Job 35
1 Elihú je poleg tega spregovoril in rekel:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 »Mar misliš, da je to pravilno, da govoriš: ›Moja pravičnost je večja kakor Božja?‹
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
3 Kajti praviš: ›Kakšna prednost ti bo to?‹ in ›Kakšno korist bom imel, če bom očiščen pred svojim grehom?‹
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
4 Odgovoril ti bom in tvojim družabnikom s teboj.
I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
5 Poglej v nebo in glej. Ogleduj oblake, ki so višje kakor ti.
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
6 Če grešiš, kaj delaš zoper njega? Ali če so tvoji prestopki pomnoženi, kaj mu delaš?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Če si pravičen, kaj mu daješ? Ali kaj on prejema iz tvoje roke?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
8 Tvoja zlobnost lahko prizadene človeka, kakor si ti in tvoja pravičnost lahko koristi človeškemu sinu.
Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
9 Zaradi množice zatiranj povzročajo zatiranim, da kričijo. Vpijejo zaradi lakta mogočnega.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
10 Toda nihče ne pravi: ›Kje je Bog, moj stvarnik, ki daje pesmi ponoči,
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
11 ki nas uči več kakor zemeljske živali in nas dela modrejše kakor perjad neba?‹
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
12 Tam vpijejo, toda nihče ne daje odgovora zaradi ponosa zlobnežev.
There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Bog zagotovo ne bo slišal prazne reči niti se Vsemogočni na to ne bo oziral.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Čeprav praviš, da ga ne boš videl, je vendar sodba pred njim, zato zaupaj vanj.
Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
15 Toda sedaj, ker to ni tako, je obiskal v svoji jezi, vendar on tega v veliki skrajnosti ne pozna.
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
16 Job zato svoja usta zaman odpira. Besede množi brez spoznanja.«
For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
