Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Ndipo Elihu akasema:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Je, unadhani hili ni haki? Wewe unasema, ‘Nina haki mbele za Mungu.’
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Bado unamuuliza, ‘Ni faida gani nimepata, na imenifaidi nini kwa kutokutenda dhambi?’
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
“Ningependa nikujibu wewe pamoja na marafiki zako walio pamoja nawe.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Tazama juu mbinguni ukaone; yaangalie mawingu yaliyo juu sana juu yako.
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Je, ukitenda dhambi, inamdhuruje Mungu? Kama dhambi zako zikiwa nyingi, hilo linamfanyia nini Mungu?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Kama wewe ni mwadilifu, unampa nini, au yeye anapokea nini mkononi kwako?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Uovu wako unamdhuru tu mtu mwingine kama wewe, nayo haki yako inawafaa wanadamu tu.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
“Wanadamu hulia kwa kulemewa na mateso; huomba msaada kutoka mkono wenye nguvu.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Lakini hakuna asemaye, ‘Yuko wapi Mungu Muumba wangu, yeye anifanyaye niimbe usiku,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
yeye atufundishaye sisi zaidi kuliko wanyama wa dunia, na kutufanya wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?’
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Yeye hajibu wakati watu waliapo kwa sababu ya kiburi cha watu waovu.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Naam, Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao ya ubatili; Mwenyezi hayazingatii.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Si zaidi sana kwamba hatakusikiliza wewe usemapo humwoni, tena ya kwamba shauri lako liko mbele zake na wewe lazima umngojee,
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
pia zaidi, kwamba hasira yake kamwe haiadhibu wala haangalii uovu hata kidogo?
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Hivyo Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake kwa maneno yasiyo na maana; anaongea maneno mengi bila maarifa.”
