< Job 35 >

1 Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:
Then commenced Elihu, and said,
2 “Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,
Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, “My righteousness is more than God's?”
3 kada mu kažeš: 'Što ti je to važno, i ako griješim, što ti činim time?'
For thou sayest, “What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”
4 Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.
I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.
5 Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!
Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.
6 Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?
If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
7 Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?
8 Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.
A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.
9 Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,
By reason of the multitude of oppressions [the wicked] cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.
10 nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,
But [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even in the night;
11 umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?
12 Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.
There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!
Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.
14 A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'
Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.
15 Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'
But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?
16 Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”
But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.

< Job 35 >