Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
“Mmadụ ọ pụrụ ịbara Chineke uru? Ọ bụladị onye nwere uche ọ pụrụ ịbara Chineke uru?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
O nwere ọṅụ ọ ga-enye Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ma a sị na ị bụ onye ezi omume? Uru gịnị ka ọ ga-enweta ma ọ bụrụ na ụzọ gị niile enweghị ịta ụta?
4 Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
“Chineke ọ na-abara gị mba na-ebo gị ebubo nʼihi na ị na-atụ egwu ya?
5 Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?
Ọ bụ na mmebi iwu gị adịghị ukwuu? Mmehie gị o nwere ọgwụgwụ?
6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Ị naara ụmụnne gị ihe ebe nʼefu; ị yipụrụ ndị mmadụ uwe ha gbawa ha ọtọ.
7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
I nyeghị ndị ike gwuru mmiri, i nyeghịkwa ndị agụụ na-agụ ihe oriri.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelled in it.
Ọ bụ eziokwu na ị bụ nwoke dị ike na onye nwere ala, bụrụkwa onye a na-asọpụrụ bi nʼala ya,
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Ị na-agbaba ụmụ nwanyị di ha nwụrụ aka, zipụ ha, Ị na-anyaji ogwe aka nke ụmụ na-enweghị nna.
10 Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
Ọ bụ ya mere ọnya jiri gbaa gị gburugburu, bụrụkwa ihe mbibi ji eyi gị egwu.
11 Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
Ọ bụkwa ya mere ọchịchịrị ji gbaa gị gburugburu ka ị ghara ịhụ ụzọ, meekwa ka idee mmiri kpuchie gị.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
“Ọ bụ na Chineke anọghị nʼebe dị elu nke eluigwe? Lee ka ịdị elu nke kpakpando dị elu si dị.
13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Kama ị na-asị, ‘Gịnị ka Chineke maara? Ọ na-esite nʼoke ọchịchịrị dị otu a ekpe ikpe?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
Oke ọchịchịrị kpuchiri ya, nke mere na ọ naghị ahụ anyị mgbe ọ na-agagharị nʼebe dị elu nke eluigwe.’
15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Ị ga-agbaso ụzọ ochie nke ndị na-eme ihe ọjọọ zoro ije na ya?
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:
E bupụrụ ha tupu oge ha eruo. Ntọala ndụ ha ka idee mmiri sachapụrụ
17 Which said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Ha sịrị Chineke, ‘Hapụ anyị aka! Gịnị ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-eme anyị?’
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Ma ọ bụ ya ji ihe dị mma dị iche iche mejupụta ụlọ ha, ya mere ana m ewezuga onwe m site na ndụmọdụ ndị na-emebi iwu.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Ndị ezi omume na-ahụ mbibi ndị dị otu a ma ṅụrịa; ndị aka ha dị ọcha na-akwa ha emo sị:
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
‘Nʼezie, e bibiela ndị iro anyị, ọkụ erepịala akụnụba ha.’
21 Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you.
“Doo onwe gị nʼokpuru Chineke ka gị na ya nọọ nʼudo, nʼụzọ dị otu a, ọganihu ga-abịara gị.
22 Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Gee ntị, nabata ndụmọdụ si ya nʼọnụ, doo okwu ya niile nʼobi gị.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.
Ọ bụrụ na ịlaghachikwute Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ọ ga-eweghachi gị nʼọnọdụ gị; ọ bụrụ na iwezuga ihe mmebi iwu mee ka ọ dị anya site nʼebe ụlọ ikwu gị dị,
24 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
tọgbọ ọkpụrụkpụ ọlaedo gị nʼaja, tụpụkwa ọlaedo nke Ọfịa gị nʼelu nkume dị nʼime ọdọ mmiri nta.
25 Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.
Mgbe ahụ, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-abụrụ gị ọlaedo, bụkwara gị ọlaọcha kachasị mma.
26 For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
Nʼezie, mgbe ahụ kwa, ihe nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-atọ mkpụrụobi gị ụtọ, ị ga-ewelikwa ihu gị nye Chineke.
27 You shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
Ị ga-ekpe ekpere, ọ ga-azakwa gị ekpere gị, ị ga-emezukwa nkwa i kwere.
28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways.
Ihe i kpebiri ga-emezukwa, ìhè ga-amụkwasị nʼụzọ gị niile.
29 When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Mgbe a na-eweda ndị mmadụ ala, ọ bụrụkwa na ị sị, ‘Bulienụ ha elu,’ mgbe ahụ ọ ga-azọpụta ndị e wedara nʼala.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.
Ọ ga-azọpụta ọ bụladị onye ahụ nke aka ya na-adịghị ọcha, bụ onye nke a ga-azọpụta site nʼịdị ọcha nke aka gị.”
