Ehungi ra Elihu
(32:1—37:24)1 Ovarumendu vetatu mba ve rihahiza nga tji va isa okukayendisa ehungi kuna Job mena rokutja Job ee rivara otja omuhinandjo mu ye omuini. 2 Nungwari umwe ngwa ri Elihu, ka sorere okuritjaera komazenge we, Job tjinga ee rivara omusemba komurungu wa Ndjambi. Elihu, Omubusi, wa ri omuzandu wa Barakel, nu wa ri owonganda ya Ram. 3 Elihu wa pindikirire omapanga yetatu wa Job wina. Motjimbe tjokutja kaave yenene okuyandja omaziriro omasemba ku Job, notjiṋa hi tja raisa aayo Ndjambi wa ri omuhasemba. 4 Elihu tjinga e ri ngwa ri omutanda pu wo, otja undja nga omundu auhe tja mana okuhungira. 5 Elihu tja muna kutja ovarumendu mba kave yenenene okuyandja eziriro ku Job arire tja pindike, 6 na utu okuhungira na tja:
“Ami owami omutanda, neṋe oweṋe ovanene;
notji mba tira okumuraera
imbi ami mbi me tjiwa.
7 Ami mbe ripura kutja mamu sokuhungira,
nokutja eṋe mbu mu ri ovanene
mamu sokuhaṋasana ounongo weṋu.
8 Nungwari Ombepo ya Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe
ondji hita movandu okuvepa ounongo.
9 Kaukurundu ombu yandja ounongo kovandu,
poo ombu ve vatera okutjiwa
imbi mbi ri ovisemba.
10 Nambano ami otji me vanga
kutja mu puratene ku ami;
me mu raere imbi mbi me tjiwa.
11 “Ami mba puratene nawa ke hungi
reṋu ngunda amamu hungire,
nu mba undju ngunda amamu
paha omambo omasemba.
12 Ami mba puratene nombango yandje aihe,
nu mba munu kutja eṋe kamu sorere okupimba Job,
kamu zirire Job osemba otja komahungiriro we.
13 Mamu panḓere tjike pokutja mwa munu ounongo?
Ndjambi nga rire ngwa ziri Job,
orondu eṋe kamu sorere okumuzira.
14 Job aa hungire kuna eṋe, kaa hungire na ami;
nungwari ami himee mu ziri
otja eṋe tji mwe mu ziri.
15 “Owo kava ri nomambo okuhungira,
Job, kave nomaziriro okukupa.
16 Hapo ami hi kare pokuundja,
owo tji va mwina?
Owo va kurama mbo nokuhinotjiṋa
tji mave hungire.
17 Kako, ami me yandja eziriro
randje nambano nai,
nu me hungire imbi mbi me tjiwa.
18 Ami mbi nomambo omengi okuhungira,
nu hi nokusora okuyarura
omambo wandje ombunda.
19 Tji mbi hi nokupewa oruveze okuhungira,
me pamuka otja ondjaṱu ombe
yomukova ndje ura nomavinu.
20 Ami mba pama nomambo;
mbi sokuhungira.
21 Ami hi na munda ku me
karere mombata ndji,
nu hi nokupopa omundu ngamwa.
22 Okupopa omundu hi ku i,
tjaa Ndjambi ngee ndji vere tjimanga,
tji mba tjiti nao.
Elihu Is Upset with Job's Friends
1 Finally, these three men stopped arguing with Job, because he refused to admit he was guilty.
2 Elihu from Buz was there, and he had become upset with Job for blaming God instead of himself. 3 He was also angry with Job's three friends for not being able to prove that Job was wrong. 4 Elihu was younger than these three, and he let them speak first. 5 But he became irritated when they could not answer Job, 6 and he said to them:
I am much younger than you,
so I have shown respect
by keeping silent.
7 I once believed age
was the source of wisdom;
8 now I truly realize
wisdom comes from God.
9 Age is no guarantee of wisdom
and understanding.
10 That's why I ask you
to listen to me.
I Eagerly Listened
* 11 I eagerly listened
to each of your arguments,
12 but not one of you proved
Job to be wrong.
13 You shouldn't say,
“We know what's right!
Let God punish him.”
14 Job hasn't spoken against me,
and so I won't answer him
with your arguments.
15 All of you are shocked;
you don't know what to say.
16 But am I to remain silent,
just because you
have stopped speaking?
17 No! I will give my opinion,
18 because I have so much to say,
that I can't keep quiet.
19 I am like a swollen wineskin,
and I will burst
20 if I don't speak.
* 21 I don't know how to be unfair
or to flatter anyone—
22 if I did, my Creator
would quickly destroy me!
