< UJobe 35 >
And Elihu answers and says:
2 “Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
3 Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
4 Ngithanda ukukuphendula kanye labangane bakho abalapha.
I return words, and your friends with you,
5 Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone; khangela amayezi aphakeme kangaka ngaphezu kwakho.
Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
6 Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
7 Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho kuthinta amadodana abantu kuphela.
For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
9 Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
10 Kodwa kakho othi, ‘Ungaphi uNkulunkulu uMenzi wami na, opha amahubo ebusuku,
And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
11 osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni asenze sihlakaniphe kulezinyoni zasemoyeni?’
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
12 Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza ngenxa yokuziphakamisa kwababi.
There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
13 Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga; uSomandla kayilaleli into enjalo.
Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
14 Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela nxa usithi kawumboni, usithi indaba yakho iphambi kwakhe ngakho kuzamele ulinde yena,
Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
15 njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
16 Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”