UJobe 35

1 UElihu wasephendula wathi:

Moreover Elihu answered and said:

2 Ukhumbula ukuthi lokhu kuqondile yini? Uthe: Ukulunga kwami kwedlula okukaNkulunkulu.

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',

3 Ngoba uthe kusizani kuwe, kungisizani okwedlula isono sami?

That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

4 Mina ngizakuphendula, labangane bakho kanye lawe.

I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.

5 Khangela amazulu ubone; ukhangele amayezi, aphakeme kulawe.

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

6 Uba usona, wenzani kuye? Uba iziphambeko zakho zizinengi, wenzani kuye?

If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?

7 Uba ulungile, umnikani, kumbe wemukelani esandleni sakho?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?

8 Ububi bakho buthinta umuntu onjengawe, lokulunga kwakho indodana yomuntu.

Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.

9 Ngenxa yobunengi bencindezelo babenza bakhale; bayakhala ngenxa yengalo yabalamandla.

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, onika amahubo ebusuku,

But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;

11 osifundisa okwedlula inyamazana zomhlaba, asenze sihlakaniphe okwedlula inyoni zamazulu?

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'

12 Lapho bayakhala, kodwa kaphenduli, ngenxa yokuzigqaja kwababi.

There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 Isibili uNkulunkulu kayikuzwa ize, loSomandla kayikukunanza.

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 Yebo, lanxa usithi: Kawumboni, kanti isahlulelo siphambi kwakhe; ngakho umlindele.

Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.

15 Kodwa khathesi, ngoba intukuthelo yakhe ingajezisanga, laye kayikwejwayela kakhulu yini ukuziphakamisa?

And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?

16 Ngakho uJobe uvule umlomo wakhe ngeze, wandisa amazwi engelalwazi.

But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.