UJobe 35
1 U-Elihu wasesithi:
And Elius resumed and said,
2 “Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
I will answer you, and your three friends.
4 Ngithanda ukukuphendula kanye labangane bakho abalapha.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.
5 Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone; khangela amayezi aphakeme kangaka ngaphezu kwakho.
If you have sinned, what will you do?
6 Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?
7 Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?
8 Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho kuthinta amadodana abantu kuphela.
Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.
9 Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 Kodwa kakho othi, ‘Ungaphi uNkulunkulu uMenzi wami na, opha amahubo ebusuku,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni asenze sihlakaniphe kulezinyoni zasemoyeni?’
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza ngenxa yokuziphakamisa kwababi.
There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga; uSomandla kayilaleli into enjalo.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela nxa usithi kawumboni, usithi indaba yakho iphambi kwakhe ngakho kuzamele ulinde yena,
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
15 njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
