Jobho 35
1 Ipapo Erihu akati:
Then Elihu also said this:
2 “Unofunga kuti izvi zvakarurama here? Iwe zvaunoti, ‘Ndichanzi ndakarurama naMwari.’
“[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
3 Kunyange zvakadaro unomubvunza uchiti, ‘Zvinondibatsirei, uye ndinowaneiko nokusatadza.’
and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
4 “Ndinoda kupindura iwe neshamwari dzako dzaunadzo.
[Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
5 Tarira kumatenga uone; nanʼanidza makore ari pamusoro pako.
“[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
6 Kana ukatadza, zvinomurwadza zvakadiniko? Kana zvivi zvako zvikawanda, zvinoita sei kwaari?
If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
7 Kana wakarurama, unomupeiko iye, kana kuti anogamuchireiko kubva muruoko rwako?
And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
8 Kuipa kwako kunongobata munhu akaita sewe, uye kururama kwako ndekwomwanakomana wavanhu chete.
It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
9 “Vanhu vanoridza mhere vari pasi pomutoro wokumanikidzwa; vanokumbira kusunungurwa kubva muruoko rwoune simba.
“People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
10 Asi hakuna munhu anoti, ‘Aripiko Mwari Muiti wangu, anopa nziyo panguva yousiku,
But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
11 anodzidzisa zvakawanda kwatiri kupfuura mhuka dzenyika uye anotiita vakachenjera kupfuura shiri dzedenga.’
He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
12 Haapinduri kana vanhu vachiridza mhere, nokuda kwokuzvikudza kwavakaipa.
People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
13 Zvirokwazvo, Mwari haateereri chikumbiro chavo chisina maturo; Wamasimba Ose haazviteereri izvozvo.
It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
14 Ndoda, zvino, haangateereri kana uchiti hausi kumuona, mhaka yako iri pamberi pake zvokuti unofanira kumumirira,
So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
15 uyezve, kuti kutsamwa kwake hakumborangi, uye haana hanya zvake nezvakaipa.
Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
16 Saka Jobho anoshamisa muromo wake achitaura zvisina maturo; anowanza mashoko ake asina zivo.”
You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
