Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
Elihú je poleg tega spregovoril in rekel:
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
»Mar misliš, da je to pravilno, da govoriš: ›Moja pravičnost je večja kakor Božja?‹
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
Kajti praviš: ›Kakšna prednost ti bo to?‹ in ›Kakšno korist bom imel, če bom očiščen pred svojim grehom?‹
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Odgovoril ti bom in tvojim družabnikom s teboj.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Poglej v nebo in glej. Ogleduj oblake, ki so višje kakor ti.
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].
Če grešiš, kaj delaš zoper njega? Ali če so tvoji prestopki pomnoženi, kaj mu delaš?
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Če si pravičen, kaj mu daješ? Ali kaj on prejema iz tvoje roke?
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.
Tvoja zlobnost lahko prizadene človeka, kakor si ti in tvoja pravičnost lahko koristi človeškemu sinu.
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.
Zaradi množice zatiranj povzročajo zatiranim, da kričijo. Vpijejo zaradi lakta mogočnega.
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.
Toda nihče ne pravi: ›Kje je Bog, moj stvarnik, ki daje pesmi ponoči,
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!’
ki nas uči več kakor zemeljske živali in nas dela modrejše kakor perjad neba?‹
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
Tam vpijejo, toda nihče ne daje odgovora zaradi ponosa zlobnežev.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Bog zagotovo ne bo slišal prazne reči niti se Vsemogočni na to ne bo oziral.
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!
Čeprav praviš, da ga ne boš videl, je vendar sodba pred njim, zato zaupaj vanj.
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
Toda sedaj, ker to ni tako, je obiskal v svoji jezi, vendar on tega v veliki skrajnosti ne pozna.
16 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
Job zato svoja usta zaman odpira. Besede množi brez spoznanja.«
