Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Ndipo Elihu anawonjeza kunena kuti,
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Kodi mukuganiza kuti mukukhoza? Mukunena kuti, ‘Ndine wolungama pamaso pa Mulungu.’
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Komanso inu mukufunsa kuti, ‘Kodi phindu langa nʼchiyani, ndipo ndimapeza chiyani ndikapanda kuchimwa?’
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
“Ine ndikufuna ndikuyankheni inu pamodzi ndi abwenzi anu omwe.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Yangʼanani kumwamba ndipo muone mitambo imene ili kutali ndi inuyo.
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Inuyo mukachimwa, Iye zimamukhudza motani? Ngati machimo anu ndi ochuluka, zimenezo zimachita chiyani kwa Iye?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Ngati inu ndinu wolungama, mumamupatsa Iyeyo chiyani? Kapena Iye amalandira chiyani chochokera mʼdzanja lanu?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Kuyipa kwanu kumangokhudza anthu ngati inuyo, ndipo chilungamo chanu chimakhudza anthu anzanu.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
“Anthu akufuwula chifukwa cha kuzunzidwa; akufuna chithandizo kuti achoke pansi pa ulamuliro wa anthu amphamvu.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Koma palibe amene akunena kuti, ‘Kodi ali kuti Mulungu, Mlengi wanga, amene amatisangalatsa nthawi ya usiku,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
amene amatiphunzitsa kupambana nyama za dziko lapansi ndipo amatipatsa nzeru kupambana mbalame zowuluka?’
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Iye sayankha pamene anthu akufuwulira kwa Iye chifukwa cha kudzikuza kwa anthu oyipa.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Ndithu, Mulungu samva kupempha kwawo kopanda pake; Wamphamvuzonse sasamalira zimenezi.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Ndipo ndi bodza lalikulu kunena kuti Iye saona zimene zikuchitika. Iye adzaweruza molungama ngati inu mutamudikira
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
ndiye tsono popeza kuti ukali wake sukupereka chilango, zoyipa zambiri zimene anthu amachita,
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
abambo Yobu mumangoyankhula zopandapake, mukungochulukitsa mawu opanda nzeru.”
