Job 35
1 And Elihu made answer and said,
Ipapo Erihu akati:
2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
“Unofunga kuti izvi zvakarurama here? Iwe zvaunoti, ‘Ndichanzi ndakarurama naMwari.’
3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
Kunyange zvakadaro unomubvunza uchiti, ‘Zvinondibatsirei, uye ndinowaneiko nokusatadza.’
4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:
“Ndinoda kupindura iwe neshamwari dzako dzaunadzo.
5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
Tarira kumatenga uone; nanʼanidza makore ari pamusoro pako.
6 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?
Kana ukatadza, zvinomurwadza zvakadiniko? Kana zvivi zvako zvikawanda, zvinoita sei kwaari?
7 If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
Kana wakarurama, unomupeiko iye, kana kuti anogamuchireiko kubva muruoko rwako?
8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
Kuipa kwako kunongobata munhu akaita sewe, uye kururama kwako ndekwomwanakomana wavanhu chete.
9 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.
“Vanhu vanoridza mhere vari pasi pomutoro wokumanikidzwa; vanokumbira kusunungurwa kubva muruoko rwoune simba.
10 But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
Asi hakuna munhu anoti, ‘Aripiko Mwari Muiti wangu, anopa nziyo panguva yousiku,
11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
anodzidzisa zvakawanda kwatiri kupfuura mhuka dzenyika uye anotiita vakachenjera kupfuura shiri dzedenga.’
12 There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
Haapinduri kana vanhu vachiridza mhere, nokuda kwokuzvikudza kwavakaipa.
13 But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
Zvirokwazvo, Mwari haateereri chikumbiro chavo chisina maturo; Wamasimba Ose haazviteereri izvozvo.
14 How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
Ndoda, zvino, haangateereri kana uchiti hausi kumuona, mhaka yako iri pamberi pake zvokuti unofanira kumumirira,
15 And now ...;
uyezve, kuti kutsamwa kwake hakumborangi, uye haana hanya zvake nezvakaipa.
16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
Saka Jobho anoshamisa muromo wake achitaura zvisina maturo; anowanza mashoko ake asina zivo.”
