Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
U-Elihu wasesithi:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
Ngithanda ukukuphendula kanye labangane bakho abalapha.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone; khangela amayezi aphakeme kangaka ngaphezu kwakho.
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho kuthinta amadodana abantu kuphela.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Kodwa kakho othi, ‘Ungaphi uNkulunkulu uMenzi wami na, opha amahubo ebusuku,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni asenze sihlakaniphe kulezinyoni zasemoyeni?’
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza ngenxa yokuziphakamisa kwababi.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga; uSomandla kayilaleli into enjalo.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela nxa usithi kawumboni, usithi indaba yakho iphambi kwakhe ngakho kuzamele ulinde yena,
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
