UJobe 35
1 U-Elihu wasesithi:
Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
2 “Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini? Uthi, ‘Ngizagezwa nguNkulunkulu.’
Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?
3 Kodwa uyambuza uthi, ‘Kungisiza ngani lokhu na, njalo ngizuzani ngokungenzi isono?’
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
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 to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
6 Ungaze wenze isono, lokho kumthinta ngani na? Nxa izono zakho zizinengi, kwenzani lokho kuye na?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
7 Nxa ulungile, kuyini omnika khona wena na, kumbe yena wamukelani esandleni sakho?
If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy 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] the son of man.
9 Abantu bayakhala ngomthwalo wokuncindezelwa; bacela ukuphunyuzwa ezingalweni zalabo abalamandla.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out 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,
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 njalo futhi, ukuthi ulaka lwakhe kalujezisi njalo akabunanzi lakancane ububi.
But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
16 Yikho uJobe evula umlomo wakhe ekhuluma ize; ngokuswela ulwazi wandisa amazwi.”
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
