Job 12
1 Then Job answered:
Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
“Hatirĩ nganja inyuĩ nĩ inyuĩ andũ, naguo ũũgĩ ũgaathiranĩra na inyuĩ rĩrĩa mũgaakua!
3 But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
No rĩrĩ, ndĩ na ũmenyo o ta inyuĩ; mũtirĩ oogĩ kũngĩra. Nũũ ũtooĩ maũndũ macio mothe?
4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
“Nduĩkĩte mũndũ wa gũthekererwo nĩ arata akwa, o na gũtuĩka nĩndakaĩire Ngai nake akĩnjigua: niĩ nduĩkĩte mũndũ wa gũthekererwo, o na gũtuĩka ndĩ mũthingu na ndirĩ ũcuuke!
5 The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
Andũ arĩa maikaraga megangarĩte manyũrũragia mũtino, makona ta ũndũ ũcio ũkoraga o andũ arĩa magũrũ mao matenderũkaga.
6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
Hema cia atunyani nĩcio ciikaraga igaacĩire, na andũ arĩa marakaragia Mũrungu nĩo maikaraga na thayũ, o acio makuuaga ngai yao na moko.
7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
“No ta kĩũrie nyamũ, na nĩigũkũruta ũhoro, kana ũrie nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ, na nĩigũkwĩra;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
kana warĩrie thĩ, na nĩĩgũkũruta ũhoro, kana ũkĩarĩrie thamaki cia iria-inĩ, nacio nĩigũkũhe ũhoro.
9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
Nĩ irĩkũ cia icio ciothe itooĩ atĩ nĩ guoko kwa Jehova gwĩkĩte ũndũ ũyũ?
10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
Mĩoyo ya ciũmbe ciothe ĩrĩ guoko-inĩ gwake, o na mĩhũmũ ya andũ othe.
11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
Githĩ gũtũ gũtithuuranagia ciugo o ta ũrĩa rũrĩmĩ rũcamaga irio?
12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Githĩ ũũgĩ ndũkoragwo na andũ arĩa akũrũ? Githĩ gũtũũra mũno gũtirehaga ũmenyo?
13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
“Ũũgĩ na hinya nĩ cia Ngai; mataaro na ũmenyo nĩ ciake.
14 What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
Kĩrĩa amomoraga gĩtingĩakwo rĩngĩ; mũndũ ũrĩa aahingĩra njeera gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmuohora.
15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
Ahingagĩrĩria maaĩ, gũkaaga mbura; ningĩ aamarekereria makaananga bũrũri.
16 True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Hinya na ũtooria nĩ ciake; mũheenio na mũheenania eerĩ no ake.
17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
Aheani kĩrĩra amatongoragia matarĩ nguo, na agatua aciirithania irimũ.
18 He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
Nĩohoraga mĩnyororo ĩrĩa athamaki moohaga andũ nayo, akamooha mũcibi njohero.
19 He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
Athĩnjĩri-Ngai amatongoragia marutĩtwo nguo, na akangʼaũrania andũ arĩa mehaandire tene.
20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
Nĩakiragia mĩromo ya aheani kĩrĩra arĩa meehoketwo, nao athuuri akamatunya ũhoro wa gũkũũrana maũndũ.
21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
We nĩagagĩra arĩa atĩĩku bata, nao arĩa marĩ na hinya nĩamatunyaga indo ciao cia mbaara.
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Nĩaguũragia maũndũ marĩa mariku ma nduma, na nduma nene ya gĩkuũ akamiumĩria ũtheri-inĩ.
23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
Anenehagia ndũrĩrĩ, agacooka agaciananga; aingĩhagia ndũrĩrĩ, agacooka agacihurunja.
24 He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Nĩagaagagia meciiria ma atongoria a gũkũ thĩ; akamaingata, morũũrage werũ-inĩ mũtheri ũtarĩ njĩra.
25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Mahambaataga nduma-inĩ kũrĩa gũtarĩ ũtheri; ningĩ atũmaga matũgũũge ta mũndũ mũrĩĩu.
