Job 8
1 The Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
Mgbe ahụ, Bildad onye Shua zaghachiri sị:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
“Ruo ole mgbe ka i ga na-ekwu okwu dị otu a? Okwu ọnụ gị bụ naanị ifufe dị ike.
3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
Chineke ọ na-ekpe ikpe na-ezighị ezi? Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ọ na-eme ka ihe ziri ezi gbagọọ agbagọ?
4 Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:
Mgbe ụmụ gị mehiere megide ya, o weere ha nyefee nʼikpe ọmụma kwesiri mmehie ha.
5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:
Ma ọ bụrụ na i ga-achọsi Chineke ike, rịọ Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile,
6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake onto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:
ọ bụrụ na ị bụ onye dị ọcha nʼobi na onye ụzọ ya ziri ezi, ọ bụladị ugbu a, ọ ga-agbachitere gị weghachi gị nʼọnọdụ ịbụ ọgaranya gị.
7 Insomuch, that if thy former things were small, thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.
Ọ bụ ezie, na mmalite gị nwere ike ịdị ala, ma ụbọchị ikpeazụ gị ga-adị elu.
8 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:
“Jụọ ọgbọ ndị gara aga ma chọpụta ihe ndị bụ nna ha chọpụtara.
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow: )
Nʼihi na anyị onwe anyị bụ ndị a mụrụ naanị ụnyaahụ, ndị ọ dịghị ihe ha maara. Ụbọchị ndụ anyị nʼụwa dịka onyinyo.
10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.
Ọ bụ na ha agaghị agwa gị ma kuziekwara gị ihe? Ọ bụ na ha agaghị esite na nghọta kwuo okwu?
11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?
Ahịhịa papịrọs o nwere ike ito nʼebe apịtị na-adịghị? Ahịhịa riidi ọ ga-eto nʼebe mmiri na-adịghị?
12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
Nʼihi na mgbe ha ka na-etopụta etopụta, mgbe a na-egbubibeghị ha, ha na-ebu ahịhịa ndị ọzọ ụzọ kpọnwụọ.
13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
Nke a bụ oke ndị na-echefu Chineke, otu a kwa ka olileanya nke onye na-amaghị Chineke si ala nʼiyi.
14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider’s web.
Ihe ọ tụkwasịrị obi bụ ihe na-awa awa; ihe mgbakwasị ụkwụ ya bụ akwụ udide.
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dabere na ya, ọ ga-etibi; ọ bụrụ na o jide ya aka, ọ ga-adọbikwa.
16 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
Ọ dị ka ahịhịa ubi a na-agba mmiri nke ọma nʼubi a gbara ogige, nke anwụ na-amụkwasị, nke ome ya na-awasa ruo akụkụ niile nke ogige ahụ.
17 His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones, and among the stones he shall abide.
Mgbọrọgwụ ya tụhịrị gburugburu nkume ndị dị nʼubi ahụ, ma na-achọkwa ọnọdụ nʼetiti nkume ndị a.
18 If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.
Ma mgbe e si nʼọnọdụ ya hopu ya, ebe ahụ na-agọnarịkwa ya, na-asị, ‘Ahụtụbeghị m gị.’
19 For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.
Nʼezie, ndụ ya na-akpọnwụ, site nʼala ahụ ahịhịa ndị ọzọ na-etopụtakwa.
20 God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evildoer:
“Nʼezie Chineke anaghị agbakụta onye ụzọ ya ziri ezi azụ, maọbụ gbaa aka onye ajọ omume ume.
21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Ọ ga-eme ka ọnụ gị jupụta nʼọchị. Ọ ga-eme ka mkpu ọṅụ si nʼegbugbere ọnụ gị pụta.
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.
Ndị iro gị ka a ga-eyikwasị ihere dị ka uwe, ebe obibi nke ndị na-emebi iwu agaghị adịkwa.”
