Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered,

Pea naʻe fai pe ʻe Elihu ʻa ʻene lea, ʻo ne pehē,

2 "Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

“ʻOku ke mahalo ʻoku totonu eni, ʻa hoʻo lea ʻo pehē, ‘Ko ʻeku māʻoniʻoni ʻoku lahi ki he ʻOtua?’

3 That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

He naʻa ke pehē, ‘Ko e hā hono ʻaonga kiate koe? Pea ko e hā ʻae totongi te u maʻu [ʻo kapau ʻe fakamaʻa ]au mei heʻeku angahala?’

4 I will answer you, and your companions with you.

Te u tala kiate koe, mo kinautolu ʻoku kaumeʻa mo koe.

5 Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

Sio ki he ngaahi langi, ʻo mamata; pea vakai ki he ngaahi ʻao ʻaia ʻoku māʻolunga hake ʻiate koe.

6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

Kapau ʻoku ke fai angahala, ko e hā ʻoku ke fai kiate ia? Pea kapau kuo tupu ʻo lahi ʻa hoʻo talangataʻa, ko e hā ʻoku ke fai kiate ia?

7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

Kapau ʻoku ke māʻoniʻoni, ko e hā ʻoku ke foaki kiate ia? Pe ko e hā ia ʻoku ne maʻu ʻi ho nima?

8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

‌ʻE kovi nai hoʻo angahala ki he tangata ʻo hangē ko koe; pea ʻe ʻaonga nai hoʻo māʻoniʻoni ki he foha ʻoe tangata.

9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

“Ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa fakamālohi ʻoku tangi ai ʻae kau fakamālohia, ʻoku nau tangi kalanga ʻi he nima ʻoe mālohi.

10 But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Ka ʻoku ʻikai pehē ʻe ha taha, ‘Kofaʻā ia ʻae ʻOtua ko hoku tupuʻanga, ʻaia ʻoku ne foaki ʻae ngaahi hiva ʻi he pō;

11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

‌ʻAia ʻoku ako lahi hake kiate kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi manu ʻoe fonua, ʻo ne fakapoto lahi hake ʻakitautolu ʻi he ngaahi manupuna ʻoe ʻatā?’

12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

‌ʻOku nau tangi ʻi ai, ka ʻoku ʻikai lea ha tokotaha, ko e meʻa ʻi he laukau ʻae kau tangata kovi.

13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will Shaddai regard it.

Ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai fanongo ʻae ʻOtua ki he launoa, pea ʻe ʻikai tokanga ki ai ʻae Māfimafi.

14 How much less when you say you do not see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him.

Naʻa ke lea, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai te ke mamata kiate ia, ka ʻoku ʻi hono ʻao ʻae fakamaau, ko ia ke ke falala kiate ia.

15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance.

Ka koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai pehē eni, ko ia kuo ne ʻaʻahi ai ʻi hono houhau; ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ia ʻi he mamahi lahi:

16 Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge."

Ko ia ʻoku mafaʻa taʻeʻaonga ai ʻae ngutu ʻo Siope; ʻoku ne fakalahi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻi he taʻeʻilo.