Job 35
1 Elihú je poleg tega spregovoril in rekel:
Moreover Elihu continued, saying,
2 »Mar misliš, da je to pravilno, da govoriš: ›Moja pravičnost je večja kakor Božja?‹
“Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?
3 Kajti praviš: ›Kakšna prednost ti bo to?‹ in ›Kakšno korist bom imel, če bom očiščen pred svojim grehom?‹
For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
4 Odgovoril ti bom in tvojim družabnikom s teboj.
I will answer you, both you and your friends.
5 Poglej v nebo in glej. Ogleduj oblake, ki so višje kakor ti.
Look up at the sky, and see it; see 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 have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
7 Če si pravičen, kaj mu daješ? Ali kaj on prejema iz tvoje roke?
If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
8 Tvoja zlobnost lahko prizadene človeka, kakor si ti in tvoja pravičnost lahko koristi človeškemu sinu.
Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
9 Zaradi množice zatiranj povzročajo zatiranim, da kričijo. Vpijejo zaradi lakta mogočnega.
Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
10 Toda nihče ne pravi: ›Kje je Bog, moj stvarnik, ki daje pesmi ponoči,
But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11 ki nas uči več kakor zemeljske živali in nas dela modrejše kakor perjad neba?‹
who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
12 Tam vpijejo, toda nihče ne daje odgovora zaradi ponosa zlobnežev.
There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.
13 Bog zagotovo ne bo slišal prazne reči niti se Vsemogočni na to ne bo oziral.
God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
14 Čeprav praviš, da ga ne boš videl, je vendar sodba pred njim, zato zaupaj vanj.
How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!
15 Toda sedaj, ker to ni tako, je obiskal v svoji jezi, vendar on tega v veliki skrajnosti ne pozna.
Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
16 Job zato svoja usta zaman odpira. Besede množi brez spoznanja.«
So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”
