Job 5
1 But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
“Wenda gwĩtana, ĩtana, no rĩrĩ, nũũ ũngĩgwĩtĩka? Nĩ ũrĩkũ wa arĩa atheru ũngĩũrĩra kũrĩ we?
2 For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
Rũngʼathio rũũragaga kĩrimũ, naguo ũiru ũkooraga mũndũ ũrĩa mũkĩĩgu.
3 And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
Niĩ mwene nĩnyonete kĩrimũ gĩkĩgĩa na mĩri, no-o rĩmwe nyũmba yakĩo ĩkĩrumwo.
4 Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.
Ciana ciake nĩiraihanĩrĩirie na ũgitĩri, ihatĩrĩirio igooti-inĩ itarĩ na mũndũ wa gũciciirĩrĩra.
5 For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.
Ũrĩa mũhũtu arĩĩaga magetha make, amoyaga o na marĩ mĩigua-inĩ, nao arĩa anyootu makahũmagĩra ũtonga wao.
6 For labour can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
Nĩgũkorwo hatĩka ndĩkunũkaga kuuma thĩ, kana thĩĩna ũkamera tĩĩri-inĩ.
7 yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
No rĩrĩ, mũndũ aciaragwo arĩ wa kuonaga thĩĩna, o ta ũrĩa na ma thandĩ cia mwaki irathũkaga na igũrũ.
8 Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
“No rĩrĩ, korwo nĩ niĩ ingĩthaitha Mũrungu; ingĩneana ciira wakwa kũrĩ we.
9 who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
We ekaga maũndũ ma magegania marĩa mataangĩmenyeka, na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
10 who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
Nĩwe uuragĩria thĩ mbura; na nĩwe ũrehagĩra bũrũri maaĩ.
11 who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
Arĩa menyiihagia nĩwe ũmatũũgagĩria, nao arĩa marĩ na kĩeha moyagwo na igũrũ makagitĩrwo.
12 frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
Nĩwe ũthaatagia mĩbango ya arĩa marĩ waara, nĩgeetha moko mao matikagĩe na ũhootani.
13 who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
Nĩanyiitaga arĩa oogĩ waara-inĩ wao, namo mathugunda ma arĩa oingumania akaameheria biũ.
14 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
Nduma ĩmakoraga kũrĩ o mũthenya; mũthenya barigici makahambataga taarĩ ũtukũ.
15 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
Nĩahonokagia arĩa abatari kuuma kũrĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ tũnua-inĩ twao; amahonokagia moko-inĩ ma arĩa marĩ hinya.
16 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio athĩĩni makagĩa na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro, naguo ciira ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto ũgatumia kanua.
17 But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
“Kũrathimwo nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũrũngagwo nĩ Ngai; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndũkamene irũithia rĩa Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
18 for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩaguraranagia, no rĩrĩ, acookaga akooha nguraro ĩyo wega; nĩatiihanagia, no moko make no mo mahonanagia.
19 Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
Nĩagagũteithũra harĩ mĩtino ĩtandatũ; o na ĩrĩ mũgwanja-rĩ, gũtirĩ ũũru ũgaagũkora.
20 In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword.
Hĩndĩ ya ngʼaragu nĩagagũkũũra kuuma kũrĩ gĩkuũ, ningĩ hĩndĩ ya mbaara agũkũũre ndũkooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
21 He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils.
Nĩũkagitĩrwo harĩ rũcamiũ rwa rũrĩmĩ, na ndũgetigĩra hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mwanangĩko ũgooka.
22 You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts.
Nĩũgathekerera mwanangĩko na ngʼaragu, na ndũgetigĩra nyamũ cia gũkũ thĩ.
23 For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩũkagĩa na kĩrĩkanĩro na mahiga ma werũ-inĩ, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka itũũre irĩ na thayũ nawe.
24 Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail.
Nawe ũikarage ũũĩ atĩ hema yaku nĩ ngitĩre; nawe nĩũkooya ithabu rĩa indo ciaku ũkore hatirĩ kĩndũ kĩũrĩte.
25 And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field.
Nĩũkamenya atĩ ciana ciaku nĩikaingĩha, nacio njiaro ciaku cingĩhe o ta nyeki ya gũkũ thĩ.
26 And you shall come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.
Ũgaathiĩ mbĩrĩra-inĩ ũrĩ o na hinya, ũhaana ta itĩĩa cia ngano ĩgethetwo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
27 Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do you reflect with yourself, if you have done anything [wrong].
“Nĩtũtuĩrĩtie ũhoro ũyũ, na nĩ wa ma. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio kĩũigue na ũũmenye wee mwene.”
