Yobu 35
1 Eriku n’ayongera okwogera nti,
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 “Olowooza kiba kituufu ggwe okugamba nti, Katonda ananziggyako omusango. Oyogera nti, obutuukirivu bwange businga obwa Katonda.
Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
3 Ate obuuza nti, ‘Nganyulwa ntya?’ Kirungi ki kye nfuna mu kwonoona kwange?
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
4 “Nandyagadde okukuddamu ne mikwano gyo egyo gy’oli nagyo.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Tunula eri eggulu olabe; tunuulira ebire, ebiri waggulu ennyo okukusinga.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
6 Singa oyonoona ekyo kimukwatako kitya? Ebyonoono byo bwe byeyongera, ekyo kimukolako ki?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Bw’oba omutuukirivu, kiki ky’oba omuwadde, oba kiki ky’aba afunye okuva mu ngalo zo?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Okwonoona kwo kukosa muntu nga ggwe, era n’obutuukirivu bwo bukwata ku baana b’abantu.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
9 Abantu bakaaba olw’okunyigirizibwa okw’amaanyi, balaajaanira ab’omukono ogw’amaanyi.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 Naye tewali n’omu agamba nti, Aluwa Mukama Omutonzi wange atuwa ennyimba ekiro,
But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 atuyigiriza ebingi okusinga ensolo ez’omu nsiko, era n’atufuula bagezi okusinga ebinyonyi eby’omu nsiko?
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Newaakubadde nga bakaaba, tayinza kuwulira n’addamu kukaaba kw’abasajja ab’amalala abakozi b’ebibi.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ddala ddala Katonda tawuliriza kukoowoola kwabwe okwo okutaliimu; Ayinzabyonna takufaako.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Kale kiba kitya bw’ogamba nti tomulaba, era nti, Omusango gwo guli mu maaso ge era oteekwa okumulindirira;
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 oba nti, ne bw’asunguwala tabonereza era tafaayo nnyo ku butali butuukirivu.
But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
16 Kale nno Yobu ayasamya akamwa ke okwogera ebitaliimu; obutamanya bumwogeza ebigambo olukunkumuli.”
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
