Job 35
1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
Aidha, Elihu aliendelea kusema,
2 Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God’s?
“Je unadhani hii ni sawa unaposema, 'Haki yangu mbele ya Mungu?
3 For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Kwa kuwa unauliza, 'Inafaa nini kwangu' na 'Ingekuwa nzuri kwangu kama ningekuwa nimetenda dhambi?'
4 I will answer you, and your companions with you.
Nitakujibu, wewe pamoja na marafiki zako.
5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.
Tazama juu angani, na ulione; angalia anga, ambalo liko juu sana kuliko wewe.
6 If you sin, what do you against him? or if your transgressions be multiplied, what do you to him?
Kama umetenda dhambi, ni madhara gani huwa unayafanya kwa Mungu? Ikiwa makosa yako yameongezeka zaidi, je huwa unafanya nini kwake?
7 If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of your hand?
Kama wewe ni mwenye haki, unaweza kumpa nini? Je atapokea nini mkononi mwako?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man.
Uovu wako waweza kuwaumiza mtu, kama ulivyo wewe ni mtu, na haki yako yaweza kumnufaisha mwana mwingine wa mtu.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Watu wanalia kwasababu ya matendo mengi ya unyanyasaji; wanaomba msaada katika mikono ya watu wenye nguvu.
10 But none says, Where is God my maker, 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 beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
ambaye hutufundisha sisi zaidi anavyowafundisha wanyama wa dunia, na ambaye hutufanya sisi kuwa wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?
12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Huko wanalia, lakini Mungu hawajibu kwasababu ya kibriu ya watu waovu.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Kwa hakika Mungu hatasikia kilio cha kipumbavu; Mwenye nguvu wala hatajali.
14 Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust you in him.
Ni kwa namna gani atakujibu ikiwa unasema haumwoni, na ya kwamba hoja yako iko mbele yake, na ya kuwa unamngojea yeye!
15 But now, because it is not so, he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in great extremity:
Ni kwa jinsi gani atakujibu kama unasema kwamba hamwadhibu yeyote kwa hasira, na ya kwamba hajishughulishi na kiburi cha watu.
16 Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.
Basi Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake tu ili kusema upumbavu; huongeza maneno bila maarifa.”
