Job 35
1 Elihú je poleg tega spregovoril in rekel:
After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
2 »Mar misliš, da je to pravilno, da govoriš: ›Moja pravičnost je večja kakor Božja?‹
Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
3 Kajti praviš: ›Kakšna prednost ti bo to?‹ in ›Kakšno korist bom imel, če bom očiščen pred svojim grehom?‹
For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
4 Odgovoril ti bom in tvojim družabnikom s teboj.
And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
5 Poglej v nebo in glej. Ogleduj oblake, ki so višje kakor ti.
Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
6 Če grešiš, kaj delaš zoper njega? Ali če so tvoji prestopki pomnoženi, kaj mu delaš?
If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
7 Če si pravičen, kaj mu daješ? Ali kaj on prejema iz tvoje roke?
Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
8 Tvoja zlobnost lahko prizadene človeka, kakor si ti in tvoja pravičnost lahko koristi človeškemu sinu.
Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
9 Zaradi množice zatiranj povzročajo zatiranim, da kričijo. Vpijejo zaradi lakta mogočnega.
Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
10 Toda nihče ne pravi: ›Kje je Bog, moj stvarnik, ki daje pesmi ponoči,
Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
11 ki nas uči več kakor zemeljske živali in nas dela modrejše kakor perjad neba?‹
who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
12 Tam vpijejo, toda nihče ne daje odgovora zaradi ponosa zlobnežev.
There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
13 Bog zagotovo ne bo slišal prazne reči niti se Vsemogočni na to ne bo oziral.
Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
14 Čeprav praviš, da ga ne boš videl, je vendar sodba pred njim, zato zaupaj vanj.
And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
15 Toda sedaj, ker to ni tako, je obiskal v svoji jezi, vendar on tega v veliki skrajnosti ne pozna.
For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
16 Job zato svoja usta zaman odpira. Besede množi brez spoznanja.«
Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.
