Yobu 35
1 Eriku n’ayongera okwogera nti,
And Elihu made answer and said,
2 “Olowooza kiba kituufu ggwe okugamba nti, Katonda ananziggyako omusango. Oyogera nti, obutuukirivu bwange businga obwa Katonda.
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
3 Ate obuuza nti, ‘Nganyulwa ntya?’ Kirungi ki kye nfuna mu kwonoona kwange?
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
4 “Nandyagadde okukuddamu ne mikwano gyo egyo gy’oli nagyo.
I will make answer to you and to your friends:
5 Tunula eri eggulu olabe; tunuulira ebire, ebiri waggulu ennyo okukusinga.
Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
6 Singa oyonoona ekyo kimukwatako kitya? Ebyonoono byo bwe byeyongera, ekyo kimukolako ki?
If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
7 Bw’oba omutuukirivu, kiki ky’oba omuwadde, oba kiki ky’aba afunye okuva mu ngalo zo?
If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
8 Okwonoona kwo kukosa muntu nga ggwe, era n’obutuukirivu bwo bukwata ku baana b’abantu.
Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
9 Abantu bakaaba olw’okunyigirizibwa okw’amaanyi, balaajaanira ab’omukono ogw’amaanyi.
Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
10 Naye tewali n’omu agamba nti, Aluwa Mukama Omutonzi wange atuwa ennyimba ekiro,
But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
11 atuyigiriza ebingi okusinga ensolo ez’omu nsiko, era n’atufuula bagezi okusinga ebinyonyi eby’omu nsiko?
Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
12 Newaakubadde nga bakaaba, tayinza kuwulira n’addamu kukaaba kw’abasajja ab’amalala abakozi b’ebibi.
There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
13 Ddala ddala Katonda tawuliriza kukoowoola kwabwe okwo okutaliimu; Ayinzabyonna takufaako.
But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
14 Kale kiba kitya bw’ogamba nti tomulaba, era nti, Omusango gwo guli mu maaso ge era oteekwa okumulindirira;
How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
15 oba nti, ne bw’asunguwala tabonereza era tafaayo nnyo ku butali butuukirivu.
And now ...;
16 Kale nno Yobu ayasamya akamwa ke okwogera ebitaliimu; obutamanya bumwogeza ebigambo olukunkumuli.”
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
