Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
UElihu wasephendula wathi:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami, onika amahubo ebusuku,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
