Job 35
1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
Ndipo Elihu akasema:
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?
“Je, unadhani hili ni haki? Wewe unasema, ‘Nina haki mbele za Mungu.’
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
Bado unamuuliza, ‘Ni faida gani nimepata, na imenifaidi nini kwa kutokutenda dhambi?’
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
“Ningependa nikujibu wewe pamoja na marafiki zako walio pamoja nawe.
5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
Tazama juu mbinguni ukaone; yaangalie mawingu yaliyo juu sana juu yako.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Je, ukitenda dhambi, inamdhuruje Mungu? Kama dhambi zako zikiwa nyingi, hilo linamfanyia nini Mungu?
7 If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?
Kama wewe ni mwadilifu, unampa nini, au yeye anapokea nini mkononi kwako?
8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]: and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
Uovu wako unamdhuru tu mtu mwingine kama wewe, nayo haki yako inawafaa wanadamu tu.
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.
“Wanadamu hulia kwa kulemewa na mateso; huomba msaada kutoka mkono wenye nguvu.
10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Lakini hakuna asemaye, ‘Yuko wapi Mungu Muumba wangu, yeye anifanyaye niimbe usiku,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
yeye atufundishaye sisi zaidi kuliko wanyama wa dunia, na kutufanya wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?’
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Yeye hajibu wakati watu waliapo kwa sababu ya kiburi cha watu waovu.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Naam, Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao ya ubatili; Mwenyezi hayazingatii.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Si zaidi sana kwamba hatakusikiliza wewe usemapo humwoni, tena ya kwamba shauri lako liko mbele zake na wewe lazima umngojee,
15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
pia zaidi, kwamba hasira yake kamwe haiadhibu wala haangalii uovu hata kidogo?
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Hivyo Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake kwa maneno yasiyo na maana; anaongea maneno mengi bila maarifa.”
