UJobe 35
1 U-Elihu wasesithi:
Moreover Elihu continued, saying,
2 “Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
“Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?
3 Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
4 Ngithanda ukukuphendula kanye labangane bakho abalapha.
I will answer you, both you and your friends.
5 Ake ukhangele emazulwini ubone; khangela amayezi aphakeme kangaka ngaphezu kwakho.
Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you.
6 Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
7 Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
8 Ububi bakho bulimaza kuphela umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho kuthinta amadodana abantu kuphela.
Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
9 Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
10 Kodwa kakho othi, ‘Ungaphi uNkulunkulu uMenzi wami na, opha amahubo ebusuku,
But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11 osifundisayo thina kulezinyamazana zalapha emhlabeni asenze sihlakaniphe kulezinyoni zasemoyeni?’
who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
12 Kaphenduli nxa abantu bebiza ngenxa yokuziphakamisa kwababi.
There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ngempela uNkulunkulu kakulaleli ukuncenga kwabo kwamanga; uSomandla kayilaleli into enjalo.
God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
14 Kuzakuba njani pho, angakulalela nxa usithi kawumboni, usithi indaba yakho iphambi kwakhe ngakho kuzamele ulinde yena,
How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!
15 njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
16 Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”
