Job 35
1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —
Elihú je poleg tega spregovoril in rekel:
2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
»Mar misliš, da je to pravilno, da govoriš: ›Moja pravičnost je večja kakor Božja?‹
3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
Kajti praviš: ›Kakšna prednost ti bo to?‹ in ›Kakšno korist bom imel, če bom očiščen pred svojim grehom?‹
4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
Odgovoril ti bom in tvojim družabnikom s teboj.
5 Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
Poglej v nebo in glej. Ogleduj oblake, ki so višje kakor ti.
6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
Če grešiš, kaj delaš zoper njega? Ali če so tvoji prestopki pomnoženi, kaj mu delaš?
7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
Če si pravičen, kaj mu daješ? Ali kaj on prejema iz tvoje roke?
8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
Tvoja zlobnost lahko prizadene človeka, kakor si ti in tvoja pravičnost lahko koristi človeškemu sinu.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
Zaradi množice zatiranj povzročajo zatiranim, da kričijo. Vpijejo zaradi lakta mogočnega.
10 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
Toda nihče ne pravi: ›Kje je Bog, moj stvarnik, ki daje pesmi ponoči,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
ki nas uči več kakor zemeljske živali in nas dela modrejše kakor perjad neba?‹
12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
Tam vpijejo, toda nihče ne daje odgovora zaradi ponosa zlobnežev.
13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
Bog zagotovo ne bo slišal prazne reči niti se Vsemogočni na to ne bo oziral.
14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
Čeprav praviš, da ga ne boš videl, je vendar sodba pred njim, zato zaupaj vanj.
15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
Toda sedaj, ker to ni tako, je obiskal v svoji jezi, vendar on tega v veliki skrajnosti ne pozna.
16 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
Job zato svoja usta zaman odpira. Besede množi brez spoznanja.«
