Job 35
1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Ndipo Elihu anawonjeza kunena kuti,
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Kodi mukuganiza kuti mukukhoza? Mukunena kuti, ‘Ndine wolungama pamaso pa Mulungu.’
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
Komanso inu mukufunsa kuti, ‘Kodi phindu langa nʼchiyani, ndipo ndimapeza chiyani ndikapanda kuchimwa?’
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
“Ine ndikufuna ndikuyankheni inu pamodzi ndi abwenzi anu omwe.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
Yangʼanani kumwamba ndipo muone mitambo imene ili kutali ndi inuyo.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Inuyo mukachimwa, Iye zimamukhudza motani? Ngati machimo anu ndi ochuluka, zimenezo zimachita chiyani kwa Iye?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Ngati inu ndinu wolungama, mumamupatsa Iyeyo chiyani? Kapena Iye amalandira chiyani chochokera mʼdzanja lanu?
8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
Kuyipa kwanu kumangokhudza anthu ngati inuyo, ndipo chilungamo chanu chimakhudza anthu anzanu.
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.
“Anthu akufuwula chifukwa cha kuzunzidwa; akufuna chithandizo kuti achoke pansi pa ulamuliro wa anthu amphamvu.
10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Koma palibe amene akunena kuti, ‘Kodi ali kuti Mulungu, Mlengi wanga, amene amatisangalatsa nthawi ya usiku,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
amene amatiphunzitsa kupambana nyama za dziko lapansi ndipo amatipatsa nzeru kupambana mbalame zowuluka?’
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Iye sayankha pamene anthu akufuwulira kwa Iye chifukwa cha kudzikuza kwa anthu oyipa.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Ndithu, Mulungu samva kupempha kwawo kopanda pake; Wamphamvuzonse sasamalira zimenezi.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Ndipo ndi bodza lalikulu kunena kuti Iye saona zimene zikuchitika. Iye adzaweruza molungama ngati inu mutamudikira
15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
ndiye tsono popeza kuti ukali wake sukupereka chilango, zoyipa zambiri zimene anthu amachita,
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
abambo Yobu mumangoyankhula zopandapake, mukungochulukitsa mawu opanda nzeru.”
