Job 35
1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
4 I will answer thee, 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 clouds [which] are higher than thou.
Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [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 thine hand?
Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
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.
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 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'
15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
