Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
U-Elihu wasesithi:
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
“Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Ngithanda ukukuphendula kanye labangane bakho abalapha.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone; khangela amayezi aphakeme kangaka ngaphezu kwakho.
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].
Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
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.
Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho kuthinta amadodana abantu kuphela.
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.
Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
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.
Kodwa kakho othi, ‘Ungaphi uNkulunkulu uMenzi wami na, opha amahubo ebusuku,
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!’
osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni asenze sihlakaniphe kulezinyoni zasemoyeni?’
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza ngenxa yokuziphakamisa kwababi.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga; uSomandla kayilaleli into enjalo.
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!
Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela nxa usithi kawumboni, usithi indaba yakho iphambi kwakhe ngakho kuzamele ulinde yena,
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
