Job 5
1 Call now if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
“Wenda gwĩtana, ĩtana, no rĩrĩ, nũũ ũngĩgwĩtĩka? Nĩ ũrĩkũ wa arĩa atheru ũngĩũrĩra kũrĩ we?
2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
Rũngʼathio rũũragaga kĩrimũ, naguo ũiru ũkooraga mũndũ ũrĩa mũkĩĩgu.
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
Niĩ mwene nĩnyonete kĩrimũ gĩkĩgĩa na mĩri, no-o rĩmwe nyũmba yakĩo ĩkĩrumwo.
4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
Ciana ciake nĩiraihanĩrĩirie na ũgitĩri, ihatĩrĩirio igooti-inĩ itarĩ na mũndũ wa gũciciirĩrĩra.
5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
Ũrĩa mũhũtu arĩĩaga magetha make, amoyaga o na marĩ mĩigua-inĩ, nao arĩa anyootu makahũmagĩra ũtonga wao.
6 Nothing upon earth is done without a voice cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
Nĩgũkorwo hatĩka ndĩkunũkaga kuuma thĩ, kana thĩĩna ũkamera tĩĩri-inĩ.
7 Man is born to labour and the bird to fly.
No rĩrĩ, mũndũ aciaragwo arĩ wa kuonaga thĩĩna, o ta ũrĩa na ma thandĩ cia mwaki irathũkaga na igũrũ.
8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
“No rĩrĩ, korwo nĩ niĩ ingĩthaitha Mũrungu; ingĩneana ciira wakwa kũrĩ we.
9 Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
We ekaga maũndũ ma magegania marĩa mataangĩmenyeka, na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
Nĩwe uuragĩria thĩ mbura; na nĩwe ũrehagĩra bũrũri maaĩ.
11 Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
Arĩa menyiihagia nĩwe ũmatũũgagĩria, nao arĩa marĩ na kĩeha moyagwo na igũrũ makagitĩrwo.
12 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
Nĩwe ũthaatagia mĩbango ya arĩa marĩ waara, nĩgeetha moko mao matikagĩe na ũhootani.
13 Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
Nĩanyiitaga arĩa oogĩ waara-inĩ wao, namo mathugunda ma arĩa oingumania akaameheria biũ.
14 They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
Nduma ĩmakoraga kũrĩ o mũthenya; mũthenya barigici makahambataga taarĩ ũtukũ.
15 But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
Nĩahonokagia arĩa abatari kuuma kũrĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ tũnua-inĩ twao; amahonokagia moko-inĩ ma arĩa marĩ hinya.
16 And to the needy there shall he hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio athĩĩni makagĩa na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro, naguo ciira ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto ũgatumia kanua.
17 Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
“Kũrathimwo nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũrũngagwo nĩ Ngai; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndũkamene irũithia rĩa Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
18 For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩaguraranagia, no rĩrĩ, acookaga akooha nguraro ĩyo wega; nĩatiihanagia, no moko make no mo mahonanagia.
19 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
Nĩagagũteithũra harĩ mĩtino ĩtandatũ; o na ĩrĩ mũgwanja-rĩ, gũtirĩ ũũru ũgaagũkora.
20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
Hĩndĩ ya ngʼaragu nĩagagũkũũra kuuma kũrĩ gĩkuũ, ningĩ hĩndĩ ya mbaara agũkũũre ndũkooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
21 Thou shalt he hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
Nĩũkagitĩrwo harĩ rũcamiũ rwa rũrĩmĩ, na ndũgetigĩra hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mwanangĩko ũgooka.
22 In destruction and famine then shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Nĩũgathekerera mwanangĩko na ngʼaragu, na ndũgetigĩra nyamũ cia gũkũ thĩ.
23 But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩũkagĩa na kĩrĩkanĩro na mahiga ma werũ-inĩ, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka itũũre irĩ na thayũ nawe.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
Nawe ũikarage ũũĩ atĩ hema yaku nĩ ngitĩre; nawe nĩũkooya ithabu rĩa indo ciaku ũkore hatirĩ kĩndũ kĩũrĩte.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
Nĩũkamenya atĩ ciana ciaku nĩikaingĩha, nacio njiaro ciaku cingĩhe o ta nyeki ya gũkũ thĩ.
26 Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
Ũgaathiĩ mbĩrĩra-inĩ ũrĩ o na hinya, ũhaana ta itĩĩa cia ngano ĩgethetwo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
27 Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.
“Nĩtũtuĩrĩtie ũhoro ũyũ, na nĩ wa ma. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio kĩũigue na ũũmenye wee mwene.”
