Job 35
1 Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
UElihu wasephendula wathi:
2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
3 For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
5 Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.
Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
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, onika amahubo ebusuku,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
13 God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
14 Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.
Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
15 For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
