Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —
Ndipo Elihu akasema:
2 This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said—My righteousness is more than GOD’S.
“Je, unadhani hili ni haki? Wewe unasema, ‘Nina haki mbele za Mungu.’
3 For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?
Bado unamuuliza, ‘Ni faida gani nimepata, na imenifaidi nini kwa kutokutenda dhambi?’
4 I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.
“Ningependa nikujibu wewe pamoja na marafiki zako walio pamoja nawe.
5 Look at the heavens and see, —and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.
Tazama juu mbinguni ukaone; yaangalie mawingu yaliyo juu sana juu yako.
6 If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
Je, ukitenda dhambi, inamdhuruje Mungu? Kama dhambi zako zikiwa nyingi, hilo linamfanyia nini Mungu?
7 If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?
Kama wewe ni mwadilifu, unampa nini, au yeye anapokea nini mkononi kwako?
8 Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.
Uovu wako unamdhuru tu mtu mwingine kama wewe, nayo haki yako inawafaa wanadamu tu.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;
“Wanadamu hulia kwa kulemewa na mateso; huomba msaada kutoka mkono wenye nguvu.
10 But none saith—Where is GOD my maker, Who giveth songs in the night;
Lakini hakuna asemaye, ‘Yuko wapi Mungu Muumba wangu, yeye anifanyaye niimbe usiku,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?
yeye atufundishaye sisi zaidi kuliko wanyama wa dunia, na kutufanya wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?’
12 There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.
Yeye hajibu wakati watu waliapo kwa sababu ya kiburi cha watu waovu.
13 Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.
Naam, Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao ya ubatili; Mwenyezi hayazingatii.
14 How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.
Si zaidi sana kwamba hatakusikiliza wewe usemapo humwoni, tena ya kwamba shauri lako liko mbele zake na wewe lazima umngojee,
15 But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;
pia zaidi, kwamba hasira yake kamwe haiadhibu wala haangalii uovu hata kidogo?
16 Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.
Hivyo Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake kwa maneno yasiyo na maana; anaongea maneno mengi bila maarifa.”
