Yobu 35
1 Eriku n’ayongera okwogera nti,
Then Elihu continued, saying,
2 “Olowooza kiba kituufu ggwe okugamba nti, Katonda ananziggyako omusango. Oyogera nti, obutuukirivu bwange businga obwa Katonda.
“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
3 Ate obuuza nti, ‘Nganyulwa ntya?’ Kirungi ki kye nfuna mu kwonoona kwange?
And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
4 “Nandyagadde okukuddamu ne mikwano gyo egyo gy’oli nagyo.
I'll tell you, and your friends too!
5 Tunula eri eggulu olabe; tunuulira ebire, ebiri waggulu ennyo okukusinga.
Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
6 Singa oyonoona ekyo kimukwatako kitya? Ebyonoono byo bwe byeyongera, ekyo kimukolako ki?
If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
7 Bw’oba omutuukirivu, kiki ky’oba omuwadde, oba kiki ky’aba afunye okuva mu ngalo zo?
If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
8 Okwonoona kwo kukosa muntu nga ggwe, era n’obutuukirivu bwo bukwata ku baana b’abantu.
No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
9 Abantu bakaaba olw’okunyigirizibwa okw’amaanyi, balaajaanira ab’omukono ogw’amaanyi.
People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
10 Naye tewali n’omu agamba nti, Aluwa Mukama Omutonzi wange atuwa ennyimba ekiro,
But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
11 atuyigiriza ebingi okusinga ensolo ez’omu nsiko, era n’atufuula bagezi okusinga ebinyonyi eby’omu nsiko?
who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
12 Newaakubadde nga bakaaba, tayinza kuwulira n’addamu kukaaba kw’abasajja ab’amalala abakozi b’ebibi.
When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
13 Ddala ddala Katonda tawuliriza kukoowoola kwabwe okwo okutaliimu; Ayinzabyonna takufaako.
God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
14 Kale kiba kitya bw’ogamba nti tomulaba, era nti, Omusango gwo guli mu maaso ge era oteekwa okumulindirira;
How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
15 oba nti, ne bw’asunguwala tabonereza era tafaayo nnyo ku butali butuukirivu.
You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
16 Kale nno Yobu ayasamya akamwa ke okwogera ebitaliimu; obutamanya bumwogeza ebigambo olukunkumuli.”
You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
