Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Eriku n’ayongera okwogera nti,
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
“Olowooza kiba kituufu ggwe okugamba nti, Katonda ananziggyako omusango. Oyogera nti, obutuukirivu bwange businga obwa Katonda.
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Ate obuuza nti, ‘Nganyulwa ntya?’ Kirungi ki kye nfuna mu kwonoona kwange?
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
“Nandyagadde okukuddamu ne mikwano gyo egyo gy’oli nagyo.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Tunula eri eggulu olabe; tunuulira ebire, ebiri waggulu ennyo okukusinga.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Singa oyonoona ekyo kimukwatako kitya? Ebyonoono byo bwe byeyongera, ekyo kimukolako ki?
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Bw’oba omutuukirivu, kiki ky’oba omuwadde, oba kiki ky’aba afunye okuva mu ngalo zo?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Okwonoona kwo kukosa muntu nga ggwe, era n’obutuukirivu bwo bukwata ku baana b’abantu.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
Abantu bakaaba olw’okunyigirizibwa okw’amaanyi, balaajaanira ab’omukono ogw’amaanyi.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
Naye tewali n’omu agamba nti, Aluwa Mukama Omutonzi wange atuwa ennyimba ekiro,
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
atuyigiriza ebingi okusinga ensolo ez’omu nsiko, era n’atufuula bagezi okusinga ebinyonyi eby’omu nsiko?
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Newaakubadde nga bakaaba, tayinza kuwulira n’addamu kukaaba kw’abasajja ab’amalala abakozi b’ebibi.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Ddala ddala Katonda tawuliriza kukoowoola kwabwe okwo okutaliimu; Ayinzabyonna takufaako.
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.
Kale kiba kitya bw’ogamba nti tomulaba, era nti, Omusango gwo guli mu maaso ge era oteekwa okumulindirira;
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
oba nti, ne bw’asunguwala tabonereza era tafaayo nnyo ku butali butuukirivu.
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Kale nno Yobu ayasamya akamwa ke okwogera ebitaliimu; obutamanya bumwogeza ebigambo olukunkumuli.”
