Job 35
1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
UElihu wasephendula wathi:
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
7 If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?
Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
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.
Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami, onika amahubo ebusuku,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
