Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
Još govori Elijuj i reèe:
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
Misliš li da si pravo rekao: moja je pravda veæa od Božije?
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
Jer si rekao: šta æe mi pomoæi, kaka æe mi biti korist, da ne griješim?
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Ja æu odgovoriti tebi i drugovima tvojim s tobom.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Pogledaj nebo, i vidi; pogledaj oblake, kako su viši od tebe.
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, šta æeš mu uèiniti? ili ako se umnože bezakonja tvoja, šta æeš mu nauditi?
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Ako si pravedan, šta æeš mu dati? ili šta æe primiti iz ruke tvoje?
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.
Èovjeku kakav si može nauditi tvoja zloæa, i sinu èovjeèijemu pomoæi tvoja pravda.
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.
Vapiju od velikoga nasilja kojima se èini, i vièu na ruku silnijeh;
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.
A nijedan ne govori: gdje je Bog, stvoritelj moj, koji daje pjesmu noæu;
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!’
Koji èini te smo razumniji od zvijerja zemaljskoga, i mudriji 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.
Tamo vièu s oholosti zlijeh ljudi, ali ne bivaju uslišeni.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Jer Bog ne sluša taštine, i svemoguæi ne gleda na nju.
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!
Akamoli kad kažeš: ne vidiš to. Pred njim je sud; èekaj ga.
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
A sada èim te gnjev pohodi, nije ništa, niti je gledao na sve što si uèinio;
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
Zato Jov naprazno otvora usta svoja, i bezumno umnožava rijeèi.
