Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered,
Elihú je poleg tega spregovoril in rekel:
2 “Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
»Mar misliš, da je to pravilno, da govoriš: ›Moja pravičnost je večja kakor Božja?‹
3 that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than 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, and your companions with you.
Odgovoril ti bom in tvojim družabnikom s teboj.
5 Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
Poglej v nebo in glej. Ogleduj oblake, ki so višje kakor ti.
6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, 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 do you give him? Or what does 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, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Tvoja zlobnost lahko prizadene človeka, kakor si ti in tvoja pravičnost lahko koristi človeškemu sinu.
9 “By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
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 the animals of the earth, and 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, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.
Tam vpijejo, toda nihče ne daje odgovora zaradi ponosa zlobnežev.
13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Bog zagotovo ne bo slišal prazne reči niti se Vsemogočni na to ne bo oziral.
14 How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
Čeprav praviš, da ga ne boš videl, je vendar sodba pred njim, zato zaupaj vanj.
15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
Toda sedaj, ker to ni tako, je obiskal v svoji jezi, vendar on tega v veliki skrajnosti ne pozna.
16 therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
Job zato svoja usta zaman odpira. Besede množi brez spoznanja.«
