Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
UElihu wasephendula wathi:
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
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].
Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani 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 buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
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.
Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
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, onika 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!’
osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
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!
Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
