Job 35
1 Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
U-Elihu wasesithi:
2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
“Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
3 For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
Ngithanda ukukuphendula kanye labangane bakho abalapha.
5 Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone; khangela amayezi aphakeme kangaka ngaphezu kwakho.
6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.
Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho kuthinta amadodana abantu kuphela.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
10 And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni asenze sihlakaniphe kulezinyoni zasemoyeni?’
12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza ngenxa yokuziphakamisa kwababi.
13 God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga; uSomandla kayilaleli into enjalo.
14 Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.
Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela nxa usithi kawumboni, usithi indaba yakho iphambi kwakhe ngakho kuzamele ulinde yena,
15 For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
