Ehungi oritjatatu ra Elihu
1 Elihu wa hungira komurungu a tja:
2 “Kasemba, Job, okutja nao aruhe
kutja oove omuhinandjo
komurungu wa Ndjambi,
3 poo okupura Ndjambi nai:
‘Ourunde wandje mau ṱunu vi kove?
Ami mba munina po tjike
mokuhinakutura ondjo?’
4 Ami me ku ziri, nga komapanga woye wina.
5 “Tara kevaverwa! Muna ovikamba tji
vi ri kokure kombanda yoye!
6 Ove tji wa tjiti ourunde,
oko kaku hihamisa Ndjambi,
nu ozondataiziro zoye tjiza takavara,
maku ṱunu ku ye are?
7 Okuhinokutura ondjo kwoye ku yandja
ombatero ya tjike ku Ndjambi?
Kape notjiṋa Ndjambi tji ma hepa kove!
8 Kako! Ourunde woye u hihamisa
omundu tjimuna ove nao,
nu noho ouwa mbu mo tjiti
mau vatere ovandu varwe.
9 “Ovandu tji mave ṋiṋikiziwa
i ovanauvara, owo ve tjema,
ve ura ku umwe kutja e ve vatere.
10 Nungwari owo kave paha Ndjambi,
Omuute wawo,
ngu ve pa omaundjiro mozoiri zonḓorera.
11 Owo kave kotoka ku Ndjambi
ngwe tu tjita ozonongo,
ozonongo tjinene povipuka nozonḓera.
12 Owo ve kwa ombatero,
nungwari Ndjambi ka ziri,
owo tjinga averi overitongamise novanauvi.
13 Okurira kwawo omungandjo uriri,
tjinga Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe
ehi nokuvezuva nokuvemuna.
14 “Job, ove u tja ko munu Ndjambi,
nungwari u undja ku ye nomuretima,
notjiposa tjoye tji ri komurungu we.
15 Ove mo tjangovasi Ndjambi
ke nokusora okuvera,
nokutja eye ke na ko na tja nouvi.
16 Omungandjo kove okuhungira
komurungu omambo
omengi ngu mo hungire,
motjimbe tjokutja ko nokutjiwa
kutja mo hungire tjike.”
Elihu Continues
Are You Really Innocent?
1 Elihu said:
2 Job, are you really innocent
in the sight of God?
3 Don't you honestly believe
it pays to obey him?
4 I will give the answers
to you and your friends.
* 5 Look up to the heavens
6 and think!
Do your sins hurt God?
7 Is any good you may have done
at all helpful to him?
8 The evil or good you do
only affects other humans.
9 In times of trouble,
everyone begs the mighty God
to have mercy.
10 But after their Creator
helps them through hard times,
they forget about him,
11 though he makes us wiser
than animals or birds.
12 God won't listen to the prayers
of proud and evil people.
13 If God All-Powerful refuses
to answer their empty prayers,
14 he will surely deny
your impatient request
to face him in court.
15 Job, you were wrong to say
God doesn't punish sin.
16 Everything you have said
adds up to nonsense.
