Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Ningĩ Elihu akiuga atĩrĩ:
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
“Nĩũgwĩciiria ũhoro ũyũ nĩ wa kĩhooto? Ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩekũnjarĩrĩria atue ndiĩhĩtie.’
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
No rĩrĩ, wee no ũramũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Kũrĩ na uumithio ũrĩkũ harĩ niĩ, na ngũgunĩka nakĩ ndaaga kwĩhia?’
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
“No nyende gũgũcookeria ũhoro, wee hamwe na arata aku.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Ta rora igũrũ wone; ta cũthĩrĩria matu macio marĩ igũrũ rĩaku kũraya mũno.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Ũngĩĩhia-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio ũngĩhutia Ngai atĩa? Mehia maku mangĩingĩha mũno-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio ũngĩmwĩka atĩa?
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Ũngĩkorwo ũrĩ mũthingu-rĩ, ũngĩmũhe kĩĩ, kana nĩ kĩĩ aamũkagĩra kuuma guoko-inĩ gwaku?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Waganu waku ũhutagia o mũndũ tawe, na ũthingu waku ũkahutia o ciana cia andũ.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
“Andũ makayaga nĩ icooki rĩa kũhinyĩrĩrio; mathaithanaga mateithũrwo guoko-inĩ kwa ũcio ũrĩ hinya mũingĩ.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
No gũtirĩ mũndũ uugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai ũrĩa wanyũũmbire arĩ ha, ũrĩa ũheaga mũndũ nyĩmbo ũtukũ,
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
ũrĩa ũtũrutaga maũndũ gũkĩra ũrĩa arutaga nyamũ cia werũ-inĩ, o na agatũhe ũũgĩ gũkĩra nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ?’
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Ndacookagia rĩrĩa andũ maakaya nĩ ũndũ wa mwĩtũũgĩrio wa andũ arĩa aaganu.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Ti-itherũ, Mũrungu ndathikagĩrĩria mathaithana mao ma tũhũ; ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ndarũmbũyagia mathaithana macio.
14 How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
Githĩ ndakaaga gũthikĩrĩria mũno makĩria rĩrĩa ũkuuga atĩ ndũramuona, na atĩ ciira waku ũrĩ mbere yake, na no nginya ũmweterere,
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
na makĩria ma ũguo ũkoiga atĩ marakara make matiherithanagia na ndarũmbũyagia waganu o na hanini!
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ayubu atumũrĩte kanua gake akaaria ũhoro wa tũhũ; nĩarĩĩtie ndeto nyingĩ atarĩ na ũmenyo.”
