Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
“Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
6 If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
8 It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
9 “People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,
10 But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,
11 He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!
14 So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
