1-2 It is not right, Job, for you to say
that you are innocent in God's sight,
3 or to ask God, “How does my sin affect you?
What have I gained by not sinning?”
4 I am going to answer you and your friends too.
5 Look at the sky! See how high the clouds are!
6 If you sin, that does no harm to God.
If you do wrong many times, does that affect him?
7 Do you help God by being so righteous?
There is nothing God needs from you.
8 Others suffer from your sins,
and the good you do helps them.
9 When people are oppressed, they groan;
they cry for someone to save them.
10 But they don't turn to God, their Creator,
who gives them hope in their darkest hours.
11 They don't turn to God, who makes us wise,
wiser than any animal or bird.
12 They cry for help, but God doesn't answer,
for they are proud and evil.
13 It is useless for them to cry out;
Almighty God does not see or hear them.
14 Job, you say you can't see God;
but wait patiently—your case is before him.
15 You think that God does not punish,
that he pays little attention to sin.
16 It is useless for you to go on talking;
it is clear you don't know what you are saying.
1 Ipapo Elihu kati,
2 “Unokumbula kuti ikoku kwakalulwama kene?
Unoti, ‘I ndulamo yangu mbeli kwe Ndzimu,’
3 kwaungadzina ukaubhuzwa uti ‘Ndobuyigwa ngeni,
mu kusatjinya kwangu ikoku kene.’
4 Ndowokudabila
iwe ne bakwinya babo banawe.
5 Linga kuzhuzhugwi ubone,
bona makole a pezhugwi kule kule kukupinda.
6 Ha utjinya unobuyigwa ngeni kudwa muuli,
ha matjinyo awo ewanda kothamani kuuli?
7 Apa uli nlulwami unoupani kene,
kene, unoamutjilani tjinodwa mu luboko gugo?
8 Bubi gugo gotjinyila nthu koga unonga iwe,
ndulamo iyo inobhatsha bathu koga.
9 “Ngekwe bunjinji gwe kutshambilidziwa bathu banolila,
banolila bekumbila bhatsho ngoti luboko gwe wakasima gubakulila.
10 Koga akuna unoti, ‘Ndzimu ungayi mbumbi wangu,
iwo unombisa bathu busiku,
11 iwo unotidiya kupinda phuka dze shango,
iwo unotithama kuti titjenjele kupinda nyuni dze phepho.’
12 Ikoko banolilila kuuli koga autobadabila,
ngekwe mazwikudzo e bathu babi.
13 Nge malebeswa, Ndzimu autoteedza kukumbila kwe suli,
Masimbawose abana hanya nako ndodwa.
14 Bukulu seni ha uti autoubona,
koga ibe ne moyo nlefu tjililo tjitjo tji mbeli kwawo,
15 ngoti bushongola gwawo ate gwe kuloba shamu,
kakale auna hanya ngotjinya,
16 Jobe, unozhula nlomo ne matama e madatha koga,
ewatsha matama asina luzibo.”