Job 5
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn?
“Wenda gwĩtana, ĩtana, no rĩrĩ, nũũ ũngĩgwĩtĩka? Nĩ ũrĩkũ wa arĩa atheru ũngĩũrĩra kũrĩ we?
2 For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
Rũngʼathio rũũragaga kĩrimũ, naguo ũiru ũkooraga mũndũ ũrĩa mũkĩĩgu.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Niĩ mwene nĩnyonete kĩrimũ gĩkĩgĩa na mĩri, no-o rĩmwe nyũmba yakĩo ĩkĩrumwo.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Ciana ciake nĩiraihanĩrĩirie na ũgitĩri, ihatĩrĩirio igooti-inĩ itarĩ na mũndũ wa gũciciirĩrĩra.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.
Ũrĩa mũhũtu arĩĩaga magetha make, amoyaga o na marĩ mĩigua-inĩ, nao arĩa anyootu makahũmagĩra ũtonga wao.
6 Although affliction comes not out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
Nĩgũkorwo hatĩka ndĩkunũkaga kuuma thĩ, kana thĩĩna ũkamera tĩĩri-inĩ.
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
No rĩrĩ, mũndũ aciaragwo arĩ wa kuonaga thĩĩna, o ta ũrĩa na ma thandĩ cia mwaki irathũkaga na igũrũ.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
“No rĩrĩ, korwo nĩ niĩ ingĩthaitha Mũrungu; ingĩneana ciira wakwa kũrĩ we.
9 Which does great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
We ekaga maũndũ ma magegania marĩa mataangĩmenyeka, na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
10 Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields:
Nĩwe uuragĩria thĩ mbura; na nĩwe ũrehagĩra bũrũri maaĩ.
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Arĩa menyiihagia nĩwe ũmatũũgagĩria, nao arĩa marĩ na kĩeha moyagwo na igũrũ makagitĩrwo.
12 He dissapoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Nĩwe ũthaatagia mĩbango ya arĩa marĩ waara, nĩgeetha moko mao matikagĩe na ũhootani.
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is carried headlong.
Nĩanyiitaga arĩa oogĩ waara-inĩ wao, namo mathugunda ma arĩa oingumania akaameheria biũ.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Nduma ĩmakoraga kũrĩ o mũthenya; mũthenya barigici makahambataga taarĩ ũtukũ.
15 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Nĩahonokagia arĩa abatari kuuma kũrĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ tũnua-inĩ twao; amahonokagia moko-inĩ ma arĩa marĩ hinya.
16 So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio athĩĩni makagĩa na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro, naguo ciira ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto ũgatumia kanua.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty:
“Kũrathimwo nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũrũngagwo nĩ Ngai; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndũkamene irũithia rĩa Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩaguraranagia, no rĩrĩ, acookaga akooha nguraro ĩyo wega; nĩatiihanagia, no moko make no mo mahonanagia.
19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
Nĩagagũteithũra harĩ mĩtino ĩtandatũ; o na ĩrĩ mũgwanja-rĩ, gũtirĩ ũũru ũgaagũkora.
20 In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Hĩndĩ ya ngʼaragu nĩagagũkũũra kuuma kũrĩ gĩkuũ, ningĩ hĩndĩ ya mbaara agũkũũre ndũkooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
21 You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
Nĩũkagitĩrwo harĩ rũcamiũ rwa rũrĩmĩ, na ndũgetigĩra hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mwanangĩko ũgooka.
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Nĩũgathekerera mwanangĩko na ngʼaragu, na ndũgetigĩra nyamũ cia gũkũ thĩ.
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩũkagĩa na kĩrĩkanĩro na mahiga ma werũ-inĩ, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka itũũre irĩ na thayũ nawe.
24 And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.
Nawe ũikarage ũũĩ atĩ hema yaku nĩ ngitĩre; nawe nĩũkooya ithabu rĩa indo ciaku ũkore hatirĩ kĩndũ kĩũrĩte.
25 You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
Nĩũkamenya atĩ ciana ciaku nĩikaingĩha, nacio njiaro ciaku cingĩhe o ta nyeki ya gũkũ thĩ.
26 You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of corn comes in in his season.
Ũgaathiĩ mbĩrĩra-inĩ ũrĩ o na hinya, ũhaana ta itĩĩa cia ngano ĩgethetwo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.
“Nĩtũtuĩrĩtie ũhoro ũyũ, na nĩ wa ma. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio kĩũigue na ũũmenye wee mwene.”
