Ayubu 35
1 Ndipo Elihu akasema:
And Elihu went on to say:
2 “Je, unadhani hili ni haki? Wewe unasema, ‘Nina haki mbele za Mungu.’
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 Bado unamuuliza, ‘Ni faida gani nimepata, na imenifaidi nini kwa kutokutenda dhambi?’
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 “Ningependa nikujibu wewe pamoja na marafiki zako walio pamoja nawe.
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 Tazama juu mbinguni ukaone; yaangalie mawingu yaliyo juu sana juu yako.
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 Je, ukitenda dhambi, inamdhuruje Mungu? Kama dhambi zako zikiwa nyingi, hilo linamfanyia nini Mungu?
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7 Kama wewe ni mwadilifu, unampa nini, au yeye anapokea nini mkononi kwako?
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Uovu wako unamdhuru tu mtu mwingine kama wewe, nayo haki yako inawafaa wanadamu tu.
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 “Wanadamu hulia kwa kulemewa na mateso; huomba msaada kutoka mkono wenye nguvu.
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 Lakini hakuna asemaye, ‘Yuko wapi Mungu Muumba wangu, yeye anifanyaye niimbe usiku,
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 yeye atufundishaye sisi zaidi kuliko wanyama wa dunia, na kutufanya wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?’
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 Yeye hajibu wakati watu waliapo kwa sababu ya kiburi cha watu waovu.
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Naam, Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao ya ubatili; Mwenyezi hayazingatii.
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 Si zaidi sana kwamba hatakusikiliza wewe usemapo humwoni, tena ya kwamba shauri lako liko mbele zake na wewe lazima umngojee,
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15 pia zaidi, kwamba hasira yake kamwe haiadhibu wala haangalii uovu hata kidogo?
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 Hivyo Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake kwa maneno yasiyo na maana; anaongea maneno mengi bila maarifa.”
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
