Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Ndipo Elihu akasema:
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
“Je, unadhani hili ni haki? Wewe unasema, ‘Nina haki mbele za Mungu.’
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Bado unamuuliza, ‘Ni faida gani nimepata, na imenifaidi nini kwa kutokutenda dhambi?’
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
“Ningependa nikujibu wewe pamoja na marafiki zako walio pamoja nawe.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Tazama juu mbinguni ukaone; yaangalie mawingu yaliyo juu sana juu yako.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Je, ukitenda dhambi, inamdhuruje Mungu? Kama dhambi zako zikiwa nyingi, hilo linamfanyia nini Mungu?
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Kama wewe ni mwadilifu, unampa nini, au yeye anapokea nini mkononi kwako?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Uovu wako unamdhuru tu mtu mwingine kama wewe, nayo haki yako inawafaa wanadamu tu.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
“Wanadamu hulia kwa kulemewa na mateso; huomba msaada kutoka mkono wenye nguvu.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
Lakini hakuna asemaye, ‘Yuko wapi Mungu Muumba wangu, yeye anifanyaye niimbe usiku,
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
yeye atufundishaye sisi zaidi kuliko wanyama wa dunia, na kutufanya wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?’
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Yeye hajibu wakati watu waliapo kwa sababu ya kiburi cha watu waovu.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Naam, Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao ya ubatili; Mwenyezi hayazingatii.
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.
Si zaidi sana kwamba hatakusikiliza wewe usemapo humwoni, tena ya kwamba shauri lako liko mbele zake na wewe lazima umngojee,
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
pia zaidi, kwamba hasira yake kamwe haiadhibu wala haangalii uovu hata kidogo?
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Hivyo Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake kwa maneno yasiyo na maana; anaongea maneno mengi bila maarifa.”
