Jov 35
1 Još govori Elijuj i reèe:
Moreover Elihu answered,
2 Misliš li da si pravo rekao: moja je pravda veæa od Božije?
“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
3 Jer si rekao: šta æe mi pomoæi, kaka æe mi biti korist, da ne griješim?
that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4 Ja æu odgovoriti tebi i drugovima tvojim s tobom.
I will answer you, and your companions with you.
5 Pogledaj nebo, i vidi; pogledaj oblake, kako su viši od tebe.
Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
6 Ako griješiš, šta æeš mu uèiniti? ili ako se umnože bezakonja tvoja, šta æeš mu nauditi?
If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7 Ako si pravedan, šta æeš mu dati? ili šta æe primiti iz ruke tvoje?
If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
8 Èovjeku kakav si može nauditi tvoja zloæa, i sinu èovjeèijemu pomoæi tvoja pravda.
Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your 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 no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11 Koji èini te smo razumniji od zvijerja zemaljskoga, i mudriji od ptica nebeskih.
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
12 Tamo vièu s oholosti zlijeh ljudi, ali ne bivaju uslišeni.
There they cry, but no one answers, 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 you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
15 A sada èim te gnjev pohodi, nije ništa, niti je gledao na sve što si uèinio;
But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
16 Zato Jov naprazno otvora usta svoja, i bezumno umnožava rijeèi.
therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
