1Eriku ne yeeyongera okwogera nti,
2“Yongera okuŋŋumiikirizaako katono nkulage,
nkyalina bye nnina okwogera ebifa ku Katonda.
336:3 Yob 8:3; 37:23Amagezi ge nnina gava wala,
era mmanyi nga Omutonzi wange alamula mu bwenkanya.
436:4 a Yob 33:3 b Yob 37:5, 16, 23Eky’amazima ebigambo byange si bikyamu,
oyo akakasa by’amanyi y’ayogera naawe.
536:5 a Zab 22:24 b Yob 12:13“Laba, Katonda wa buyinza, tanyooma bantu;
w’amaanyi, anywerera ku bigendererwa bye.
636:6 a Yob 8:22 b Yob 5:15Talamya bakozi ba bibi,
era awa ababonyaabonyezebwa ebibasaanira.
736:7 a Zab 33:18 b Zab 113:8Taggya maaso ge ku batuukirivu,
abatuuza ku ntebe ey’obwakabaka
n’abagulumiza emirembe n’emirembe.
836:8 Zab 107:10, 14Naye abantu bwe baba basibiddwa enjegere
nga banywezeddwa n’emiguwa egy’okulumwa
936:9 Yob 15:25n’abategeeza ensobi zaabwe, n’okwonoona kwabwe,
nti, beewaggudde,
1036:10 a Yob 33:16 b 2Bk 17:13aggula amatu gaabwe bawulirize okunenyezebwa
n’abalagira beenenye ekibi kyabwe.
1136:11 Is 1:19Bwe bamugondera ne bamuweereza,
ennaku zaabwe zonna balizimala mu kwesiima,
era n’emyaka gyabwe mu kusanyuka.
1236:12 a Yob 15:22 b Yob 4:21Naye bwe batamugondera,
baalizikirizibwa n’ekitala,
bafe nga tebalina magezi.
1336:13 Bar 2:5“Ab’emitima egitatya Katonda baba n’obukyayi.
Ne bw’abasiba, tebamukaabirira abasumulule.
1436:14 Ma 23:17Bafiira mu buvubuka bwabwe
era obulamu bwabwe buzikiririra mu basajja abenzi.
15Anunula anyigirizibwa mu kubonaabona kwe,
n’aggula okutu kwe mu kujoogebwa kwe.
1636:16 a Kos 2:14 b Zab 23:5“Akusendasenda okukuggya mu kamwa k’okubonaabona,
akuteeke mu kifo ekigazi ekitaliimu kuziyizibwa,
omanye emirembe gy’emeeza yo ejjudde emmere ennungi.
1736:17 Yob 22:11Naye kaakano weetisse omugugu ogw’okusalirwa omusango abakozi b’ebibi gwe basaanira;
okusalirwa omusango n’obwenkanya byakunyweza.
1836:18 Yob 34:33Weegendereze oleme kukkiriza kusendebwasendebwa;
obunene bw’enguzi buleme okukukyamya.
19Obugagga bwo
oba okufuba kwo kwonna
binaakuyamba okukuggya mu buyinike?
2036:20 Yob 34:20, 25Teweegomba budde bwa kiro
olyoke owalule abantu okuva mu bifo byabwe.
2136:21 a Zab 66:18 b Beb 11:25Weegendereze oleme kukola bitali bya butuukirivu,
by’osinga okwagala okukira okubonyaabonyezebwa.
2236:22 Is 40:13; 1Ko 2:16“Laba Katonda yagulumira mu maanyi ge;
ani ayigiriza nga ye?
2336:23 a Yob 34:13 b Yob 8:3Ani eyali amukubidde amakubo,
oba okumugamba nti, ‘Ky’okoze si kituufu?’
2436:24 a Zab 92:5; 138:5 b Zab 59:16; Kub 15:3Jjukira ng’oteekwa okugulumizanga emirimu gye,
abantu gye bayimba mu nnyimba.
25Abantu bonna baagiraba,
omuntu agirengerera wala.
2636:26 a 1Ko 13:12 b Yob 10:5; Zab 90:2; 102:24; Beb 1:12Laba, Katonda agulumizibwe! Assukiridde okutegeera kwaffe;
obungi bw’emyaka gye tebunoonyezeka.
2736:27 Yob 38:28; Zab 147:8“Kubanga akuŋŋaanya amatondo g’amazzi,
agafuuka enkuba etonnya mu bugga;
2836:28 Yob 5:10ebire bivaamu amazzi gaabyo,
enkuba n’ekuba abantu.
2936:29 Yob 26:14; 37:16Ani ayinza okutegeera engeri gy’asaasaanyamu ebire,
okubwatuka okuva ku kituuti kye?
30Laba, asaasaanya okumyansa kw’eggulu,
era n’abikka obuziba bw’ennyanja.
3136:31 a Yob 37:13 b Zab 136:25; Bik 14:17Eyo y’engeri gy’afugamu amawanga,
n’agawa emmere mu bungi.
3236:32 Yob 37:12, 15Emikono gye agijjuza eraddu,
n’agiragira ekube ebifo bye yeerondeddemu.
33Okubwatuka kwayo kulangirira kibuyaga ajja,
n’ente ne zirangirira okujja kwayo.”
1Elihu continued:
2“Bear with me a little longer and I will show you
that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
3I get my knowledge from afar;
I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4Be assured that my words are not false;
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
5“God is mighty, but despises no one;
he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
6He does not keep the wicked alive
but gives the afflicted their rights.
7He does not take his eyes off the righteous;
he enthrones them with kings
and exalts them forever.
8But if people are bound in chains,
held fast by cords of affliction,
9he tells them what they have done—
that they have sinned arrogantly.
10He makes them listen to correction
and commands them to repent of their evil.
11If they obey and serve him,
they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity
and their years in contentment.
12But if they do not listen,
they will perish by the sword36:12 Or will cross the river
and die without knowledge.
13“The godless in heart harbor resentment;
even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
14They die in their youth,
among male prostitutes of the shrines.
15But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;
he speaks to them in their affliction.
16“He is wooing you from the jaws of distress
to a spacious place free from restriction,
to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
17But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked;
judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
18Be careful that no one entices you by riches;
do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
19Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts
sustain you so you would not be in distress?
20Do not long for the night,
to drag people away from their homes.36:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.
21Beware of turning to evil,
which you seem to prefer to affliction.
22“God is exalted in his power.
Who is a teacher like him?
23Who has prescribed his ways for him,
or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24Remember to extol his work,
which people have praised in song.
25All humanity has seen it;
mortals gaze on it from afar.
26How great is God—beyond our understanding!
The number of his years is past finding out.
27“He draws up the drops of water,
which distill as rain to the streams36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain;
28the clouds pour down their moisture
and abundant showers fall on mankind.
29Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
how he thunders from his pavilion?
30See how he scatters his lightning about him,
bathing the depths of the sea.
31This is the way he governs36:31 Or nourishes the nations
and provides food in abundance.
32He fills his hands with lightning
and commands it to strike its mark.
33His thunder announces the coming storm;
even the cattle make known its approach.36:33 Or announces his coming— / the One zealous against evil
