Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
“Mũndũ aahota kũguna Mũrungu? O na mũndũ mũũgĩ-rĩ, akĩhota kũmũguna?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
Nĩ gĩkeno kĩrĩkũ ũthingu waku ũngĩrehere Mwene-Hinya-Wothe? Nĩ uumithio ũrĩkũ angĩgĩa naguo angĩkorwo mĩthiĩre yaku ndĩrĩ ũcuuke?
4 Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
“Arakũrũithia na agagũthitanga nĩ ũndũ wa wĩtigĩri Ngai waku?
5 Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?
Githĩ waganu waku ti mũnene? Mehia maku-rĩ, makĩrĩ mũthia?
6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Wetirie ũgitĩri kuuma kũrĩ ariũ a thoguo hatarĩ gĩtũmi; nĩwaũrire andũ nguo, ũkĩmatiga njaga.
7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
Arĩa anogu ndwamaheire maaĩ, na nĩwaimire arĩa ahũtu irio,
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
o na gũtuĩka warĩ mũndũ ũrĩ hinya, ũrĩ na mĩgũnda: mũndũ ũheetwo gĩtĩĩo, na watũũraga kuo.
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Nĩwaingatire atumia a ndigwa matarĩ na kĩndũ, na ũkĩniina hinya wa arĩa matarĩ na maithe.
10 Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
Nĩkĩo ũthiũrũrũkĩirio nĩ mĩtego, nĩkĩo thĩĩna wa narua ũkũmakagia,
11 Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
nĩkĩo ũtumanĩirwo nĩ nduma, ũkaremwo nĩkuona, na nokĩo mũiyũro wa maaĩ ũkũhubanĩirie.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
“Githĩ Ngai ndarĩ o kũu igũrũ o igũrũ? O na ta kĩone ũrĩa njata iria irĩ igũrũ mũno itũũgĩrĩte!
13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
No rĩrĩ, wee ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩ atĩa angĩmenya? No atuanĩre ciira nduma-inĩ ta ĩno?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
Matu matumanu nĩmamũhumbĩrĩte, nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndangĩtuona rĩrĩa egũceera kũu igũrũ gacũmbĩrĩ.’
15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Ũgũtũũra ũgeraga o njĩra ya tene ĩrĩa andũ aaganu managerera?
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:
Nĩmahuririo ihinda rĩao rĩtanakinya, mĩthingi yao ĩgĩthererio nĩ mũiyũro wa maaĩ.
17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Nao meerire Mũrungu atĩrĩ, ‘Tigana na ithuĩ! Mwene-Hinya-Wothe-rĩ, angĩtwĩka atĩa?’
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
No rĩrĩ, nĩwe waiyũririe nyũmba ciao na indo njega, nĩ ũndũ ũcio niĩ njikaraga haraaya na kĩrĩra kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
“Andũ arĩa athingu nĩmeyonagĩra mwanangĩko wa acio aaganu, magakena; arĩa matarĩ na ũũru mekĩte mamanyũrũragia makiugaga atĩrĩ:
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
‘Ti-itherũ thũ ciitũ nĩnyanange, mwaki nĩũcinĩte ũtonga wao.’
21 Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you.
“Athĩkĩra Ngai ũikare ũrĩ na thayũ nake, ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo ũgaakũrehere ũgaacĩru.
22 Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Ĩtĩkĩra ũrutani wa kanua gake, na ũige ciugo ciake ngoro-inĩ yaku.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.
Ũngĩcookerera ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩegũkwamũkĩra; ũngĩeheria waganu kũraya na hema yaku,
24 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
na ũte ngũmba ciaku cia thahabu rũkũngũ-inĩ, na thahabu yaku ya Ofiri ũmĩte na kũu ndwaro-inĩ cia mahiga kũu mũkuru-inĩ,
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be your defence, and you shall have plenty of silver.
hĩndĩ ĩyo ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe agaatuĩka thahabu yaku, na atuĩke betha ĩrĩa njega mũno harĩ we.
26 For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.
Ti-itherũ, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũkona gĩkeno thĩinĩ wa ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, na nĩũgatiirĩra Ngai ũthiũ waku.
27 You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
Nĩũkamũhooya, nake nĩagakũigua, nawe nĩũkahingia mĩĩhĩtwa yaku.
28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.
Ũrĩa watua wĩkwo nĩguo ũrĩkagwo, naguo ũtheri nĩ ũkaara njĩra-inĩ ciaku.
29 When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ angĩ manyiihio, nawe ũkoiga, ‘Nĩmatũũgĩrio!’ Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩakahonokia arĩa makuĩte ngoro.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.
Nĩakahonokia o na ũrĩa ũrĩ na ũcuuke, ahonokio nĩ ũndũ wa ũtheru wa moko maku.”
