Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye obodo Teman zara Job sị:
2 “If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
“Iwe ọ ga-ewe gị ma ọ bụrụ na mmadụ agwa gị okwu? Onye kwanụ nwere ike ịnọ nʼebe a hapụ ikwu okwu?
3 Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
Lee ka i siri nye ọtụtụ mmadụ ndụmọdụ, na ka i si mee ka ndị na-ada mba nwee ume.
4 Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
Okwu ọnụ gị abụrụla ihe ịgbaume nye ọtụtụ mmadụ, ị bụrụla ịgbaume nye ndị ikpere ha na-ama jijiji.
5 But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Ma leenụ ugbu a, nsogbu abịakwasịla gị, ị bụrụla onye na-ada mba; nsogbu etiela gị aka, i na-ama jijiji.
6 Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
Egwu ị na-atụ Chineke ọ gaghị abụ ihe ịgbaume nye gị, izi ezi nke ndụ gị abụrụkwa olileanya gị?
7 Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
“Chee echiche ugbu a! Onye, bụ onye aka ya dị ọcha, nke a larala nʼiyi? Ebee ka i hụrụ ka e bibiri ndị na-eme ihe ziri ezi?
8 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Dịka m si hụ ya, ndị na-agha ajọ ihe dịka mkpụrụ na ndị na-akụ okwu na ụka na-aghọta ya dịka ihe ubi.
9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Chineke na-ala ha nʼiyi site nʼume ọ na-ekupụta. Ọ na-esitekwa nʼoke iwe ya repịa ha.
10 The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Ọdụm nwere ike gbọọ ụja, maọbụ bigbọọ, ma eze ọdụm dị ike ka a gbajisiri.
11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
Oke ọdụm na-ala nʼiyi site na-enweghị ihe ọ dọgbutara, ụmụ nne ọdụm niile ka a na-achụsa.
12 Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
“E mere ka okwu rute m nʼụzọ nzuzo, ntị m nụrụ ya nʼịgba izu.
13 In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
Nʼime nkụja nke oke nrọ nke abalị, mgbe oke ụra na-adakwasị ụmụ mmadụ,
14 fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
oke ụjọ na ahụ ịma jijiji dakwasịrị m, meekwa ka ọkpụkpụ niile dị nʼahụ m maa jijiji.
15 Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
Otu mmụọ sitere nʼihu m gafee. Ọ bụladị ajị dị m nʼahụ guzochara ọtọ nʼihi ụjọ.
16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
Ọ kwụsịrị; ma apụghị m ịkọ ihe ọ bụ. Onyinyo guzooro nʼanya m, anụrụ m olu dị nro, nke kwuru sị:
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
‘Mmadụ efu ọ nwere ike bụrụ onye ezi omume karịa Chineke? Ọ bụladị nwoke dị ike, ọ pụrụ ịdị ọcha nʼobi karịa Onye kere ya?
18 If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
Ọ bụrụ na Chineke adịghị atụkwasị ndị ozi ya obi, ọ bụrụ na ọ na-ebo ndị mmụọ ozi ya ebubo imejọ ihe,
19 how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
ọ ga-esi aṅaa ghara ibo ndị bi nʼụlọ ụrọ ebubo karịa, bụ ndị ntọala ha dị nʼaja, ndị nke a na-azọpịa ngwangwa dịka nla.
20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
Site nʼụtụtụ ruo nʼanyasị, a na-etipịasị ha: ha na-ala nʼiyi ruo mgbe ebighị ebi, ihe niile a na-agakwa dịka o si aga.
21 Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Ọ bụ na-eholiteghị eriri ụlọ ikwu ha elu, mee ka ha nwụọ na-enweghị amamihe?’
