Job 11
1 But Zophar the Naamathite, responding, said:
Nake Zofaru ũrĩa Mũnaamathi agĩcookia, akĩũria atĩrĩ:
2 Will he who speaks much, not also listen? Or will a talkative man be justified?
“Ciugo icio ciothe-rĩ, nĩcikwaga gũcookio? Mwaria ũyũ-rĩ, nĩegũgĩtuuo mwagĩrĩru?
3 Will men be silent only for you? And when you have mocked others, will no one refute you?
Mwĩraho ũcio waku-rĩ, nĩguo ũgũkiria andũ naguo? No kwage mũndũ ũngĩgũkaania rĩrĩa ũranyũrũrania?
4 For you said: “My word is pure, and I am clean in your sight.”
Wee ũreera Ngai atĩrĩ, ‘Wĩtĩkio wakwa ndũrĩ ũcuuke, o na niĩ ndĩ mũtheru maitho-inĩ maku.’
5 Yet I wish that God would speak with you, and would open his lips to you,
Naarĩ korwo Ngai no aarie, atumũre mĩromo yake agũũkĩrĩre,
6 so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.
na akũguũrĩrie hitho cia ũũgĩ, nĩ ũndũ ũũgĩ ũrĩa wa ma nĩ wa mĩena ĩĩrĩ. Menya ũndũ ũyũ; atĩ Ngai ndakũherithĩtie kũringana na ũrĩa mehia maku maigana.
7 By chance, will you comprehend the footsteps of God and reach all the way to the perfection of the Almighty?
“Wee no ũhote kũmenya maũndũ marĩa mahithe ma Ngai? Kana no ũhote gũtuĩria kũna maũndũ ma Mwene-Hinya-Wothe?
8 He is higher than heaven, and what will you do? He is deeper than hell, but how will you know? (Sheol h7585)
Maũndũ make nĩmatũũgĩru gũkĩra igũrũ, wee nĩ atĩa ũngĩka? Nĩ mariku gũkĩra ũriku wa mbĩrĩra, wee nĩ atĩa ũngĩmenya? (Sheol h7585)
9 His measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
Gĩthimo kĩamo nĩ kĩraihu gũkĩra thĩ na nĩ kĩaramu gũkĩra iria rĩrĩa inene.
10 If he overturns all things, or packs them together, who will contradict him?
“Angĩũka agũikie njeera-rĩ, acooke etane ciira-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩmũgiria?
11 For he knows the vanity of men, and when he sees iniquity, does he not evaluate it?
Ti-itherũ nĩoĩ andũ arĩa maheenanagia; na rĩrĩa oona ũndũ mũũru-rĩ, githĩ ndaũmenyaga?
12 A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass’s colt.
No rĩrĩ, mũndũ ũtarĩ ũũgĩ ndangĩtuĩka mũũgĩ o na rĩ, o ta ũrĩa njaũ ya ndigiri ya gĩthaka ĩtarĩ hĩndĩ ĩngĩciarwo ĩrĩ mũndũ.
13 But you have fortified your heart and extended your hands to him.
“No rĩrĩ, ũngĩneana ngoro yaku kũrĩ Ngai, na ũtambũrũkie moko maku kũrĩ we,
14 If you would send away from you the iniquity that is in your hand, and not let injustice remain in your tabernacle,
ũngĩeheria mehia marĩa marĩ guoko-inĩ gwaku, na ũgirie ũũru ũikare thĩinĩ wa hema yaku-rĩ,
15 then you would be able to lift up your face without blemish, and you would be steadfast and unafraid.
hĩndĩ ĩyo no ũhote gũtiira ũthiũ waku na igũrũ ũtegũconoka; no ũrũgame wega ũtarĩ na guoya.
16 Misery, likewise, you would forget, or would remember only like waters that have passed by.
Ti-itherũ nĩũkariganĩrwo nĩ mathĩĩna maku, ũmaririkanage o ta maaĩ marĩkĩtie gũtherera.
17 And brightness, like that of midday, will rise upon you until evening, and when you would think yourself consumed, you will rise up like the morning star.
Mũtũũrĩre waku nĩũgacangarara gũkĩra mũthenya barigici, nayo nduma ĩgaatuĩka o ta rũciinĩ.
18 And, when hope has been set before you, you will have faith, and, when buried, you will sleep secure.
Ũgũtũũra ũrĩ na mwĩhoko tondũ ũrĩ na ũgitĩri, ũkehũgũraga harĩa ũrĩ, na ũkahurũka ũtarĩ na ũgwati.
19 You will rest, and there will be nothing to make you afraid, and many will make requests before your face.
Nĩũgakomaga, gũtarĩ na mũndũ ũngĩtũma wĩtigĩre, nao andũ aingĩ nĩmakeyendithagia harĩ we.
20 But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.
No rĩrĩ, maitho ma andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmakaaga kuona, na matikoona gwa kũũrĩra; naguo ũndũ ũrĩa meriragĩria ũgaatuĩka mũcaayo wa gĩkuũ.”
