Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu proceeded, and said:
UElihu wasephendula wathi:
2 Dost thou then think this to be right? Thou hast said, “I am more righteous than God.”
Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
3 For thou askest, “What advantage have I? What have I gained, more than if I had sinned?”
Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
4 I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
5 Look up to the heavens, and see! And behold the clouds, which are high above thee!
Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
7 If thou art righteous, what dost thou give him? Or what receiveth he at thy hand?
Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?
8 Thy wickedness injureth only a man like thyself, And thy righteousness profiteth only a son of man.
Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
9 The oppressed cry out on account of the multitude of wrongs; They cry aloud on account of the arm of the mighty.
Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
10 But none saith, “Where is God, my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night;
Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami, onika amahubo ebusuku,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of heaven?”
osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
12 There they cry aloud on account of the pride of the wicked; But he giveth no answer.
Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
13 For God will not hear the vain supplication, Nor will the Almighty regard it;
Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
14 Much less when thou sayest thou canst not see him: Justice is with him, —only wait thou for him!
Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Nor taken strict note of transgression,
Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
16 Therefore hath Job opened his mouth rashly, And multiplied words without knowledge.
Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
