Ayub 24
1 “Angʼo momiyo Jehova Nyasaye Maratego ok oketo odiechieng ngʼado bura mondo ongʼere? Angʼo momiyo joma ongʼeyo geno odiechiengno to ok ginyal nene?
But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
2 Ji ma timbegi richo ketho kiewo; kendo gikwayo jamni ma gisekwalo.
while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
3 Gikwalo punda nyathi kich kendo gikawo rwadh pur achiel kende mar dhako ma chwore otho ka gir singo.
They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 Gimono jochan yudo adiera kendo gimiyo jomodhier ringo pondo.
They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
5 Joma odhier tiyo matek kamanyo chiemo e thim, mana ka punda; nikech onge kama ginyalo yudoe chiemo ni nyithindgi.
And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to [his] little ones.
6 Gichoko chiemb jamni kendo gihulo mzabibu e puothe joricho.
They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
7 Ginindo duk gotieno nikech gionge lewni; gionge gimoro amora ma ginyalo umorego ka koyo ngʼich.
They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.
8 Kodh ajiki mag gode olwoko dendgi kendo gitwere e lwendni nikech gionge kuonde dak.
They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.
9 Nyathi maonge gi wuon iyudho oko e thuno; nyathi jadhier ma pod kwar imako kar gowi.
They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.
10 Giwuotho duk e gwengʼ nikech gionge lewni; gitingʼo ne ji chiemo to gin to kech negogi.
And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.
11 Ji chunogi gitoyo zeituni kuonde ma gin ema gikunyo, kendo gibiyo olemb mzabibu to gin riyo negogi.
They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.
12 Chur mar joma tho ochomo polo koa e dala maduongʼ kendo chunje joma ohinyore ywagore ka dwaro kony, to Nyasaye ok okum joma hinyogi.
Who have cast forth [the] poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.
13 “Nitie jomoko mangʼanyo ne ler, ma ok ongʼeyo yore ler, kata ma ok dwar ler.
Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?
14 Ka ler mar odiechiengʼ rumo aruma nii, to janek aa malo kendo onego jochan gi jodhier; otimo kamano gotieno kolidho ka jakuo.
But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:
15 Wangʼ jachode bende rito mondo piny oimre; oparo e chunye niya, ‘Onge ngʼat ma biro nena,’ kendo opando wangʼe mondo kik ngʼeye.
and the eye of the adulterer has watched [for] the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.
16 Jokuo turo udi gotieno, to kochopo odiechiengʼ to gipondo; nimar ok gidwar neno ler.
In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.
17 Giduto mudho mandiwa chalnegi okinyi; giloso osiep gi masiche mayudore e mudho mandiwa.
For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death, for [each] will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.
18 “To kata kamano gichalo buoyo moyienyo ewi pi malo; lopegi okwongʼ, maonge ngʼama rawo e puothegi mag mzabibu mi yudie olemo.
He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.
19 Joricho lal nono e piny ma ji odakie, mana kaka pe leny ka chiengʼ rieny e ndalo oro. (Sheol h7585)
[Let them be] withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless. (Sheol h7585)
20 Onge ngʼama paro joricho kendo wich wil kodgi; mi kudni chamgi kendo itiekogi chuth.
Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.
21 Gisando mon ma chwogi otho kendo ok gikech mon maonge nyithindo.
For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
22 To Nyasaye tieko joma roteke gi tekone; kata obedo ni gin joma niginyalo to gionge gi ratiro ni gibiro bedo mangima.
And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, [a man] will not feel secure of his own life.
23 Onyalo weyogi mi gipar ni gin gi kwe, to wangʼe osiko rangogi kinde duto.
When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.
24 Gineno maber kuom kinde matin kende to bangʼe gilal nono kadiemo wangʼ, kendo ichokogi mi giner ka buya mopudhi; kendo ingʼadogi oko mana kaka ingʼado wiye cham.
For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
25 “Ka gik ma awachogo miriambo, to en ngʼa manyalo nyiso maler ni ariambo, ma dimi wechega bed gik manono?”
But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?
