Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
U-Elihu wasesithi:
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
“Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
3 For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
4 I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
Ngithanda ukukuphendula kanye labangane bakho abalapha.
5 Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone; khangela amayezi aphakeme kangaka ngaphezu kwakho.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
8 Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho kuthinta amadodana abantu kuphela.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
Kodwa kakho othi, ‘Ungaphi uNkulunkulu uMenzi wami na, opha amahubo ebusuku,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni asenze sihlakaniphe kulezinyoni zasemoyeni?’
12 There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza ngenxa yokuziphakamisa kwababi.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga; uSomandla kayilaleli into enjalo.
14 Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela nxa usithi kawumboni, usithi indaba yakho iphambi kwakhe ngakho kuzamele ulinde yena,
15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
16 For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
