Job 5
1 But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels.
“Kpọọ oku ma ị chọọ, ma onyekwanụ ga-aza gị? Ole ndị dị nsọ ị ga-agbakwuru?
2 For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
Oke iwe na-egbu onye nzuzu, ekworo na-egbu onye na-enweghị uche.
3 And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.
Mụ onwe m ahụla onye nzuzu ka ọ na-agba mgbọrọgwụ, mana mberede, abụrụ ụlọ ya ọnụ.
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.
Ụmụ ya na-anọpụ anya site nʼebe nchebe dị, a na-azọpịa ha nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ọ dịkwaghị onye na-anapụta ha.
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.
Onye agụụ na-agụ na-eripịa ihe o wetara nʼubi; ọ na-ewere ihe ubi ndị a ọ bụladị site nʼetiti ogwu; akụnụba ya ka onye akpịrị na-akpọ nkụ ga-achụso.
6 For labour can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
Nʼihi na ọnọdụ ọjọọ adịghị esite nʼala pupụta, ma ọ bụkwanụ nsogbu adịghịkwa esite nʼala walite.
7 yet man is born to labour, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places.
Kama, a mụrụ mmadụ nye nsogbu, dịka ire ọkụ si esite nʼọkụ a kwanyere na-amali elu.
8 Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
“Ma ọ bụrụ na m bụ gị, m ga-ekpesara Chineke; ya ka m ga-akọsara ihe niile.
9 who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
Nʼihi na Chineke na-arụ ọrụ ịtụnanya karịrị nghọta, ọrụ ebube nke a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ.
10 who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
Ọ bụ ya na-enye elu ụwa mmiri ozuzo, ma na-ezigakwa mmiri nʼubi niile.
11 who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:
Ọ na-ebuli ndị dị ala elu, na-emekwa ka ndị na-eru ụjụ nọ nʼebe a na-echebe ha.
12 frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:
Ọ na-emebi nzube niile nke ndị aghụghọ, ka aka ha ghara imezu ihe ha zubere.
13 who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty
Ọ na-ejide ndị oke amamihe nʼaghụghọ ha niile, mee ka atụmatụ ndị aghụghọ bụrụ ihe e kpochapụrụ.
14 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:
Ọchịchịrị na-abịakwasị ha nʼoge ehihie, nʼetiti ehihie ha na-asọ ìsì dịka ndị nọ nʼọchịchịrị nke abalị;
15 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
Ọ na-azọpụta ndị mkpa na-akpa, site na mma agha dị ha nʼọnụ, ọ na-anapụtakwa ha site nʼaka ndị dị ike.
16 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
Ya mere, ndị ogbenye na-enwe olileanya, ikpe ezighị ezi na-emechikwa ọnụ ya.
17 But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty.
“Ngọzị na-adịrị mmadụ ahụ Chineke na-adọ aka na ntị; ya mere, ajụla ịdọ aka na ntị nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
18 for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal.
Nʼihi na ọ na-etihịa mmadụ ahụ ma na-ekechikwa ọnya ha; Ọ na-eti mmadụ ihe, ma aka ya na-agwọkwa.
19 Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you.
Ọ ga-anapụta gị site nʼụzọ nsogbu isii, mee ka ihe ọjọọ hapụ irute gị na nsogbu nke asaa.
20 In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword.
Ọ ga-echebe gị ka ị hapụ ịnwụ nʼoge ụnwụ; chebekwa gị ka mma agha hapụ ịmetụ gị nʼoge agha.
21 He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils.
Ị ga-abụ onye a na-echebe site na nkwutọ nke ire ndị ga-ekwutọ gị. Ị gaghị atụkwa egwu mgbe mbibi bịara.
22 You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts.
Ị ga-achị ọchị nʼoge ụnwụ na nʼoge mbibi, ị gaghị atụkwa egwu ajọ anụ ọhịa dị iche iche.
23 For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
Nʼihi na gị na nkume niile dị nʼọhịa ga-agba ndụ, gị na anụ ọhịa ga-anọkwa nʼudo.
24 Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail.
Ị ga-amata na ụlọ ikwu gị dị nʼudo; ị ga-agụkọ ihe niile i nwere chọpụta na o nweghị nke na-efu efu.
25 And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field.
Ị ga-amata na ụmụ gị ga-adị ọtụtụ, matakwa na ụmụ ụmụ gị dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ dịka ahịhịa dị nʼala.
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.
Ị ga-aba nʼili gị mgbe i mere nnọọ ezigbo agadi, dịka ọka a ghọrọ mgbe oge ya ruru.
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].
“Anyị enyochaala ihe a, hụ na ọ bụ eziokwu. Ya mere nụrụ ya, ma jiri ya rụọ ọrụ na ndụ gị.”
