Job 12
1 Then Job answered and said,
Mgbe ahụ, Job zara:
2 No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
“Nʼezie, naanị unu bụ ndị maara ihe, unu na amamihe ga-anwụkọ nʼotu.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Ma enwere m mmụọ iche uche dịka unu; abụghị m onye na-erughị eru nʼebe unu nọ. Onye bụ onye na-amaghị ihe ndị a unu na-ekwu?
4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
“Abụzi m ihe ọchị nʼebe ndị enyi m nọ, nʼagbanyeghị na m kpọkuru Chineke, ọ za, onye ezi omume, onye na-enweghị ịta ụta bụzikwa ihe eji akpa ọchị!
5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Ndị na-enweghị nsogbu na-eleda ndị ọdachi dakwasịrị anya dịka nsogbu si eche ndị ụkwụ ha na-amịchapụ amịchapụ.
6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
Ụlọ ikwu nke ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe na-adị jụụ; ndị na-akpasu Chineke iwe na-adị nʼudo, bụ ndị na-ebugharị chi ha nʼaka ha.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
“Ma jụọ ụmụ anụmanụ, ha ga-akụziri gị, maọbụ ụmụ nnụnụ, ha ga-agwa gị.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Ma ọ bụkwanụ gwa ala okwu, ọ ga-akụziri gị, maọbụ kwere ka azụ nọ na mmiri kọọrọ gị.
9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
Olee otu nʼime ihe ndị a nke na-amaghị na ọ bụ aka Onyenwe anyị mere nke a?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
Nʼaka ya ka ndụ ihe niile e kere eke dị, ya na ndụ ụmụ mmadụ
11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
Ọ bụ na ntị adịghị anwale okwu, otu ire si anwale ihe oriri?
12 With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding.
Ọ bụ na-adịghị ahụ amamihe nʼetiti ndị okenye? Ogologo ndụ, ọ dịghị eweta nghọta?
13 With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
“Ọ bụ Chineke nwe amamihe na ike, ndụmọdụ na nghọta bụkwa nke ya.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Ihe o tidara enweghị mwugharị ọzọ; mgbapụta adịghị nye onye o tụbara nʼụlọ mkpọrọ.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Ọ bụrụ na o gbochie mmiri, ebe niile atakọrọchaa. Ọ bụrụ na o zipụ ha, ha erikpuo ala niile.
16 With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
Nʼaka ya ka ike na nzube ihe dị; ndị a ghọgburu na ndị na-aghọgbu bụkwa nke ya.
17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
Ọ na-anapụ ndị ndụmọdụ ọkwa ha chụpụ ha, ma ndị ikpe ka ọ na-eme ka ha ghọọ ndị nzuzu.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
Ọ na-atọpụ mkpọrọ igwe ndị eze kere, ma were akwa mgbochi kee ha nʼukwu.
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
Ọ na-agbawa ndị nchụaja ọtọ chụpụ ha, kwatuokwa ndị ọnọdụ ha sirila ike ogologo oge gara aga.
20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
Ọ na-emechi ọnụ ndị ndụmọdụ a tụkwasịrị obi, wepụkwa nghọta nke ndị okenye.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
Ọ na-eji ndị ọgaranya eme ihe ọchị, napụkwa ngwa agha nke ndị dị ike.
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Ọ na-ekpughe ihe omimi nke ọchịchịrị meekwa ka oke ọchịchịrị pụta ìhè.
23 He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
Ọ na-eme ka mba dị ukwuu, ọ na-emekwa ka ha laa nʼiyi; Ọ na-eme ka mba baa ụba, ma chụsakwaa ha.
24 He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Ọ na-anapụ ndị ndu nke ụwa amamihe ha, zipụkwa ha ka ha na-awagharị nʼọzara ebe ụzọ na-adịghị.
25 They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Ha na-asọgharị ìsì nʼọchịchịrị na-enweghị ìhè. Ọ na-eme ha ka ha na-adagharị dịka ndị mmanya na-egbu.
