Ayubu 35
1 Ndipo Elihu akasema:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 “Je, unadhani hili ni haki? Wewe unasema, ‘Nina haki mbele za Mungu.’
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
3 Bado unamuuliza, ‘Ni faida gani nimepata, na imenifaidi nini kwa kutokutenda dhambi?’
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
4 “Ningependa nikujibu wewe pamoja na marafiki zako walio pamoja nawe.
I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
5 Tazama juu mbinguni ukaone; yaangalie mawingu yaliyo juu sana juu yako.
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
6 Je, ukitenda dhambi, inamdhuruje Mungu? Kama dhambi zako zikiwa nyingi, hilo linamfanyia nini Mungu?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Kama wewe ni mwadilifu, unampa nini, au yeye anapokea nini mkononi kwako?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
8 Uovu wako unamdhuru tu mtu mwingine kama wewe, nayo haki yako inawafaa wanadamu tu.
Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
9 “Wanadamu hulia kwa kulemewa na mateso; huomba msaada kutoka mkono wenye nguvu.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
10 Lakini hakuna asemaye, ‘Yuko wapi Mungu Muumba wangu, yeye anifanyaye niimbe usiku,
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
11 yeye atufundishaye sisi zaidi kuliko wanyama wa dunia, na kutufanya wenye hekima kuliko ndege wa angani?’
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
12 Yeye hajibu wakati watu waliapo kwa sababu ya kiburi cha watu waovu.
There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Naam, Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao ya ubatili; Mwenyezi hayazingatii.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Si zaidi sana kwamba hatakusikiliza wewe usemapo humwoni, tena ya kwamba shauri lako liko mbele zake na wewe lazima umngojee,
Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
15 pia zaidi, kwamba hasira yake kamwe haiadhibu wala haangalii uovu hata kidogo?
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
16 Hivyo Ayubu hufumbua kinywa chake kwa maneno yasiyo na maana; anaongea maneno mengi bila maarifa.”
For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
