Job 21
1 Then Job answered:
Mgbe ahụ, Job zara sị:
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
“Gee ntị nke ọma nʼokwu m; ka nke a bụrụ nkasiobi ị ga-enye m.
3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Nwee ndidi ka m kwuchaa okwu m, mgbe m kwuchara, gaa nʼihu ịkwa m emo.
4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
“Ọ bụ mmadụ ka m na-ekpesara? Gịnị ka m ga-eji ghara ịbụ onye na-enweghị ndidi?
5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
Lee m anya ka ahụ maa gị jijiji; were aka gị kpuchie ọnụ gị.
6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
Mgbe m chere echiche maka nke a, egwu tụrụ m meekwa ka ahụ m maa jijiji.
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Gịnị mere ndị ajọ omume ji enwe ndụ ogologo, ghọọ okenye, baakwa ụba nʼịdị ike?
8 Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Ha na-ahụ ụmụ ka ha na-akwụsike ike gburugburu ha, ụmụ ha ka ha ji anya ha ahụ.
9 Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
Ha na-ebi ndụ udo nʼezinaụlọ ha na-atụghị egwu na ihe ọjọọ ọbụla ga-adakwasị ha; mkpara Chineke adịghịkwa adakwasị ha.
10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
Oke ehi ha na-agba nne ehi ha na-esepụghị aka; nne ehi ha na-amụ ụmụ, ha adịghị ekwo ime.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
Ha na-ezipụ ụmụ ha dịka igwe atụrụ; ụmụntakịrị ha na-etegharị egwu.
12 singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
Ha na-abụ abụ nʼụda egwu otiti na ụbọ akwara; ha na-aṅụrịkwa ọṅụ nʼụda nke ọja.
Ha na-anọ ụbọchị ndụ ha niile nʼọganihu, ha na-arịdakwa nʼili ha nʼudo. (Sheol h7585)
14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Ma ndị a na-asị Chineke, ‘Hapụ anyị aka, ọ dịghị anyị mkpa ịmata ụzọ gị.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Onye ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile bụ, anyị ga-eji jeere ya ozi? Uru gịnị ka ịrịọ ya arịrịọ ga-abara anyị?’
16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Ma ọganihu ha adịghị nʼaka ha ya mere ana m ewezuga onwe m site na ndụmọdụ ndị na-emebi iwu.
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
“Ma ugboro ole ka a na-emenyụ ọkụ oriọna nke ndị na-emebi iwu? Ugboro ole ka nhụju anya na-adakwasị ha, bụ nke Chineke kenyere ha nʼiwe ya?
18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
Ugboro ole ka ha dịka ahịhịa kpọrọ nkụ nʼihu ikuku, maọbụ dịka igbugbo ọka nke ikuku siri ike na-efesasị?
19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
A na-asị, ‘Chineke na-akpakọtara ụmụ ha ntaramahụhụ nke njehie ha.’ Ka a kwụghachi ha ya, ka ha nwee ike mata ya.
20 Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
Ka anya ha hụ mbibi nke onwe ya, ka ha ṅụọ ọnụma nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile dịka mmiri.
21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Gịnị gbasara ha banyere ezinaụlọ ha hapụrụ mgbe ọnwa ndị e kenyere ya bịara na ngwụcha?
22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
“Ọ dị onye pụrụ izi Chineke ihe ọmụma, ebe ọ bụ ya na-ekpe ndị kachasị elu ikpe?
23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Otu onye na-anwụ mgbe o jupụtara nʼike na ume, mgbe ọ nọ na nchekwa na udo,
24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
mgbe ahụ ya bụ nke eji ezi nri zụọ nke ọma, ọkpụkpụ ya jupụtakwara nʼụmị.
25 Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
Onye ọzọ na-anwụ nʼihe ilu nke mkpụrụobi, nʼihi na o nweghị mgbe o riri ezi ihe ọbụla.
26 But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Nke ọbụla nʼime ha dina nʼakụkụ ibe ya nʼime aja, ikpuru kpuchikwara ha abụọ.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
“Amaara m nke ọma ihe bụ echiche unu na nzube unu ji emegide m.
28 For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Unu ga-ajụ m ajụjụ sị, ‘Ugbu a, ole ụlọ oke mmadụ ahụ. Ụlọ ikwu ndị ahụ ebe ndị na-emebi iwu biiri?’
29 Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
Ọ bụ na unu ajụbeghị ndị njem ajụjụ? Ọ bụ na unu ejighị ihe ha kọrọ mere ihe,
30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
na a na-echebe ndị ọjọọ pụọ nʼụbọchị nhụju anya, na a na-anapụta ha site nʼụbọchị oke iwe?
31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
Onye na-atụ ha mmehie ha nʼihu? Onye kwa na-akwụghachi ha ụgwọ ihe ha mere?
32 He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
A na-eburu ha gaa nʼili, a na-echekwa ili ha nche.
33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
Aja dị na ndagwurugwu na-atọ ha ụtọ; Mmadụ niile na-eso ha nʼazụ, na ọtụtụ a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ na-ebu ha ụzọ nʼaga.
34 So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
“Ya mere, olee otu unu ga-esi were okwu na-enweghị isi kasịe m obi? Ọ dịghị ihe fọdụrụ nʼọsịịsa unu ma ọ bụghị naanị okwu ụgha.”
