Job 23
1 Bvt Iob answered and sayd,
Mgbe ahụ, Job zara sị:
2 Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,
“Ọ bụladị taa, mkpesa m dị ilu; aka ya dị arọ megide m nʼagbanyeghị ịsụ ude m.
3 Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
A sịkwa na m maara ebe m ga-achọta ya; a sịkwa na m nwere ike ijeru ebe obibi ya!
4 I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Aga m edozi mkpesa m nʼusoro nʼihu ya were ịrụ ụka mejuo ọnụ m.
5 I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
Aga m achọpụta ihe o ga-aza m ma tuleekwa ihe ọ ga-agwa m.
6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Ọ ga-eji ike dị egwu megide m? Mba, ọ gaghị ebo m ebubo.
7 There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
Nʼebe ahụ, onye ziri ezi ga-eme mkpesa nʼihu ya. Nʼebe ahụ, a ga-anapụtakwa m site nʼaka onye ikpe m rụọ mgbe ebighị ebi.
8 Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:
“Ma ọ bụrụ na m agaa nʼọwụwa anyanwụ ọ nọghị nʼebe ahụ; ọ bụrụ na m gaa nʼọdịda anyanwụ, agaghị m achọta ya.
9 If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.
Mgbe ọ nọ nʼọrụ nʼugwu anaghị m ahụ ya, mgbe ọ lọghachiri na ndịda anaghị m ahụkwa ya.
10 But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.
Ma ọ maara ụzọ m na-aga, mgbe ọ nwapụtasịrị m, aga m apụta dịka ọlaedo,
11 My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
ụkwụ m abụọ na-agbaso nzọ ụkwụ ya; ana m eso ụzọ ya na-atụgharịghị nʼaka nri maọbụ aka ekpe.
12 Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
Esibeghị m nʼiwu nke si nʼọnụ ya pụta wezuga onwe m; a na m echekwa okwu ọnụ ya karịa nri nke m na-eri kwa ụbọchị.
13 Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.
“Ma o guzo naanị ya, onye pụrụ iguzogide ya? Ọ na-eme ihe ọbụla masịrị ya.
14 For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.
Ọ na-emezu ụkpụrụ ya niile o zubere megide m, ọ ka nwekwara nzube ndị ọzọ yiri nke a o dobere imegide m.
15 Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.
Nʼihi ya ka obi ji ama m jijiji nʼihu ya; mgbe m chetara banyere ihe ndị a niile, ana m atụ egwu ya.
16 For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.
Chineke emeela ka obi m daa mba; Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile emeela ka m maa jijiji.
17 For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
Ma ọchịchịrị emeghị ka m mechie ọnụ m, bụ oke ọchịchịrị nke kpuchiri ihu m.
