Job 35
1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
Ndipo Elihu anawonjeza kunena kuti,
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
“Kodi mukuganiza kuti mukukhoza? Mukunena kuti, ‘Ndine wolungama pamaso pa Mulungu.’
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Komanso inu mukufunsa kuti, ‘Kodi phindu langa nʼchiyani, ndipo ndimapeza chiyani ndikapanda kuchimwa?’
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
“Ine ndikufuna ndikuyankheni inu pamodzi ndi abwenzi anu omwe.
5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
Yangʼanani kumwamba ndipo muone mitambo imene ili kutali ndi inuyo.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Inuyo mukachimwa, Iye zimamukhudza motani? Ngati machimo anu ndi ochuluka, zimenezo zimachita chiyani kwa Iye?
7 If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?
Ngati inu ndinu wolungama, mumamupatsa Iyeyo chiyani? Kapena Iye amalandira chiyani chochokera mʼdzanja lanu?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Kuyipa kwanu kumangokhudza anthu ngati inuyo, ndipo chilungamo chanu chimakhudza anthu anzanu.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
“Anthu akufuwula chifukwa cha kuzunzidwa; akufuna chithandizo kuti achoke pansi pa ulamuliro wa anthu amphamvu.
10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Koma palibe amene akunena kuti, ‘Kodi ali kuti Mulungu, Mlengi wanga, amene amatisangalatsa nthawi ya usiku,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
amene amatiphunzitsa kupambana nyama za dziko lapansi ndipo amatipatsa nzeru kupambana mbalame zowuluka?’
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Iye sayankha pamene anthu akufuwulira kwa Iye chifukwa cha kudzikuza kwa anthu oyipa.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Ndithu, Mulungu samva kupempha kwawo kopanda pake; Wamphamvuzonse sasamalira zimenezi.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Ndipo ndi bodza lalikulu kunena kuti Iye saona zimene zikuchitika. Iye adzaweruza molungama ngati inu mutamudikira
15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
ndiye tsono popeza kuti ukali wake sukupereka chilango, zoyipa zambiri zimene anthu amachita,
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
abambo Yobu mumangoyankhula zopandapake, mukungochulukitsa mawu opanda nzeru.”
