Job 35
1 And Elihu made answer and said,
Elihú je poleg tega spregovoril in rekel:
2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
»Mar misliš, da je to pravilno, da govoriš: ›Moja pravičnost je večja kakor Božja?‹
3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
Kajti praviš: ›Kakšna prednost ti bo to?‹ in ›Kakšno korist bom imel, če bom očiščen pred svojim grehom?‹
4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:
Odgovoril ti bom in tvojim družabnikom s teboj.
5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
Poglej v nebo in glej. Ogleduj oblake, ki so višje kakor ti.
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?
Če grešiš, kaj delaš zoper njega? Ali če so tvoji prestopki pomnoženi, kaj mu delaš?
7 If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
Če si pravičen, kaj mu daješ? Ali kaj on prejema iz tvoje roke?
8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
Tvoja zlobnost lahko prizadene človeka, kakor si ti in tvoja pravičnost lahko koristi človeškemu sinu.
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.
Zaradi množice zatiranj povzročajo zatiranim, da kričijo. Vpijejo zaradi lakta mogočnega.
10 But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
Toda nihče ne pravi: ›Kje je Bog, moj stvarnik, ki daje pesmi ponoči,
11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
ki nas uči več kakor zemeljske živali in nas dela modrejše kakor perjad neba?‹
12 There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
Tam vpijejo, toda nihče ne daje odgovora zaradi ponosa zlobnežev.
13 But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
Bog zagotovo ne bo slišal prazne reči niti se Vsemogočni na to ne bo oziral.
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.
Čeprav praviš, da ga ne boš videl, je vendar sodba pred njim, zato zaupaj vanj.
15 And now ...;
Toda sedaj, ker to ni tako, je obiskal v svoji jezi, vendar on tega v veliki skrajnosti ne pozna.
16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
Job zato svoja usta zaman odpira. Besede množi brez spoznanja.«
