Job 34
1 Na Elihu el sifilpa fahk:
Then Elihu continued:
2 “Lohng kas luk uh, komtal su oru mu komtal lalmwetmwet, Ac ikasla insremtal in lohngyu, komtal su pangon mu komtal etu ma nukewa.
“You [three] men who [think that you] [SAR] are very wise, hear me; listen to what I am saying, you men who [say that you] know so much.
3 Komtal etu mongo yu uh ke komtal ac ema uh, Tusruktu komtal tiana akilen kas lalmwetmet ke komtal lohng uh.
When we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good].
4 Lela kut in tukeni sulela lah pia ma pwaye uh; Ac lela kut in sifacna nunku lah pia ma wo uh.
We need to decide [who is saying] what is right and to determine among ourselves what is good/best.
5 Mweyen Job el sifacna fahk mu wangin ma koluk lal, Ac el fahk pac mu God El tiana orek nununku suwohs nu sel.
Job has said, ‘I am innocent, but God has refused to judge me fairly/justly.
6 El siyuk ac fahk, ‘Ac fuka ngan kikiap mu oasr ma koluk luk? Nga arulana musalla ke kinet keik, tusruktu wanginna ma koluk luk.’
Even though I have always done what is right, he is lying about me. Even though I have not done what is wrong, he has caused me to suffer, and I will certainly die.’
7 “Nu oasr mwet komtal liye oana mwet se Job uh? El oru aksruksruk lal uh ma na fisrasr, oana ke el nim kof uh.
(Is there any person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water?/There is no person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water.) [RHQ]
8 El lungse asruoki nu sin mwet orekma koluk, Ac wi mwet koluk fufahsryesr.
He habitually associates with people who do what is evil and spends time with wicked people.
9 El fahk kut finne srike in fahsr tukun ma lungse lun God, Wanginna ma ac wo nu sesr kac.
He has said, ‘It is useless for people to try to please God.’
10 “Porongeyu, komtal su nunku mu oasr etauk la! Ya God Kulana El ku in oru ma sesuwos?
“So, you men who [claim that you] understand everything, listen to me! Almighty God would never consider doing anything that is wicked or wrong [DOU]!
11 El akinsewowoye mwet uh fal nu ke orekma lalos, Ac folokin nu selos fal nu ke ouiyen moul lalos.
He (pays back/punishes) people for what they have done; he gives them what they deserve for the way that they have conducted their lives.
12 God Kulana El tiana oru ma koluk; Wangin pacl El oru ma sesuwos nu sin mwet uh.
Truly, Almighty God never does what is wicked; he always [LIT] does what is fair/just.
13 Mea, God El eis ku lal sin sie na? Ya oasr pac sie su sang ku nu sel in liyaung faclu?
The authority that he has to rule everything on the earth, no one [RHQ] gave it to him; no one [RHQ] put him in control of the whole world. [He has always had that authority].
14 God El fin sulela sel Elan eisla ngunal ac mongol liki mwet uh,
If he would take his spirit back to himself,
15 Na mwet nukewa ma moul uh ac misa Ac sifilpa folokla nu ke kutkut.
everyone would die [immediately], and their corpses would soon become dirt again.
16 “Inge, komtal fin lalmwetmet, komtal lohng ma nga ac fahk uh.
“So, [Job], if [you say that you] understand everything, listen to what I am saying.
17 Ya komtal fahk mu oasr mwatan God su suwoswoslana? Ya komtal nunku mu El su kulana El lain nununku suwohs?
God could certainly not [RHQ] govern the world if he hated doing what is fair/just. So, will you condemn God, who is righteous and powerful, [saying that what he has done is wrong]?
18 God El ku in fahkak mwatan tokosra ac mwet leum uh Ke pacl elos oru ma koluk, ac fin wangin sripalos.
He tells [some] kings that they are worthless, and he says to [some] officials that they are wicked.
19 El tia wi mwet leum uh lac, Ku oru in wo nu sin mwet kasrup liki mwet sukasrup, Mweyen El pa orala mwet nukewa.
He does not favor rulers [more than he favors others]; he does not favor rich people more than poor people, because he created all of them.
