Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said,
Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia, akiuga atĩrĩ:
2 I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?
“Ti-itherũ nĩnjũũĩ ũhoro ũcio nĩ wa ma. No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩhota atĩa gũkorwo arĩ mũthingu mbere ya Mũrungu?
3 For if he would enter into judgement with him, [God] would not listen to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.
O na korwo mũndũ enda gũkararania na Ngai-rĩ, ndangĩhota kũmũcookeria kĩũria o na kĩmwe harĩ ciũria ngiri.
4 For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?
Ũũgĩ wake nĩ mũingĩ mũno, na ũhoti wake nĩ mũnene. Nũũ wanaregana nake akĩgaacĩra?
5 Who wears out the mountains, and [men] know it not: who overturns them in anger.
Eeheragia irĩma itekũmenya, na agacingʼaũrania nĩ kũrakara.
6 Who shakes the [earth] under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter.
Athingithagia thĩ ĩkoima handũ hayo, na akainainia itugĩ ciayo.
7 Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.
Aathaga riũa rĩkaaga kũratha; nake agiragĩrĩria ũtheri wa njata.
8 Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.
Nĩwe watambũrũkirie igũrũ arĩ o wiki, na athiiaga agĩkinyangaga makũmbĩ ma iria.
9 Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south.
Nĩwe Mũũmbi wa njata iria ciĩtagwo Nduba, na Karaũ, na Kĩrĩmĩra, o na ikundi cia njata cia mwena wa gũthini.
10 Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable.
Nĩekaga magegania matangĩmenyeka, na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
11 If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known [it].
Rĩrĩa aahĩtũkĩra harĩa ndĩ, ndingĩmuona; o na rĩrĩa aathiĩra harĩa ndĩ ndimenyaga.
12 If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What have you done?
Angĩgutha kĩndũ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũmũgiria? Nũũ ũngĩmũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ atĩa ũreka?’
13 For [if] he has turned away [his] anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.
Ngai ndahingagĩrĩria marakara make; o na arĩa maateithagĩrĩria Rahabu nĩmamũinamagĩrĩra.
14 Oh then that he would listen to me, or judge my cause.
“Niĩ-rĩ, ndaakĩhota atĩa kũmũkararia? Ingĩruta kũ ciugo cia kũmũcookeria?
15 For though I be righteous, he will not listen to me: I will entreat his judgement.
O na korwo ndihĩtĩtie-rĩ, ndingĩhota kũmũcookeria ũndũ; ũrĩa ingĩĩka no gũthaitha ingĩthaitha Mũnjiirithia anjiguĩre tha.
16 And if I should call and he should not listen, I can’t believe that he has listened to my voice.
O na ingĩamwĩtire nake anjĩtĩke-rĩ, ndingĩĩtĩkia nĩangĩathikĩrĩirie.
17 Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause.
We angĩamemendire na kĩhuhũkanio, na aingĩhie ironda ciakwa hatarĩ gĩtũmi.
18 For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
Ndarekaga njookererwo nĩ mĩhũmũ, no nĩahatagĩrĩria na mathĩĩna.
19 For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgement?
Korwo no ũhoro wa hinya-rĩ, we arĩ hinya mũno! Na korwo no ũhoro wa ciira wa kĩhooto-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩmwĩta?
20 For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.
O na korwo ndiahĩtĩtie-rĩ, kanua gakwa no kandue mũhĩtia; korwo ndiarĩ na ũcuuke-rĩ, nĩkangĩanduire mũhĩtia.
21 For even if I have sinned, I know it not [in] my soul: but my life is taken away.
“O na gũtuĩka ndirĩ na ũcuuke-rĩ, ndikwĩrĩrĩra; muoyo wakwa nĩndĩwagĩire kĩene.
22 Therefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.
Ũhoro no ũrĩa ũmwe; nĩkĩo ndĩroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Aniinaga arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke o na akaniina arĩa aaganu.’
23 For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ihũũra rĩarehe gĩkuũ kĩa narua, nĩathekagĩrĩra kũũrwo nĩ hinya kwa arĩa matarĩ na mahĩtia.
24 For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous [man]: he covers the faces of the judges [of the earth]: but if it be not he, who is it?
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa bũrũri wagĩa moko-inĩ ma andũ aaganu, nĩahingaga aciirithania maitho. Akorwo ti we-rĩ, nũũ wĩkaga ũguo?
25 But my life is swifter than a post: [my days] have fled away, and they knew it not.
“Matukũ makwa marahanyũka gũkĩra mũkinyia-ũhoro; mombũkaga matarĩ na gĩkeno o na kĩnini.
26 Or again, is there a trace of [their] path [left] by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks [its] prey?
Mahĩtũkaga na ihenya mũno ta tũtarũ twa irura, kana ta nderi igũcuuhũkĩra kĩndũ gĩa kũrĩa.
27 And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;
Ingiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngũriganĩrwo nĩ mateta makwa, nĩngũtiga gũtukia gĩthiithi, ngene,’
28 I quake in all my limbs, for I know that you will not leave me alone [as] innocent.
no ngeetigĩra mĩnyamaro yakwa yothe, nĩgũkorwo nĩnjũũĩ ndũkandua atĩ ndiĩhĩtie.
29 But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?
Kuona atĩ nĩndĩkĩtie gũtuuo mũhĩtia-rĩ, nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma ndĩĩnogie tũhũ?
30 For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,
O na ingĩĩthamba na thabuni, na ndĩĩthambe moko na igata-rĩ,
31 you had thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me.
no ũndikirie irima rĩa gĩcoro nĩgeetha o na nguo ciakwa iithũũre.
32 For you are not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgement.
“We ti mũndũ ta niĩ atĩ nĩguo ndĩmũcookerie, nĩguo tũngʼethanĩre igooti-inĩ.
33 Would that [he] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both.
Naarĩ korwo nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũngĩtũiguithania, atũigĩrĩre guoko gwake ithuĩ eerĩ,
34 Let him remove [his] rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
mũndũ wa kũnjehereria rũthanju rwa Ngai, nĩgeetha ndigacooke kũmakio nĩ itebeebania rĩake.
35 so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious [of guilt].
Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩingĩacooka kwaragia itekũmwĩtigĩra, no ũrĩa ndariĩ rĩu-rĩ, ndingĩhota.
