Job 31
1 I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
“Mụ na anya m gbara ndụ kpebie na o nweghị mgbe m ga-ele nwaagbọghọ ọbụla anya nʼihi agụụ ịkwa iko.
2 For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
Nʼihi na, gịnị bụ oke mmadụ ketara nʼaka Chineke onye bi nʼelu; gịnị bụkwa ihe nketa ya site nʼaka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile nọ nʼelu?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
Ọ bụghị mbibi nye ndị ajọ omume, nhụju anya nye ndị na-eme ihe ọjọọ?
4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
Ọ bụ na ọ naghị ahụ ụzọ m niile, gụọkwa nzọ ukwu m niile ọnụ?
5 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
“Ọ bụrụ na m gara ije nʼụzọ ụgha maọbụ na ụkwụ m mere ngwangwa gbasoro ụzọ aghụghọ,
6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
ka Chineke were ihe ọtụtụ ziri ezi tụọ m, ọ ga-amata na m bụ onye na-enweghị ịta ụta.
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
Ọ bụrụ na nzọ ụkwụ m si nʼụzọ wezuga onwe ya, ọ bụrụ anya m na-edu obi m, ma ọ bụkwanụ na aka m abụọ bụ ihe e merụrụ emerụ,
8 Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
ọ bụrụ otu a, ka onye ọzọ rie ihe m kụrụ nʼubi, ka e hopuchakwa ihe niile m kụrụ nʼubi.
9 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend’s door:
“Ọ bụrụ na ọ gụọla obi m agụụ ijekwuru nwanyị ọzọ, maọbụ na m ezoola nʼọnụ ụzọ onye agbataobi m,
10 Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
mgbe ahụ, ka nwunye m kwọọrọ nwoke ọzọ nri, ka ndị ikom ọzọ dinaa ya.
11 For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
Nʼihi na nke ahụ ga-abụ ihe ihere, bụrụkwa mmehie kwesiri ka e kpee ya ikpe.
12 It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
Ọ bụ ọkụ na-ere ruo nʼebe ịla nʼiyi; nke pụrụ ihopu ihe owuwe ubi m niile.
13 If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
“Ọ bụrụ na m jụrụ ikpe ikpe ziri ezi nye nwoke maọbụ nwanyị ọbụla na-ejere m ozi mgbe ha nwere mkpesa megide m,
14 For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
gịnị ka m ga-eme mgbe Chineke bịakwutere m? Gịnị ka m ga-aza ya mgbe ọ jụrụ m ajụjụ?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
Ọ bụ na ọ bụghị onye kpụrụ m nʼafọ nne m mekwara ha? Ọ bụghị ya kpụrụ anyị abụọ nʼafọ nne anyị?
16 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
“Ọ bụrụ na m ajụ inye ndị ogbenye ihe dị ha mkpa, ma ọ bụrụkwa na m eme ka anya nwanyị di ya nwụrụ dalaa ya nʼisi,
17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
ọ bụrụ na m dobere ihe oriri m maka naanị m, ma jụ inye ya ụmụ mgbei;
18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother’s womb: )
ma site nʼokorobịa m, azụlitere m ha dịka nna kwesiri, ọ bụkwa site na nwantakịrị ka m bụ onyendu nye nwanyị di ya nwụrụ.
19 If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị mgbe m hụrụ onye na-ala nʼiyi nʼihi enweghị akwa, maọbụ onye nọ nʼụkọ nke na-enweghị uwe,
20 If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
ma obi ha agọzighị m nʼihi iji ajị sitere nʼụmụ atụrụ m mee ka o nwee okpomọkụ nʼahụ ya.
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
Ọ bụrụ na m eweliela aka m megide onye nna ya nwụrụ, nʼihi na m mara na m nwere nkwuwa okwu nʼụlọikpe,
22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
mgbe ahụ, ka aka m si nʼubu m dapụ, ka e tijiekwa ogwe aka m site na nkwonkwo ya.
23 For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
Nʼihi na atụrụ m egwu mbibi na-esite nʼaka Chineke, nʼihi egwu ebube ya, enweghị m ike ime ihe ndị a.
24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
“Ọ bụrụ na ntụkwasị obi m dị nʼọlaedo, maọbụ na m sị ọlaedo a nụchara anụcha, ‘Ị bụ ebe ndabere m.’
25 If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
Ọ bụrụ na m ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nʼihi oke akụ m, ihe nnweta nke aka m ritere nʼuru,
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness:
ọ bụrụ na m legidere anyanwụ anya nʼebube ya, maọbụ ọnwa nʼike nchawa ya,
27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth:
nke ga-eme ka obi m bụrụ ihe a rafuru na nzuzo, maọbụ aka m abụrụ ihe e weliri ife ha ofufe,
28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
mgbe ahụ, ihe ndị a ga-abụ mmehie nke a ga-ekpe ikpe, nʼihi na m gaara abụ onye na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye Chineke, Onye bi nʼelu.
29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
“Ọ bụrụ na m ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nʼihi ọdachi nke dakwasịrị onye iro m maọbụ chịa ọchị nʼihi nsogbu nke dakwasịrị ya,
30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
ekwebeghị m ka ọnụ m mehie megide ha site nʼịbụ ndụ ha ọnụ.
31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
Ọ bụrụ na o nwebeghị oge ndị nọ nʼezinaụlọ m kwuru okwu sị. ‘Onye ka ọ bụ nke na-erijubeghị afọ site nʼihe oriri Job na-enye?’
32 The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
Ma ọ dịghị onye ọbịa na-anọ ọnọdụ abalị nʼama, nʼihi ụzọ m na-eghe oghe mgbe ọbụla nye ndị ije.
33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
Ọ bụrụ na m na-ezo mmehie m dịka ndị ọzọ, site nʼizobe mmehie m nʼime obi m,
34 If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
nʼihi na m tụrụ egwu igwe mmadụ, si otu a, tụọ oke egwu nʼihi nleda anya nke ndị agbụrụ dị iche iche, nke mere ka m gbaa nkịtị ghara ịpụ nʼezi.
35 Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
(“O, a sị na o nwere onye ga-ege m ntị! Ana m ebinye aka m nʼokwu ngọpụ m, ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile za m, ka onye na-ebo m ebubo depụta ihe o nwere megide m nʼakwụkwọ.
36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
Nʼezie, aga m eyiri ya nʼubu m, aga m eyinyekwa ya dịka okpueze.
37 At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
Aga m agụkọrọ ya nzọ ụkwụ m niile, aga m ejekwuru ya dịka ọkpara eze.)
38 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
“Ọ bụrụ na ala m etie mkpu megide m, ọ bụrụ na olulu dị na ya ejupụta nʼanya mmiri,
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:
ọ bụrụ na m eripịa ihe o mepụtara na-akwụghị ụgwọ, maọbụ mee ka mmụọ ndị bi nʼime ya daa mba,
40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
ka ogwu pupụta nʼọnọdụ ọka wiiti, ka ahịhịa na-esi isi ọjọọ pupụtakwa nʼọnọdụ ọka balị.” Okwu Job agwụla.
