Jov 35
1 Još govori Elijuj i reèe:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 Misliš li da si pravo rekao: moja je pravda veæa od Božije?
Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
3 Jer si rekao: šta æe mi pomoæi, kaka æe mi biti korist, da ne griješim?
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
4 Ja æu odgovoriti tebi i drugovima tvojim s tobom.
I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
5 Pogledaj nebo, i vidi; pogledaj oblake, kako su viši od tebe.
Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6 Ako griješiš, šta æeš mu uèiniti? ili ako se umnože bezakonja tvoja, šta æeš mu nauditi?
If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Ako si pravedan, šta æeš mu dati? ili šta æe primiti iz ruke tvoje?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
8 Èovjeku kakav si može nauditi tvoja zloæa, i sinu èovjeèijemu pomoæi tvoja pravda.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
9 Vapiju od velikoga nasilja kojima se èini, i vièu na ruku silnijeh;
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 A nijedan ne govori: gdje je Bog, stvoritelj moj, koji daje pjesmu noæu;
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
11 Koji èini te smo razumniji od zvijerja zemaljskoga, i mudriji od ptica nebeskih.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
12 Tamo vièu s oholosti zlijeh ljudi, ali ne bivaju uslišeni.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
13 Jer Bog ne sluša taštine, i svemoguæi ne gleda na nju.
Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], Neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Akamoli kad kažeš: ne vidiš to. Pred njim je sud; èekaj ga.
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
15 A sada èim te gnjev pohodi, nije ništa, niti je gledao na sve što si uèinio;
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
16 Zato Jov naprazno otvora usta svoja, i bezumno umnožava rijeèi.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.
