Yobu 35
1 Eriku n’ayongera okwogera nti,
Elihu spoke 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 to 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 to 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 are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
7 Bw’oba omutuukirivu, kiki ky’oba omuwadde, oba kiki ky’aba afunye okuva mu ngalo zo?
If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy 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.
