Job 35
1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
Og Elihu tok til ords og sagde:
2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
«Seg, trur du vel at slikt er rett, so du meir rettvis er enn Gud,
3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
når djervt du spør: «Kva gagn hev eg, kva løn um eg frå syndi flyr?»
4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
På dette vil eg svara deg og likeins venerne med deg.
5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
Ditt auga du mot himmelen snu, og sjå på skyerne der uppe!
6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
Di synd, kann ho vel skade honom? Lid han, um dine brot er mange?
7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
Er du rettvis, kva gjev du honom? Kva fær han då utav di hand?
8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
Di synd vedkjem ein mann som deg, di rettferd gjeld eit menneskje.
9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
Dei klagar yver urett stor og skrik um hjelp mot valdsmenns arm;
10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
men spør’kje: «Kvar er Gud, min skapar, som let ved natt lovsongar tona,
11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
gjev oss meir vit enn dyr på mark og meir forstand enn fugl i luft?»
12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
Der ropar dei - han svarar ikkje - um hjelp mot ovmod hjå dei vonde.
13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
Gud høyrer ei på tome ord, slikt agtar Allvald ikkje på.
14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
Um enn du segjer du ei ser han, han ser han nok saki, bi på honom!
15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
Og no, når vreiden hans ei refser, tru han ei kjenner dårskapen?
16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.
Men Job let upp sin munn til fåfengd, uvitugt talar han so mykje.»
