UJobe 35
1 U-Elihu wasesithi:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 “Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
3 Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
4 Ngithanda ukukuphendula kanye labangane bakho abalapha.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone; khangela amayezi aphakeme kangaka ngaphezu kwakho.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6 Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him.
7 Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho kuthinta amadodana abantu kuphela.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; and thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
9 Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 Kodwa kakho othi, ‘Ungaphi uNkulunkulu uMenzi wami na, opha amahubo ebusuku,
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni asenze sihlakaniphe kulezinyoni zasemoyeni?’
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza ngenxa yokuziphakamisa kwababi.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga; uSomandla kayilaleli into enjalo.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela nxa usithi kawumboni, usithi indaba yakho iphambi kwakhe ngakho kuzamele ulinde yena,
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, the cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
15 njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
16 Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
