Yobu 35

1 Eriku n’ayongera okwogera nti,

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

2 “Olowooza kiba kituufu ggwe okugamba nti, Katonda ananziggyako omusango. Oyogera nti, obutuukirivu bwange businga obwa Katonda.

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'

3 Ate obuuza nti, ‘Nganyulwa ntya?’ Kirungi ki kye nfuna mu kwonoona kwange?

For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

4 “Nandyagadde okukuddamu ne mikwano gyo egyo gy’oli nagyo.

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

5 Tunula eri eggulu olabe; tunuulira ebire, ebiri waggulu ennyo okukusinga.

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

6 Singa oyonoona ekyo kimukwatako kitya? Ebyonoono byo bwe byeyongera, ekyo kimukolako ki?

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

7 Bw’oba omutuukirivu, kiki ky’oba omuwadde, oba kiki ky’aba afunye okuva mu ngalo zo?

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

8 Okwonoona kwo kukosa muntu nga ggwe, era n’obutuukirivu bwo bukwata ku baana b’abantu.

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

9 Abantu bakaaba olw’okunyigirizibwa okw’amaanyi, balaajaanira ab’omukono ogw’amaanyi.

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

10 Naye tewali n’omu agamba nti, Aluwa Mukama Omutonzi wange atuwa ennyimba ekiro,

And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

11 atuyigiriza ebingi okusinga ensolo ez’omu nsiko, era n’atufuula bagezi okusinga ebinyonyi eby’omu nsiko?

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

12 Newaakubadde nga bakaaba, tayinza kuwulira n’addamu kukaaba kw’abasajja ab’amalala abakozi b’ebibi.

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

13 Ddala ddala Katonda tawuliriza kukoowoola kwabwe okwo okutaliimu; Ayinzabyonna takufaako.

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

14 Kale kiba kitya bw’ogamba nti tomulaba, era nti, Omusango gwo guli mu maaso ge era oteekwa okumulindirira;

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

15 oba nti, ne bw’asunguwala tabonereza era tafaayo nnyo ku butali butuukirivu.

And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

16 Kale nno Yobu ayasamya akamwa ke okwogera ebitaliimu; obutamanya bumwogeza ebigambo olukunkumuli.”

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.