20 Sie mwet el ku in misa in kitin pacl na ke fong. God El sringilya mwet uh na elos misa; El uniya mwet ku uh oana ma wangin.
People [often] die suddenly; he strikes them at midnight and they die; he even gets rid of mighty people without the help of any humans [SYN].
21 El taran ma mwet uh oru in pacl nukewa.
“He sees [MTY] everything that people do; [when we walk, ] he watches every step that we take.
22 Wanginna acn ma lohsr matoltol Ku in okanla mwet koluk uh liki God.
There is no gloom or darkness [DOU] that is so dark that sinners can hide [from him] in that darkness.
23 God El tia enenu in pakiya pacl Lun sie mwet in som tuh Elan nununku.
God does not [need to] set a time when we will stand in front of him in order that he may judge us. [He can judge us whenever he wants to].
24 El tia enenu in oasr sukok se orek Tuh Elan sisla mwet kol uh ac aolulosla.
He destroys mighty people without [needing to] investigate [what they have done], and he appoints others to take their places.
25 Mweyen El etu ma elos oru uh. El ac siselosla ac itungulosi ke fong uh.
Because he [already] knows what they have done, he removes them at night and gets rid of them.
26 El akkeokye mwet koluk uh yen mwet nukewa ac ku in liye,
Where [many] people can see it, he strikes/punishes them because of the wicked things that they have done;
27 Mweyen elos tila fahsr tokol, Ac elos pilesrala ma sap lal nukewa.
he strikes them because they turned away from doing what he wanted them to do and did not pay attention to any of his commands.
28 Ke sripalos mwet sukasrup elos wowoyak ac pang nu sin God, Tuh Elan kasrelos, ac God El lohng pusren pang lalos.
They [mistreated] the poor people, with the result that those poor people cried out to God [for help], and he heard those afflicted people when they cried out [to him].
29 “God El fin sulela Elan tiana oru kutu ma, Wangin mwet ac ku in fahk mu oasr ma sutuu sel. El fin okanla mutal, wangin ma mwet uh ac ku in oru.
But if God decides to do nothing [to punish wicked people], no one can criticize/condemn him. If a godless/wicked man rules a nation, a man who tricks/deceives the people,
30 Wangin ma mutanfahl uh ac ku in oru In ikolya mwet ma tia etu God uh in tia leum faclos.
and if [God] hides his face [with the result that he does not see that ruler or punish him], no one will be able to prevent that ruler [from doing those things].
31 “Job, ku kom fahkak tari ma koluk lom an nu sin God, Ac wulela kom in tia sifil orekma koluk?
“Job, have you or anyone else ever said to God, ‘I have been punished [for my sins], and I will not sin any more;
32 Kom nu siyuk God Elan akkalemye nu sum ma kom sufalla kac uh, Ac insese mu kom ac tia sifilpa orekma koluk?
so teach/show me what [sins I have committed]; if I have done anything that is evil, I will not do it any more’?
33 Ke kom lain ma God El oru uh, Ya kom liye mu El ac ku in oru ma kom lungse uh? Sulela uh ac ma na lom, tia ma luk; Fahkma nu sesr ingena ma kom nunku an.
[Job, ] you object to what God has done to you, but do you think that he will do what you want him to do? It is you who must choose [what you say to God], not I; so tell me what you are thinking about this.
34 “Kutena mwet ma kalem in nunak uh, ac ku in insese nu sik; Ac kutena mwet lalmwetmet ma lohng kas luk uh, ac ku in fahk lah
“People who have good sense, those who are wise and who listen to what I say, will say to me,
35 Job el kaskas ke lalfon lal, Ac lah wangin kalmen ma el fahk uh.
‘Job is speaking ignorantly; what he says is nonsense.’
36 Nunku akwoya ke ma nukewa ma Job el fahk uh; Komtal ac akilen lah el kaskas oana sie mwet koluk.
I think that Job should be taken to a court and (put on trial/judged), because he answers [us his friends] like wicked men would answer.
37 El sang seakos in laesla ma koluk lal uh; El aksruksruki God ye mutasr nukewa.”
To add to the [other] sins that he has committed, he is rebelling [against God]; he shows us that he does not respect God [IDM], making long speeches [saying that God has punished him unjustly].”
