Job 35

1 Elihu nastavi svoju besjedu i reče:

And Elihu answers and says:

2 “Zar ti misliš da pravo svoje braniš, da pravednost pred Bogom dokazuješ,

“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have 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 you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?

4 Na sve to ja ću odgovorit' tebi i prijateljima tvojim ujedno.

I return words, and your friends with you,

5 Po nebu se obazri i promatraj! Gledaj oblake: od tebe su viši!

Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.

6 Ako griješiš, što si mu uradio, prijestupom svojim što si mu zadao?

If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?

7 Ako si prav, što si dodao njemu i što iz ruke tvoje on dobiva?

If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

8 Opakost tvoja tebi slične pogađa i pravda tvoja čovjeku koristi.

For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.

9 Ali kad ispod teškog stenju jarma, kad vapiju na nasilje moćnika,

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

10 nitko ne kaže: 'Gdje je Bog, moj tvorac, koji noć pjesmom veselom ispunja,

And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,

11 umnijim nas od zvijeri zemskih čini i mudrijima od ptica nebeskih?'

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.

12 Tad vapiju, al' on ne odgovara poradi oholosti zlikovaca.

There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.

13 Ali kako je isprazno tvrditi da Bog njihove ne čuje vapaje, da pogled na njih ne svraća Svesilni!

Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.

14 A kamoli tek kada ti govoriš: 'On ne vidi mene, parnica moja pred njime stoji, a ja na nj još čekam.'

Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.

15 Ili: 'Njegova srdžba ne kažnjava, nimalo on za prijestupe ne mari.'

And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.

16 Isprazno tada otvara Job usta i besjede gomila nerazumne.”

And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”