1Sinabi pa ni Elihu, 2“Akala mo baʼy tama ka sa pagsasabing wala kang kasalanan sa harap ng Dios? 3Pero tinatanong mo rin, ‘Anong pakinabang ko kung akoʼy hindi gagawa ng kasalanan?’
4“Sasagutin kita pati na ang iyong mga kaibigan. 5Tumingin ka sa langit at tingnan mo kung gaano kataas ang ulap. 6Kung magkasala ka, hindi iyon makakaapekto sa Dios, kahit patuloy ka pang magkasala. 7Kung matuwid ka, ano naman ang kabutihang maibibigay nito sa Dios? 8Ang maaapektuhan lamang sa ginagawa mong mabuti o masama ay ang iyong kapwa.
9“Ang mga inaapi ay humihingi ng tulong na iligtas sila sa kamay ng mga makapangyarihang tao. 10Pero hindi sila tumatawag sa Dios na lumikha sa kanila at nagbibigay ng kalakasan sa panahon ng paghihirap. 11Hindi sila lumalapit sa Dios na nilikha silang higit na marunong kaysa sa mga hayop at ibon. 12At kung mananalangin sila, hindi sila sinasagot ng Dios dahil mayayabang sila at masasamang tao. 13Tunay ngang hindi dinidinig ng Makapangyarihang Dios ang walang kabuluhang paghingi nila ng tulong. 14Job, lalo ka lang niyang hindi pakikinggan kung sasabihin mong hindi mo nakikita ang kanyang tulong nang idinulog mo ang iyong kalagayan, at pinaghihintay ka lang. 15Sinabi mo rin na hindi nagpaparusa ang Dios kahit galit siya, at hindi niya pinapansin ang kasamaang ginagawa ng tao. 16Job, walang saysay ang sinasabi mo. Talagang malinaw na hindi mo alam ang iyong sinasabi.”
1Elihu continued,
2“Job, do you think it’s fair for you to say,
‘I am the one who is right, not God’?
3You ask him, ‘What good is it for me not to sin?
What do I get by not sinning?’
4“I’d like to reply to you
and to your friends who are with you.
5Look up at the heavens.
Observe the clouds that are high above you.
6If you sin, what does that mean to God?
If you sin many times, what does that do to him?
7If you do what is right, how does that help him?
What does he get from you?
8The evil things you do only hurt people like yourself.
The right things you do only help other human beings.
9“People cry out when they are treated badly.
They beg to be set free from the power of those who are over them.
10But no one says, ‘Where is the God who made me?
He gives us songs even during the night.
11He teaches us more than he teaches the wild animals.
He makes us wiser than the birds in the sky.’
12He doesn’t answer sinful people when they cry out to him.
That’s because they are so proud.
13In fact, God doesn’t listen to their empty cries.
The Mighty One doesn’t pay any attention to them.
14So he certainly won’t listen to you.
When you say you don’t see him, he won’t hear you.
He won’t listen when you state your case to him.
He won’t pay attention even if you wait for him.
15When you say his anger never punishes sin, he won’t hear you.
He won’t listen when you say he doesn’t pay any attention to evil.
16So you say things that don’t mean anything.
You use a lot of words,
but you don’t know what you are talking about.”
