Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said,
Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia, akiuga atĩrĩ:
2 I know it is so truthfully: but how should man be just with God?
“Ti-itherũ nĩnjũũĩ ũhoro ũcio nĩ wa ma. No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩhota atĩa gũkorwo arĩ mũthingu mbere ya Mũrungu?
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
O na korwo mũndũ enda gũkararania na Ngai-rĩ, ndangĩhota kũmũcookeria kĩũria o na kĩmwe harĩ ciũria ngiri.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and has prospered?
Ũũgĩ wake nĩ mũingĩ mũno, na ũhoti wake nĩ mũnene. Nũũ wanaregana nake akĩgaacĩra?
5 Which removes the mountains, and they know not: which overturns them in his anger.
Eeheragia irĩma itekũmenya, na agacingʼaũrania nĩ kũrakara.
6 Which shakes the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Athingithagia thĩ ĩkoima handũ hayo, na akainainia itugĩ ciayo.
7 Which commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars.
Aathaga riũa rĩkaaga kũratha; nake agiragĩrĩria ũtheri wa njata.
8 Which alone spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea.
Nĩwe watambũrũkirie igũrũ arĩ o wiki, na athiiaga agĩkinyangaga makũmbĩ ma iria.
9 Which makes Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Nĩwe Mũũmbi wa njata iria ciĩtagwo Nduba, na Karaũ, na Kĩrĩmĩra, o na ikundi cia njata cia mwena wa gũthini.
10 Which does great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Nĩekaga magegania matangĩmenyeka, na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
11 Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not.
Rĩrĩa aahĩtũkĩra harĩa ndĩ, ndingĩmuona; o na rĩrĩa aathiĩra harĩa ndĩ ndimenyaga.
12 Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you?
Angĩgutha kĩndũ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũmũgiria? Nũũ ũngĩmũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ atĩa ũreka?’
13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Ngai ndahingagĩrĩria marakara make; o na arĩa maateithagĩrĩria Rahabu nĩmamũinamagĩrĩra.
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
“Niĩ-rĩ, ndaakĩhota atĩa kũmũkararia? Ingĩruta kũ ciugo cia kũmũcookeria?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
O na korwo ndihĩtĩtie-rĩ, ndingĩhota kũmũcookeria ũndũ; ũrĩa ingĩĩka no gũthaitha ingĩthaitha Mũnjiirithia anjiguĩre tha.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
O na ingĩamwĩtire nake anjĩtĩke-rĩ, ndingĩĩtĩkia nĩangĩathikĩrĩirie.
17 For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
We angĩamemendire na kĩhuhũkanio, na aingĩhie ironda ciakwa hatarĩ gĩtũmi.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Ndarekaga njookererwo nĩ mĩhũmũ, no nĩahatagĩrĩria na mathĩĩna.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Korwo no ũhoro wa hinya-rĩ, we arĩ hinya mũno! Na korwo no ũhoro wa ciira wa kĩhooto-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩmwĩta?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
O na korwo ndiahĩtĩtie-rĩ, kanua gakwa no kandue mũhĩtia; korwo ndiarĩ na ũcuuke-rĩ, nĩkangĩanduire mũhĩtia.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
“O na gũtuĩka ndirĩ na ũcuuke-rĩ, ndikwĩrĩrĩra; muoyo wakwa nĩndĩwagĩire kĩene.
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
Ũhoro no ũrĩa ũmwe; nĩkĩo ndĩroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Aniinaga arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke o na akaniina arĩa aaganu.’
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ihũũra rĩarehe gĩkuũ kĩa narua, nĩathekagĩrĩra kũũrwo nĩ hinya kwa arĩa matarĩ na mahĩtia.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covers the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa bũrũri wagĩa moko-inĩ ma andũ aaganu, nĩahingaga aciirithania maitho. Akorwo ti we-rĩ, nũũ wĩkaga ũguo?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
“Matukũ makwa marahanyũka gũkĩra mũkinyia-ũhoro; mombũkaga matarĩ na gĩkeno o na kĩnini.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastes to the prey.
Mahĩtũkaga na ihenya mũno ta tũtarũ twa irura, kana ta nderi igũcuuhũkĩra kĩndũ gĩa kũrĩa.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Ingiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngũriganĩrwo nĩ mateta makwa, nĩngũtiga gũtukia gĩthiithi, ngene,’
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.
no ngeetigĩra mĩnyamaro yakwa yothe, nĩgũkorwo nĩnjũũĩ ndũkandua atĩ ndiĩhĩtie.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Kuona atĩ nĩndĩkĩtie gũtuuo mũhĩtia-rĩ, nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma ndĩĩnogie tũhũ?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
O na ingĩĩthamba na thabuni, na ndĩĩthambe moko na igata-rĩ,
31 Yet shall you plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall detest me.
no ũndikirie irima rĩa gĩcoro nĩgeetha o na nguo ciakwa iithũũre.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
“We ti mũndũ ta niĩ atĩ nĩguo ndĩmũcookerie, nĩguo tũngʼethanĩre igooti-inĩ.
33 Neither is there any arbitrator between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Naarĩ korwo nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũngĩtũiguithania, atũigĩrĩre guoko gwake ithuĩ eerĩ,
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
mũndũ wa kũnjehereria rũthanju rwa Ngai, nĩgeetha ndigacooke kũmakio nĩ itebeebania rĩake.
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩingĩacooka kwaragia itekũmwĩtigĩra, no ũrĩa ndariĩ rĩu-rĩ, ndingĩhota.
