Job 23
1 Then Job answered:
Mgbe ahụ, Job zara sị:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
“Ọ bụladị taa, mkpesa m dị ilu; aka ya dị arọ megide m nʼagbanyeghị ịsụ ude m.
3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
A sịkwa na m maara ebe m ga-achọta ya; a sịkwa na m nwere ike ijeru ebe obibi ya!
4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Aga m edozi mkpesa m nʼusoro nʼihu ya were ịrụ ụka mejuo ọnụ m.
5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Aga m achọpụta ihe o ga-aza m ma tuleekwa ihe ọ ga-agwa m.
6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
Ọ ga-eji ike dị egwu megide m? Mba, ọ gaghị ebo m ebubo.
7 Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Nʼebe ahụ, onye ziri ezi ga-eme mkpesa nʼihu ya. Nʼebe ahụ, a ga-anapụtakwa m site nʼaka onye ikpe m rụọ mgbe ebighị ebi.
8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
“Ma ọ bụrụ na m agaa nʼọwụwa anyanwụ ọ nọghị nʼebe ahụ; ọ bụrụ na m gaa nʼọdịda anyanwụ, agaghị m achọta ya.
9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
Mgbe ọ nọ nʼọrụ nʼugwu anaghị m ahụ ya, mgbe ọ lọghachiri na ndịda anaghị m ahụkwa ya.
10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Ma ọ maara ụzọ m na-aga, mgbe ọ nwapụtasịrị m, aga m apụta dịka ọlaedo,
11 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
ụkwụ m abụọ na-agbaso nzọ ụkwụ ya; ana m eso ụzọ ya na-atụgharịghị nʼaka nri maọbụ aka ekpe.
12 I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Esibeghị m nʼiwu nke si nʼọnụ ya pụta wezuga onwe m; a na m echekwa okwu ọnụ ya karịa nri nke m na-eri kwa ụbọchị.
13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
“Ma o guzo naanị ya, onye pụrụ iguzogide ya? Ọ na-eme ihe ọbụla masịrị ya.
14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
Ọ na-emezu ụkpụrụ ya niile o zubere megide m, ọ ka nwekwara nzube ndị ọzọ yiri nke a o dobere imegide m.
15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
Nʼihi ya ka obi ji ama m jijiji nʼihu ya; mgbe m chetara banyere ihe ndị a niile, ana m atụ egwu ya.
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Chineke emeela ka obi m daa mba; Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile emeela ka m maa jijiji.
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Ma ọchịchịrị emeghị ka m mechie ọnụ m, bụ oke ọchịchịrị nke kpuchiri ihu m.
