Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu continued, saying,
Elihú je poleg tega spregovoril in rekel:
2 “Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?
»Mar misliš, da je to pravilno, da govoriš: ›Moja pravičnost je večja kakor Božja?‹
3 For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
Kajti praviš: ›Kakšna prednost ti bo to?‹ in ›Kakšno korist bom imel, če bom očiščen pred svojim grehom?‹
4 I will answer you, both you and your friends.
Odgovoril ti bom in tvojim družabnikom s teboj.
5 Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you.
Poglej v nebo in glej. Ogleduj oblake, ki so višje kakor ti.
6 If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
Če grešiš, kaj delaš zoper njega? Ali če so tvoji prestopki pomnoženi, kaj mu delaš?
7 If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
Če si pravičen, kaj mu daješ? Ali kaj on prejema iz tvoje roke?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
Tvoja zlobnost lahko prizadene človeka, kakor si ti in tvoja pravičnost lahko koristi človeškemu sinu.
9 Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
Zaradi množice zatiranj povzročajo zatiranim, da kričijo. Vpijejo zaradi lakta mogočnega.
10 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
Toda nihče ne pravi: ›Kje je Bog, moj stvarnik, ki daje pesmi ponoči,
11 who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
ki nas uči več kakor zemeljske živali in nas dela modrejše kakor perjad neba?‹
12 There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.
Tam vpijejo, toda nihče ne daje odgovora zaradi ponosa zlobnežev.
13 God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
Bog zagotovo ne bo slišal prazne reči niti se Vsemogočni na to ne bo oziral.
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!
Čeprav praviš, da ga ne boš videl, je vendar sodba pred njim, zato zaupaj vanj.
15 Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
Toda sedaj, ker to ni tako, je obiskal v svoji jezi, vendar on tega v veliki skrajnosti ne pozna.
16 So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”
Job zato svoja usta zaman odpira. Besede množi brez spoznanja.«
