Job 8
1 The Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
Nake Bilidadi ũrĩa Mũshuhi agĩcookia, akĩũria atĩrĩ:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
“Nĩ nginya rĩ ũgũikara ũkĩaragia maũndũ ta macio? Ciugo ciaku no ta inegene rĩa rũhuho rũkĩhurutana.
3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
Mũrungu-rĩ, nĩogomagia ciira wa kĩhooto? Ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩogomagia ũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩ wa ma?
4 Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:
Rĩrĩa ciana ciaku ciamwĩhĩirie-rĩ, nĩacirekereirie iherithio nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma cio.
5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:
No rĩrĩ, wee ũngĩcũthĩrĩria Mũrungu na wĩthaithanĩrĩre harĩ Ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:
ũngĩkorwo ũrĩ mũtheru na mũrũngĩrĩru-rĩ, o na rĩu no arahũke nĩ ũndũ waku nĩguo agũcookie handũ harĩa hakwagĩrĩire.
7 Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.
O na gũtuĩka kĩambĩrĩria gĩaku no kĩoneke kĩrĩ kĩnini, thuutha-inĩ nĩũkagaacĩra mũno.
8 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:
“Ũria ũhoro harĩ njiarwa cia tene, na ũtuĩrie maũndũ marĩa maithe mao meerutire,
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow: )
nĩgũkorwo ithuĩ tũraciarirwo o ro ira na tũtirĩ ũndũ tũũĩ, namo matukũ maitũ ma gũikara gũkũ thĩ no ta kĩĩruru.
10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.
Acio githĩ to makũrute na makũhe ũhoro? Acio githĩ to maarie ũhoro marĩ na ũmenyo?
11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?
Irura-rĩ, no rĩkũre handũ hatarĩ itomboya? Ithanjĩ-rĩ, no rĩtheereme handũ hatarĩ maaĩ?
12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
Rĩngĩkũrĩra handũ hatarĩ maaĩ rĩũmaga narua gũkĩra nyeki, o na rĩtakinyĩte rĩa gũtuuo.
13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
Ũcio nĩguo mũthia wa arĩa othe mariganagĩrwo nĩ Mũrungu; ũguo no ta guo mwĩhoko wa arĩa matooĩ Ngai ũthiraga.
14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider’s web.
Kĩrĩa ehokete no kĩndũ kĩhũthũ; kĩrĩa egiritanagia nakĩo no ta rũrenda rwa mbũmbũĩ.
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
Etiiranagia na rũrenda rwake, naruo rũgatuĩka; akenyiitĩrĩra harĩ ruo, no rũtingĩmũtiirĩrĩra.
16 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
Ahaana ta mũtĩ ũitĩrĩirio maaĩ wega ũrĩ riũa-inĩ, ũtambũrũkĩtie thuuna ciaguo mũgũnda-inĩ;
17 His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones, and among the stones he shall abide.
mĩri yaguo ĩĩthiororokeirie kĩhumbu kĩa mahiga, na ĩcaragia ha kwĩgwatĩrĩra rwaro-inĩ rwa mahiga.
18 If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.
No rĩrĩa wakũũrwo harĩa ũraarĩ-rĩ, handũ hau hagakaana mũtĩ ũcio, hakoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ ndirĩ ndakuona.’
19 For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.
Ti-itherũ muoyo waguo ũmaga ũgathira, naho hau tĩĩri-inĩ ũcio hagakũra mĩtĩ ĩngĩ.
20 God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evildoer:
“Ti-itherũ Mũrungu ndangĩrega mũndũ ũtarĩ ũcuuke, kana ekĩre moko ma arĩa mekaga ũũru hinya.
21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Na rĩrĩ, no arĩiyũria kanua gaku mĩtheko, nayo mĩromo yaku yanĩrĩre nĩ gũkena.
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.
Thũ ciaku nĩikahumbwo thoni, nacio hema cia arĩa aaganu itigacooka kuonwo.”
