Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
