Job 35
1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —
UElihu wasephendula wathi:
2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
5 Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?
8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
10 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami, onika amahubo ebusuku,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
16 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
