Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu continued, saying,
UElihu wasephendula wathi:
2 “Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?
Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
3 For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
4 I will answer you, both you and your friends.
Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
5 Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you.
Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
6 If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
7 If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
9 Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
10 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami, onika amahubo ebusuku,
11 who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
12 There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.
Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
13 God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
14 How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!
Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
15 Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
16 So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”
Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
