Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Aidha, Elihu aliendelea kusema,
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
“Je unadhani hii ni sawa unaposema, 'Haki yangu mbele ya Mungu?
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Kwa kuwa unauliza, 'Inafaa nini kwangu' na 'Ingekuwa nzuri kwangu kama ningekuwa nimetenda dhambi?'
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
Nitakujibu, wewe pamoja na marafiki zako.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Tazama juu angani, na ulione; angalia anga, ambalo liko juu sana kuliko wewe.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Kama umetenda dhambi, ni madhara gani huwa unayafanya kwa Mungu? Ikiwa makosa yako yameongezeka zaidi, je huwa unafanya nini kwake?
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Kama wewe ni mwenye haki, unaweza kumpa nini? Je atapokea nini mkononi mwako?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Uovu wako waweza kuwaumiza mtu, kama ulivyo wewe ni mtu, na haki yako yaweza kumnufaisha mwana mwingine wa mtu.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
Watu wanalia kwasababu ya matendo mengi ya unyanyasaji; wanaomba msaada katika mikono ya watu wenye nguvu.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
Lakini hakuna hata mmoja asemaye, ' Mungu Muumba wangu yuko wapi, ambaye hutoa nyimbo wakati wa usiku,
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
ambaye hutufundisha sisi zaidi anavyowafundisha wanyama wa dunia, na ambaye hutufanya sisi kuwa wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Huko wanalia, lakini Mungu hawajibu kwasababu ya kibriu ya watu waovu.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Kwa hakika Mungu hatasikia kilio cha kipumbavu; Mwenye nguvu wala hatajali.
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.
Ni kwa namna gani atakujibu ikiwa unasema haumwoni, na ya kwamba hoja yako iko mbele yake, na ya kuwa unamngojea yeye!
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
Ni kwa jinsi gani atakujibu kama unasema kwamba hamwadhibu yeyote kwa hasira, na ya kwamba hajishughulishi na kiburi cha watu.
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Basi Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake tu ili kusema upumbavu; huongeza maneno bila maarifa.”
