị ka ị na-enye ya, maọbụ gịnị ka ọ na-anata site nʼaka gị?
8 Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
Ajọ omume gị na-emetụta naanị mmadụ dịka gị, ma ezi omume gị na-emetụta naanị ụmụ ndị mmadụ.
9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
“Ụmụ mmadụ na-eti mkpu akwa nʼihi ịba ụba nke mmegbu, ha na-arịọ arịrịọ enyemaka site nʼaka ndị dị ike.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
Ma ọ dịghị onye na-asị, ‘Olee ebe Chineke onye kere m nọ, onye na-enye abụ nʼime abalị,
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
onye na-akụziri anyị ihe karịa ka ọ na-akụziri ụmụ anụ ọhịa nke ụwa, onye na-eme ka anyị bụrụ ndị maara ihe karịa ụmụ nnụnụ nke igwe?’
12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Ọ dịghị azaghachi mgbe ụmụ mmadụ na-eti mkpu akwa, nʼihi ịnya isi nke ndị ajọ omume.
13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
Nʼezie, Chineke adịghị aṅa ntị nʼarịrịọ efu ha; Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile a dịghị elebara ya anya.
14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
Ma ya bụrụzie nke a ị na-ekwu, ọ ga-esi aṅaa gee ntị mgbe ị na-ekwu na ị dịghị ahụ ya anya, na i burula ikpe gị bịa nʼihu ya na ị ga-anọkwa na-eche ya!
15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
Ọzọ, nʼihi na iwe ya adịghị eweta ntaramahụhụ, nʼihi na ọ dịghị arịba ama ajọ omume ọ bụladị nke dịkarịsịrị nta.
16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Ya mere, Job saghere ọnụ ya kwuo okwu dịka onye na-amaghị ihe; ka onye na-enweghị uche ọ na-ekwu okwu nkwukwasị efu.”
