Job 35
1 Mgbe ahụ, Elihu sịrị:
Then commenced Elihu, and said,
2 “Ị na-eche na nke a ziri ezi? Ị sịrị, ‘Na m ziri ezi ọ bụghị Chineke.’
Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, “My righteousness is more than God's?”
3 Nʼagbanyeghị ihe ndị a, ị na-ajụ ya si, ‘Uru gịnị ka ọ baara m, gịnị bụ uru m ma ọ bụrụ na emehieghị m?’
For thou sayest, “What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”
4 “Ọ ga-amasị m ịzaghachi gị, zaghachikwa ndị enyi gị na ha nọ.
I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.
5 Lelie anya na eluigwe ma hụkwa. Legide mbara igwe na igwe oji niile, nke dị anya karịa gị.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.
6 Ọ bụrụ na i mehie, olee ụzọ nke a si metụta ya? Ọ bụrụ na mmehie gị bara ụba, gịnị ka nke a pụrụ ime ya?
If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
7 Ọ bụrụ na ị bụ onye ezi omume, gịnị ka ị na-enye ya, maọbụ gịnị ka ọ na-anata site nʼaka gị?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?
8 Ajọ omume gị na-emetụta naanị mmadụ dịka gị, ma ezi omume gị na-emetụta naanị ụmụ ndị mmadụ.
A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.
9 “Ụmụ mmadụ na-eti mkpu akwa nʼihi ịba ụba nke mmegbu, ha na-arịọ arịrịọ enyemaka site nʼaka ndị dị ike.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions [the wicked] cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.
10 Ma ọ dịghị onye na-asị, ‘Olee ebe Chineke onye kere m nọ, onye na-enye abụ nʼime abalị,
But [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even in the night;
11 onye na-akụziri anyị ihe karịa ka ọ na-akụziri ụmụ anụ ọhịa nke ụwa, onye na-eme ka anyị bụrụ ndị maara ihe karịa ụmụ nnụnụ nke igwe?’
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?
12 Ọ dịghị azaghachi mgbe ụmụ mmadụ na-eti mkpu akwa, nʼihi ịnya isi nke ndị ajọ omume.
There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.
13 Nʼezie, Chineke adịghị aṅa ntị nʼarịrịọ efu ha; Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile a dịghị elebara ya anya.
Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.
14 Ma ya bụrụzie nke a ị na-ekwu, ọ ga-esi aṅaa gee ntị mgbe ị na-ekwu na ị dịghị ahụ ya anya, na i burula ikpe gị bịa nʼihu ya na ị ga-anọkwa na-eche ya!
Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.
15 Ọzọ, nʼihi na iwe ya adịghị eweta ntaramahụhụ, nʼihi na ọ dịghị arịba ama ajọ omume ọ bụladị nke dịkarịsịrị nta.
But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?
16 Ya mere, Job saghere ọnụ ya kwuo okwu dịka onye na-amaghị ihe; ka onye na-enweghị uche ọ na-ekwu okwu nkwukwasị efu.”
But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.
