Job 21
1 Job replied,
Mgbe ahụ, Job zara sị:
2 “Please listen carefully to what I say—that would be one comfort you could give me.
“Gee ntị nke ọma nʼokwu m; ka nke a bụrụ nkasiobi ị ga-enye m.
3 Bear with me; let me speak. After I've spoken you can resume mocking me.
Nwee ndidi ka m kwuchaa okwu m, mgbe m kwuchara, gaa nʼihu ịkwa m emo.
4 Am I complaining against people? Of course not. Why shouldn't I be impatient?
“Ọ bụ mmadụ ka m na-ekpesara? Gịnị ka m ga-eji ghara ịbụ onye na-enweghị ndidi?
5 Just take a look at me. Aren't you appalled? Cover your mouth with your hand in shock!
Lee m anya ka ahụ maa gị jijiji; were aka gị kpuchie ọnụ gị.
6 Every time I think of what's happened to me I am horrified and I shake all over with fear.
Mgbe m chere echiche maka nke a, egwu tụrụ m meekwa ka ahụ m maa jijiji.
7 Why do the wicked continue to live, to grow old and increasingly powerful?
Gịnị mere ndị ajọ omume ji enwe ndụ ogologo, ghọọ okenye, baakwa ụba nʼịdị ike?
8 Their children are with them; they watch their grandchildren grow up.
Ha na-ahụ ụmụ ka ha na-akwụsike ike gburugburu ha, ụmụ ha ka ha ji anya ha ahụ.
9 They live in their homes in safety—they are not afraid. God does not use his rod to beat them.
Ha na-ebi ndụ udo nʼezinaụlọ ha na-atụghị egwu na ihe ọjọọ ọbụla ga-adakwasị ha; mkpara Chineke adịghịkwa adakwasị ha.
10 Their bulls always breed successfully; their cows give birth to calves and do not miscarry.
Oke ehi ha na-agba nne ehi ha na-esepụghị aka; nne ehi ha na-amụ ụmụ, ha adịghị ekwo ime.
11 They send out their little ones like lambs to play; their children dance around.
Ha na-ezipụ ụmụ ha dịka igwe atụrụ; ụmụntakịrị ha na-etegharị egwu.
12 They sing accompanied by the tambourine and lyre; they celebrate with the music of the flute.
Ha na-abụ abụ nʼụda egwu otiti na ụbọ akwara; ha na-aṅụrịkwa ọṅụ nʼụda nke ọja.
Ha na-anọ ụbọchị ndụ ha niile nʼọganihu, ha na-arịdakwa nʼili ha nʼudo. (Sheol h7585)
14 Yet they tell God, ‘Get lost! We don't want anything to do with you.
Ma ndị a na-asị Chineke, ‘Hapụ anyị aka, ọ dịghị anyị mkpa ịmata ụzọ gị.
15 Who does the Almighty think he is for us to serve him as slaves? What benefit is there for us if we pray to him?’
Onye ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile bụ, anyị ga-eji jeere ya ozi? Uru gịnị ka ịrịọ ya arịrịọ ga-abara anyị?’
16 Such people believe they make their own fortune, but I don't accept their way of thinking.
Ma ọganihu ha adịghị nʼaka ha ya mere ana m ewezuga onwe m site na ndụmọdụ ndị na-emebi iwu.
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does disaster come upon them? How often does God punish the wicked in his anger?
“Ma ugboro ole ka a na-emenyụ ọkụ oriọna nke ndị na-emebi iwu? Ugboro ole ka nhụju anya na-adakwasị ha, bụ nke Chineke kenyere ha nʼiwe ya?
18 Are they blown along like straw in the wind? Does a tornado come in and carry them away?
Ugboro ole ka ha dịka ahịhịa kpọrọ nkụ nʼihu ikuku, maọbụ dịka igbugbo ọka nke ikuku siri ike na-efesasị?
19 Some say, ‘God saves up people's punishment for their children.’ But I say, ‘God should punish those people themselves so that they can learn from it.’
A na-asị, ‘Chineke na-akpakọtara ụmụ ha ntaramahụhụ nke njehie ha.’ Ka a kwụghachi ha ya, ka ha nwee ike mata ya.
20 Let them see their destruction themselves, and drink deeply from God's anger.
Ka anya ha hụ mbibi nke onwe ya, ka ha ṅụọ ọnụma nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile dịka mmiri.
21 For they don't care what happens to their families once they're dead.
Gịnị gbasara ha banyere ezinaụlọ ha hapụrụ mgbe ọnwa ndị e kenyere ya bịara na ngwụcha?
22 Can anyone teach God anything he doesn't already know, since he is the one who judges even heavenly beings?
“Ọ dị onye pụrụ izi Chineke ihe ọmụma, ebe ọ bụ ya na-ekpe ndị kachasị elu ikpe?
23 One person dies in good health, totally comfortable and secure.
Otu onye na-anwụ mgbe o jupụtara nʼike na ume, mgbe ọ nọ na nchekwa na udo,
24 Their body is fat from eating well; their bones still strong.
mgbe ahụ ya bụ nke eji ezi nri zụọ nke ọma, ọkpụkpụ ya jupụtakwara nʼụmị.
25 Another dies after a miserable life without every experiencing happiness.
Onye ọzọ na-anwụ nʼihe ilu nke mkpụrụobi, nʼihi na o nweghị mgbe o riri ezi ihe ọbụla.
26 Yet they are both buried in the same dust; they are treated alike in death, eaten by maggots.
Nke ọbụla nʼime ha dina nʼakụkụ ibe ya nʼime aja, ikpuru kpuchikwara ha abụọ.
27 Look, I know what you're thinking, and your schemes to do me wrong.
“Amaara m nke ọma ihe bụ echiche unu na nzube unu ji emegide m.
28 You may ask me, ‘Where is the home of the great man? Where is the place where the wicked live?’
Unu ga-ajụ m ajụjụ sị, ‘Ugbu a, ole ụlọ oke mmadụ ahụ. Ụlọ ikwu ndị ahụ ebe ndị na-emebi iwu biiri?’
29 Haven't you asked people who travel? Don't you pay attention to what they tell you?
Ọ bụ na unu ajụbeghị ndị njem ajụjụ? Ọ bụ na unu ejighị ihe ha kọrọ mere ihe,
30 Wicked people are spared in times of disaster; they are rescued from the day of judgment.
na a na-echebe ndị ọjọọ pụọ nʼụbọchị nhụju anya, na a na-anapụta ha site nʼụbọchị oke iwe?
31 Who confronts them with their actions? Who pays them back for what they have done?
Onye na-atụ ha mmehie ha nʼihu? Onye kwa na-akwụghachi ha ụgwọ ihe ha mere?
32 When they eventually die and are carried to the graveyard, their tomb is guarded. The earth of the grave softly covers them.
A na-eburu ha gaa nʼili, a na-echekwa ili ha nche.
33 Everyone attends their funeral service; a huge procession of people comes to pay their last respects.
Aja dị na ndagwurugwu na-atọ ha ụtọ; Mmadụ niile na-eso ha nʼazụ, na ọtụtụ a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ na-ebu ha ụzọ nʼaga.
34 Why do you try to comfort me with worthless nonsense? Your answers are just a pack of lies!”
“Ya mere, olee otu unu ga-esi were okwu na-enweghị isi kasịe m obi? Ọ dịghị ihe fọdụrụ nʼọsịịsa unu ma ọ bụghị naanị okwu ụgha.”
