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Tena Elihu akajibu na kusema,
And Elihu went on to say:
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Je! Wewe wadhani kwamba haya ni haki yako, Au je! Wasema, Haki yangu ni zaidi kuliko ya Mungu,
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
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Maana wasema, Kutakuwa na faida gani kwako wewe? Tena, Nitapata faida gani, kuliko nikifanya dhambi?
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
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Mimi nitakujibu, Na hawa wenzio pamoja nawe.
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
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Ziangalie mbingu ukaone; Na mawingu yaangalie, yaliyo juu kuliko wewe.
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
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Ikiwa umefanya dhambi, umefanya nini juu yake? Yakiwa makosa yako yameongezeka, wamfanyia nini yeye?
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
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Ikiwa u mwenye haki, wampa kitu gani? Au yeye hupokea nini mkononi mwako?
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
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Uovu wako waweza kumwumiza mtu kama wewe; Na haki yako yaweza kumfaa mwanadamu.
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
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Kwa sababu ya wingi wa jeuri wao hulia; Walilia msaada kwa sababu ya mkono wa wakuu.
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
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Wala hapana asemaye, Yuko wapi Mungu Muumba wangu, Awapaye nyimbo wakati wa usiku;
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
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Atufundishaye zaidi ya hayawani wa nchi, Na kutufanya wenye hekima kuliko ndege za angani?
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
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Hulia huko, lakini hapana ajibuye, Kwa sababu ya kiburi cha watu waovu.
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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Hakika Mungu hatasikia ubatili, Wala Mwenyezi hatauangalia.
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
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Sembuse usemapo wewe ya kuwa humwangalii, Hiyo daawa i mbele yake, nawe wamngojea!
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
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Lakini sasa, kwa sababu yeye hakukujilia katika hasira zake, Wala hauangalii sana unyeti;
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
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Ndiposa Ayubu hufunua kinywa chake kwa ubatili; Huongeza maneno pasipo maarifa.
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”