Job 35
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
35 Potom je Elihu rekao:
2 »Misliš li da je ovo pravedno?
Govoriš: ‘Više sam u pravu od Boga.’
3 A pitaš: ‘Što mi to koristi
i što dobivam ako ne griješim?’
4 Odgovorit ću na to tebi
i tvojim prijateljima.
5 Pogledaj nebesa i zagledaj se u oblake
koji su toliko iznad tebe.
6 Ako griješiš, jesi li Bogu naškodio?
Ako umnožiš grijehe, jesi li mu naudio?
7 Ako si pravedan, što mu to daješ?
Što to on prima iz tvoje ruke?
8 Tvoja zloća utječe samo na slične tebi
i tvoja pravednost jedino na druge.
9 Ljudi vape zbog teškog tlačenja,
žele biti izbavljeni od ruke silnika.
10 Ali nitko ne kaže: ‘Gdje je Bog, moj Stvoritelj?
On nam noću daje pjesme koje pjevamo,
11 čini nas razumnijima od divljih životinja
i mudrijima od ptica.’
12 Takvi ljudi vape, ali on im ne odgovara
jer su bahati i opaki.
13 Uzaludni su njihovi vapaji,
Bog ih neće slušati,
ne mari za njih Svemoćni.
14 Pa koliko će tek manje slušati tebe
kad kažeš da ga ne vidiš,
da je tvoja parnica pred njim,
a ti još uvijek čekaš da ti odgovori!
15 Job misli da Bog ne kažnjava zlo
i da ne mari za grijeh.
16 Zato otvara usta za prazne priče
i puno govori bez znanja.«
Job 35
Christian Standard Bible
35 Then Elihu continued, saying:
2 Do you think it is just when you say,
“I am righteous before God”?
3 For you ask, “What does it profit you,[a]
and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?” (A)
4 I will answer you
and your friends with you.
5 Look at the heavens and see;
gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him,
or what does he receive from your hand?(B)
8 Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
and your righteousness, a son of man.[b]
9 People cry out because of severe oppression;
they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.(C)
10 But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker,(D)
who provides us with songs in the night,(E)
11 who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?” (F)
12 There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil people.(G)
13 Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,
and the Almighty does not take note of it—
14 how much less when[c] you complain[d]
that you do not see him,
that your case(H) is before him
and you are waiting(I) for him.
15 But now, because God’s anger does not punish
and he does not pay attention to transgression,[e]
16 Job opens his mouth in vain
and multiplies words without knowledge.(J)
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