Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
Ningĩ Elihu akiuga atĩrĩ:
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
“Nĩũgwĩciiria ũhoro ũyũ nĩ wa kĩhooto? Ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩekũnjarĩrĩria atue ndiĩhĩtie.’
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
No rĩrĩ, wee no ũramũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Kũrĩ na uumithio ũrĩkũ harĩ niĩ, na ngũgunĩka nakĩ ndaaga kwĩhia?’
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
“No nyende gũgũcookeria ũhoro, wee hamwe na arata aku.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Ta rora igũrũ wone; ta cũthĩrĩria matu macio marĩ igũrũ rĩaku kũraya mũno.
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].
Ũngĩĩhia-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio ũngĩhutia Ngai atĩa? Mehia maku mangĩingĩha mũno-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio ũngĩmwĩka atĩa?
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Ũngĩkorwo ũrĩ mũthingu-rĩ, ũngĩmũhe kĩĩ, kana nĩ kĩĩ aamũkagĩra kuuma guoko-inĩ gwaku?
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.
Waganu waku ũhutagia o mũndũ tawe, na ũthingu waku ũkahutia o ciana cia andũ.
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.
“Andũ makayaga nĩ icooki rĩa kũhinyĩrĩrio; mathaithanaga mateithũrwo guoko-inĩ kwa ũcio ũrĩ hinya mũingĩ.
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.
No gũtirĩ mũndũ uugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai ũrĩa wanyũũmbire arĩ ha, ũrĩa ũheaga mũndũ nyĩmbo ũtukũ,
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!’
ũrĩa ũtũrutaga maũndũ gũkĩra ũrĩa arutaga nyamũ cia werũ-inĩ, o na agatũhe ũũgĩ gũkĩra nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ?’
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
Ndacookagia rĩrĩa andũ maakaya nĩ ũndũ wa mwĩtũũgĩrio wa andũ arĩa aaganu.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Ti-itherũ, Mũrungu ndathikagĩrĩria mathaithana mao ma tũhũ; ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ndarũmbũyagia mathaithana macio.
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!
Githĩ ndakaaga gũthikĩrĩria mũno makĩria rĩrĩa ũkuuga atĩ ndũramuona, na atĩ ciira waku ũrĩ mbere yake, na no nginya ũmweterere,
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
na makĩria ma ũguo ũkoiga atĩ marakara make matiherithanagia na ndarũmbũyagia waganu o na hanini!
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ayubu atumũrĩte kanua gake akaaria ũhoro wa tũhũ; nĩarĩĩtie ndeto nyingĩ atarĩ na ũmenyo.”
