Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:
Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',
“Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
3 That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
4 I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.
Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
6 If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?
Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
8 Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.
Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,
10 But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;
nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'
umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!
14 Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.
A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'
15 And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?
Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
16 But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
