Ayubu 35
1 Ndipo Elihu akasema:
And Elius resumed and said,
2 “Je, unadhani hili ni haki? Wewe unasema, ‘Nina haki mbele za Mungu.’
What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 Bado unamuuliza, ‘Ni faida gani nimepata, na imenifaidi nini kwa kutokutenda dhambi?’
I will answer you, and your three friends.
4 “Ningependa nikujibu wewe pamoja na marafiki zako walio pamoja nawe.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.
5 Tazama juu mbinguni ukaone; yaangalie mawingu yaliyo juu sana juu yako.
If you have sinned, what will you do?
6 Je, ukitenda dhambi, inamdhuruje Mungu? Kama dhambi zako zikiwa nyingi, hilo linamfanyia nini Mungu?
and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?
7 Kama wewe ni mwadilifu, unampa nini, au yeye anapokea nini mkononi kwako?
And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?
8 Uovu wako unamdhuru tu mtu mwingine kama wewe, nayo haki yako inawafaa wanadamu tu.
Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.
9 “Wanadamu hulia kwa kulemewa na mateso; huomba msaada kutoka mkono wenye nguvu.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 Lakini hakuna asemaye, ‘Yuko wapi Mungu Muumba wangu, yeye anifanyaye niimbe usiku,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 yeye atufundishaye sisi zaidi kuliko wanyama wa dunia, na kutufanya wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?’
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Yeye hajibu wakati watu waliapo kwa sababu ya kiburi cha watu waovu.
There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Naam, Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao ya ubatili; Mwenyezi hayazingatii.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Si zaidi sana kwamba hatakusikiliza wewe usemapo humwoni, tena ya kwamba shauri lako liko mbele zake na wewe lazima umngojee,
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
15 pia zaidi, kwamba hasira yake kamwe haiadhibu wala haangalii uovu hata kidogo?
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 Hivyo Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake kwa maneno yasiyo na maana; anaongea maneno mengi bila maarifa.”
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
