Job 24
1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
“Nĩ kĩĩ kĩgiragia Mwene-Hinya-Wothe araarĩrie mahinda ma ciira? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga arĩa mamũũĩ meterere mĩthenya ta ĩyo o tũhũ?
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Kũrĩ andũ meeheragia mahiga ma mũhaka, na makarĩithia ndũũru cia mahiũ iria maiyĩte.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Moyaga ndigiri ya mwana wa ngoriai, na magakuua ndegwa ya mũtumia wa ndigwa ĩtuĩke ya kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ wao.
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Nĩ meeheragia andũ arĩa abatari njĩra-inĩ, na makahatĩrĩria athĩĩni othe a bũrũri magatũma mathiĩ makehithe.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising early for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
O ta njagĩ cia werũ, noguo andũ arĩa athĩĩni marokagĩra wĩra wa kũhaara kĩndũ gĩa kũrĩa; kũu bũrũri ũrĩa ũtagĩaga kĩndũ nĩkuo marutaga irio cia kũhe ciana ciao.
6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Monganagia ngaragatha mĩgũnda-inĩ, na makahaara matigari mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ ya arĩa aaganu.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Maraaraga njaga nĩ kwaga nguo; matirĩ kĩndũ gĩa kwĩhumbĩra rĩrĩa kwagĩa heho.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
Maconjoragio nĩ mbura ya irĩma-inĩ, nao makenyiitĩrĩra mahiga nĩ ũndũ wa kwaga ha kwĩyũa.
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Mahuragia mwana wa ngoriai kuuma nyondo-inĩ; nako gakenge ka mũthĩĩni gatahagwo nĩ ũndũ wa thiirĩ.
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Mathiiaga njaga nĩ kwaga nguo; makuuaga itĩĩa cia ngano, no magatigwo marĩ o ahũtu.
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Mahihagĩra ndamaiyũ mĩtaro-inĩ; nĩo makinyangaga ihihĩro cia ndibei o magĩkuaga nĩ nyoota.
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God lays not folly to them.
Mũcaayo wa arĩa marakua nĩũraiguuo ũkiuma itũũra inene, nayo mĩoyo ya arĩa agurarie no gũkaya ĩrakaya ĩkĩenda ũteithio. No Ngai gũtirĩ mũndũ aratuĩra ciira nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩka ũũru.
13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
“Nĩ kũrĩ andũ arĩa mareganaga na ũtheri, na matiũĩ njĩra ciaguo, o na kana magaikara tũcĩra-inĩ twaguo.
14 The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa gwatuka-rĩ, mũũragani ookagĩra akooraga athĩĩni na abatari; ningĩ ũtukũ agatuĩka ta mũici.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.
Riitho rĩa gĩtharia rĩetagĩrĩra kũgĩe mairia; kĩĩraga atĩrĩ, ‘Gũtirĩ riitho o na rĩmwe rĩngĩnyona,’ na gĩgaikara kĩĩhithĩte ũthiũ.
16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Rĩrĩa kũrĩ nduma-rĩ, nĩguo andũ matuaga nyũmba, no mũthenya magatinda mehingĩire; matiendaga ũndũ wa ũtheri.
17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Nĩgũkorwo andũ acio othe-rĩ, nduma ĩrĩa ndumanu nĩyo rũciinĩ rwao; magĩaga ũrata na imakania cia nduma.
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholds not the way of the vineyards.
“No rĩrĩ, o nĩ mũhũũyũ ũrĩa ũrerete igũrũ rĩa maaĩ; igai rĩao bũrũri-inĩ nĩ irume, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio gũtirĩ mũndũ ũthiiaga mĩgũnda-inĩ ya mĩthabibũ.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those which have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
O ta ũrĩa riũa na ũrugarĩ iniinaga maaĩ ma tharunji-rĩ, ũguo noguo mbĩrĩra ĩhuragia arĩa mehĩtie. (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Nayo nda ĩrĩa yamaciarire ĩkariganĩrwo nĩo, igunyũ nacio ikamarĩa; andũ arĩa aaganu maticookaga kũririkanwo, no moinangagwo ta mũtĩ.
21 He evil entreats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow.
Marĩĩaga indo cia mũtumia thaata na ũrĩa ũtarĩ kaana, na matiiguagĩra mũtumia wa ndigwa tha.
22 He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, and no man is sure of life.
No Ngai, nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoti wake, nĩakururagia arĩa marĩ hinya; o na mangĩĩhaanda wega-rĩ, matirĩ na mwĩhoko atĩ nĩmagatũũra muoyo.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he rests; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
We no ametĩkĩrie maikare mahurũkĩte makĩĩiguaga ta matarĩ na ũgwati, no maitho make nĩmacũthagĩrĩria njĩra ciao.
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Nĩgũkorwo matũũgagĩrio o kahinda kanini, magacooka makeehera; maikũrũkagio na magakua o ta andũ arĩa angĩ othe; makeeheragio o ta igira cia ngano.
25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
“Akorwo ũguo tiguo gũtariĩ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩonania atĩ nĩndaheenania, na agĩtue ciugo ciakwa cia tũhũ?”
