Job 38
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼoke ifufe gwa Job okwu sị:
2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
“Onye bụ onye a nke ji okwu ihe ọmụma na-adịghị na ya na-eme ka atụmatụ m ghara ịpụta ìhè?
3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Ugbu a, jikere onwe gị dịka dimkpa nʼihi na enwere m ajụjụ m ga-ajụ gị nke m chọrọ ka i nye m ọsịsa ha.
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
“Ebee ka ị nọ mgbe m tọrọ ntọala ụwa? Gwa m ma ọ bụrụ na ị ghọtara.
5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
Onye kpebiri ihe ụwa ga-aha ka ya? Nʼezie ị maara, onye setịrị ihe ọtụtụ e ji tụọ ya nʼelu ya?
6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
Nʼelu gịnị ka a tọrọ ntọala ya, onye doro nkume mbụ e ji tọọ ntọala ya?
7 while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Mgbe kpakpando nke isi ụtụtụ zukọrọ bụọ abụ, ụmụ Chineke niile tisikwara mkpu ọṅụ ike?
8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
“Onye kara akara nye osimiri iwu ebe ọ ga-ejedebe mgbe o nupụtara dịka a ga-asị na o si nʼakpanwa pụta,
9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
mgbe m yikwasịrị ha igwe ojii dịka uwe, werekwa ọchịchịrị meere ya akwa okike,
10 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
mgbe m kpaara ya oke ebe ọ ga-akwụsị, tinye ibo ọnụ ụzọ na mkpọrọ e ji akpọchi ya,
11 and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
mgbe m sịrị, ‘Ruo ebe a ka ị ga-asọrute, ị gaghị agabiga ya, nʼebe a ka a ga-akwụsị ebili mmiri mpako gị’?
12 In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
“O nweela oge i nyere ụtụtụ iwu, maọbụ mee ka chi ọbụbọ maara ọnọdụ ya,
13 that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
ka o jide akụkụ niile nke ụwa aka ma site nʼụwa yọpụ ndị mmebi iwu?
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
Ụwa na-ewere ụdịdị ya dịka ụrọ a kakwasịrị akara; ụdịdị ya na-egosipụta dịka uwe.
15 Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
A na-eme ka ndị na-emebi iwu ghara inwe ìhè, meekwa ka aka e weliri elu bụrụ nke a nyajiri.
16 Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
“I jeruola nʼisi iyi mmiri dị nʼosimiri, ka i jegharịala nʼebe miri emi nke ogbu mmiri?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
O nweela onye gosiri gị ọnụ ụzọ ọnwụ? Ka i jirila anya gị hụ ọnụ ụzọ nke onyinyo ọnwụ?
18 Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
Ị ghọtara ịdị ukwu nke ụwa na otu o si gbasapụ? Gwa m, ma ọ bụrụ na ị maara ihe ndị a niile.
19 Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
“Olee ụzọ e si aga ebe ìhè bi? Olee ebe ọchịchịrị bi?
20 so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
Ị nwere ike iduru ha jee nʼebe ha bi? Ị maara ụzọ e si eje ebe obibi ha?
21 Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
Nʼezie ị maara, nʼihi na a mụọla gị tupu e kee ihe ndị a! Ị bikwaala ọtụtụ afọ.
22 Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
“Ị banyela nʼụlọ niile ebe a na-achịkọba snoo, ka ị hụla ụlọ niile ebe a na-achịkọba mkpụrụ mmiri igwe,
23 which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
nke m chekwara nye oge nsogbu, nʼoge ọgụ na nʼoge agha?
24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
Kedụ ụzọ e si ejeru ebe a na-anọ ekesasị amụma egbe eluigwe, ebee ka e si ekesasị ifufe ọwụwa anyanwụ nʼelu ụwa?
25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
Onye wara ụzọ maka oke mmiri ozuzo, onye kwa waara amụma na egbe eluigwe ụzọ?
26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
Si otu a mee ka mmiri zokwasị ebe mmadụ na-ebighị, ala ọzara ebe ọ dịghị onye nọ nʼime ya,
27 to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
ka mmiri ozuzo mee ka ala kpọrọ nkụ nweta mmiri iji mee ka ahịhịa pupụta nʼime ya.
28 Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
Mmiri ozuzo o nwere nna? Onye mụrụ igirigi?
29 From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
Site nʼakpanwa onye ka mkpụrụ mmiri si apụta? Onye kwa bụ nne oke oyi nke eluigwe,
30 when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
nke na-eme ka mmiri kpụkọtaa dịrị ike dịka nkume, meekwa ka ihu ogbu mmiri kpụkọta?
31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
“Ị pụrụ ikechi agbụ niile nke Pleiades? Ị pụrụ ịtọpụ ihe nkechikọta Orion?
32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
Ị pụrụ ime ka igwe kpakpando pụta nʼoge ha maọbụ dupụta anụ ndọgbu Bịa na ụmụ ya ndị ọzọ?
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
Ị maara iwu na-achị ihe niile dị na mbara eluigwe? Ị pụrụ inye ha ike ịchị ụwa?
34 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
“Ị pụrụ iti mkpu ruo igwe ojii si otu a mee ka idee mmiri kpuchie gị?
35 Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
Ị pụrụ izipụ amụma egbe eluigwe nʼụzọ ha? Ha na-asị gị, ‘Ebe a ka anyị nọ’?
36 Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
Onye na-etinye amamihe nʼobi mmadụ, maọbụ na-enye oke ọkpa nghọta?
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Onye nwere amamihe ịgụ igwe ojii niile dị na mbara eluigwe ọnụ? Onye kwa pụrụ ịhulata karama mmiri niile nke eluigwe niile,
38 when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
mgbe aja dị nʼala siri ike, mgbe ọkpụrụkpụ aja dị nʼala na-akpụkọta nʼahụ ibe ha?
39 Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
“Ọ bụ gị na-achụtara nne ọdụm ihe oriri, mee ka afọ ju ụmụ ọdụm
40 when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
mgbe ha makpuuru nʼime ọgba ha, maọbụ mgbe ha zoro onwe ha na-eche anụ nʼọhịa?
41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Onye na-edoziri ugolọma ihe oriri ya, mgbe ụmụ ya na-etiku Chineke mkpu agụ, mgbe ha na-akpagharị na-achọ ihe oriri?
