Job 35

1 And Elius resumed and said,

UElihu wasephendula wathi:

2 What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?

Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.

3 I will answer you, and your three friends.

Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?

4 Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.

Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.

5 If you have sinned, what will you do?

Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.

6 and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?

Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?

7 And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?

Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?

8 Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.

Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.

9 They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.

10 But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;

Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami, onika amahubo ebusuku,

11 who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?

osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?

12 There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.

Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.

13 For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.

Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.

14 He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.

Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.

15 For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.

Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?

16 Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.