< Job 35 >
1 And Elihu went on to say:
Aidha, Elihu aliendelea kusema,
2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
“Je unadhani hii ni sawa unaposema, 'Haki yangu mbele ya Mungu?
3 For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
Kwa kuwa unauliza, 'Inafaa nini kwangu' na 'Ingekuwa nzuri kwangu kama ningekuwa nimetenda dhambi?'
4 I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
Nitakujibu, wewe pamoja na marafiki zako.
5 Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
Tazama juu angani, na ulione; angalia anga, ambalo liko juu sana kuliko wewe.
6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
Kama umetenda dhambi, ni madhara gani huwa unayafanya kwa Mungu? Ikiwa makosa yako yameongezeka zaidi, je huwa unafanya nini kwake?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
Kama wewe ni mwenye haki, unaweza kumpa nini? Je atapokea nini mkononi mwako?
8 Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
Uovu wako waweza kuwaumiza mtu, kama ulivyo wewe ni mtu, na haki yako yaweza kumnufaisha mwana mwingine wa mtu.
9 Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
Watu wanalia kwasababu ya matendo mengi ya unyanyasaji; wanaomba msaada katika mikono ya watu wenye nguvu.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
Lakini hakuna hata mmoja asemaye, ' Mungu Muumba wangu yuko wapi, ambaye hutoa nyimbo wakati wa usiku,
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
ambaye hutufundisha sisi zaidi anavyowafundisha wanyama wa dunia, na ambaye hutufanya sisi kuwa wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?
12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Huko wanalia, lakini Mungu hawajibu kwasababu ya kibriu ya watu waovu.
13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
Kwa hakika Mungu hatasikia kilio cha kipumbavu; Mwenye nguvu wala hatajali.
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,
Ni kwa namna gani atakujibu ikiwa unasema haumwoni, na ya kwamba hoja yako iko mbele yake, na ya kuwa unamngojea yeye!
15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
Ni kwa jinsi gani atakujibu kama unasema kwamba hamwadhibu yeyote kwa hasira, na ya kwamba hajishughulishi na kiburi cha watu.
16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Basi Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake tu ili kusema upumbavu; huongeza maneno bila maarifa.”