UJobe 35
1 UElihu wasephendula wathi:
Then Elihu continued, saying,
2 Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.
“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
3 Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?
And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
4 Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.
I'll tell you, and your friends too!
5 Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.
Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
6 Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?
If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
7 Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?
If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
8 Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.
No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
9 Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.
People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
10 Kodwa kakho othi: Ungaphi uNkulunkulu umenzi wami, onika amahubo ebusuku,
But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
11 osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?
who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
12 Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.
When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
13 Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.
God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
14 Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.
How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
15 Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?
You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
16 Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.
You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
