Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
2 “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
“Mmadụ ọ pụrụ ịbara Chineke uru? Ọ bụladị onye nwere uche ọ pụrụ ịbara Chineke uru?
3 Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
O nwere ọṅụ ọ ga-enye Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ma a sị na ị bụ onye ezi omume? Uru gịnị ka ọ ga-enweta ma ọ bụrụ na ụzọ gị niile enweghị ịta ụta?
4 Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
“Chineke ọ na-abara gị mba na-ebo gị ebubo nʼihi na ị na-atụ egwu ya?
5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
Ọ bụ na mmebi iwu gị adịghị ukwuu? Mmehie gị o nwere ọgwụgwụ?
6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
Ị naara ụmụnne gị ihe ebe nʼefu; ị yipụrụ ndị mmadụ uwe ha gbawa ha ọtọ.
7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
I nyeghị ndị ike gwuru mmiri, i nyeghịkwa ndị agụụ na-agụ ihe oriri.
8 while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
Ọ bụ eziokwu na ị bụ nwoke dị ike na onye nwere ala, bụrụkwa onye a na-asọpụrụ bi nʼala ya,
9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
Ị na-agbaba ụmụ nwanyị di ha nwụrụ aka, zipụ ha, Ị na-anyaji ogwe aka nke ụmụ na-enweghị nna.
10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
Ọ bụ ya mere ọnya jiri gbaa gị gburugburu, bụrụkwa ihe mbibi ji eyi gị egwu.
11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Ọ bụkwa ya mere ọchịchịrị ji gbaa gị gburugburu ka ị ghara ịhụ ụzọ, meekwa ka idee mmiri kpuchie gị.
12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
“Ọ bụ na Chineke anọghị nʼebe dị elu nke eluigwe? Lee ka ịdị elu nke kpakpando dị elu si dị.
13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Kama ị na-asị, ‘Gịnị ka Chineke maara? Ọ na-esite nʼoke ọchịchịrị dị otu a ekpe ikpe?
14 Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
Oke ọchịchịrị kpuchiri ya, nke mere na ọ naghị ahụ anyị mgbe ọ na-agagharị nʼebe dị elu nke eluigwe.’
15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
Ị ga-agbaso ụzọ ochie nke ndị na-eme ihe ọjọọ zoro ije na ya?
16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
E bupụrụ ha tupu oge ha eruo. Ntọala ndụ ha ka idee mmiri sachapụrụ
17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
Ha sịrị Chineke, ‘Hapụ anyị aka! Gịnị ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-eme anyị?’
18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Ma ọ bụ ya ji ihe dị mma dị iche iche mejupụta ụlọ ha, ya mere ana m ewezuga onwe m site na ndụmọdụ ndị na-emebi iwu.
19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
Ndị ezi omume na-ahụ mbibi ndị dị otu a ma ṅụrịa; ndị aka ha dị ọcha na-akwa ha emo sị:
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
‘Nʼezie, e bibiela ndị iro anyị, ọkụ erepịala akụnụba ha.’
21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
“Doo onwe gị nʼokpuru Chineke ka gị na ya nọọ nʼudo, nʼụzọ dị otu a, ọganihu ga-abịara gị.
22 Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
Gee ntị, nabata ndụmọdụ si ya nʼọnụ, doo okwu ya niile nʼobi gị.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
Ọ bụrụ na ịlaghachikwute Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ọ ga-eweghachi gị nʼọnọdụ gị; ọ bụrụ na iwezuga ihe mmebi iwu mee ka ọ dị anya site nʼebe ụlọ ikwu gị dị,
24 and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
tọgbọ ọkpụrụkpụ ọlaedo gị nʼaja, tụpụkwa ọlaedo nke Ọfịa gị nʼelu nkume dị nʼime ọdọ mmiri nta.
25 then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
Mgbe ahụ, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-abụrụ gị ọlaedo, bụkwara gị ọlaọcha kachasị mma.
26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
Nʼezie, mgbe ahụ kwa, ihe nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-atọ mkpụrụobi gị ụtọ, ị ga-ewelikwa ihu gị nye Chineke.
27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
Ị ga-ekpe ekpere, ọ ga-azakwa gị ekpere gị, ị ga-emezukwa nkwa i kwere.
28 Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
Ihe i kpebiri ga-emezukwa, ìhè ga-amụkwasị nʼụzọ gị niile.
29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
Mgbe a na-eweda ndị mmadụ ala, ọ bụrụkwa na ị sị, ‘Bulienụ ha elu,’ mgbe ahụ ọ ga-azọpụta ndị e wedara nʼala.
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
Ọ ga-azọpụta ọ bụladị onye ahụ nke aka ya na-adịghị ọcha, bụ onye nke a ga-azọpụta site nʼịdị ọcha nke aka gị.”
