Job 11
1 Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
Mgbe ahụ, Zofa onye Neama zara sị:
2 He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.
“Ọ dịghị nzaghachi dịịrị ọtụtụ okwu niile ndị a? A ga-agụ onye ekwurekwu a dịka onye ikpe na-amaghị?
3 Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you?
Okwu efu gị ndị a ha ga-eme ka mmadụ gba nkịtị? Ọ bụ na ọ dịghị onye ga-abara gị mba mgbe ị na-akwa emo?
4 For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
Ị na-asị Chineke, ‘Okwukwe m enweghị ntụpọ, adịkwa m ọcha nʼanya gị.’
5 But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open his lips to you!
Ọ ga-adị m nnọọ mma ma a si na Chineke ga-ekwu okwu, na ọ ga-asaghe egbugbere ọnụ ya imegide gị.
6 Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord.
Kpugheere gị ihe nzuzo niile nke amamihe, nʼihi na ezi amamihe nwere akụkụ abụọ. Mara nke a: Chineke echefuola ụfọdụ mmehie gị.
7 Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
“I nwere ike ịchọpụta ihe omimi Chineke? I nwere ike ịnwapụta nsọtụ nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile?
8 Heaven [is] high; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? (Sheol h7585)
Ha dị elu karịa eluigwe, gịnị ka ị pụrụ ime? Ha dị ogbu karịa ala ili, gịnị ka ị pụrụ ịma? (Sheol h7585)
9 Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
Ọtụtụ ha dị ogologo karịa ụwa, dị obosara karịa oke osimiri.
10 And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?
“Ọ bụrụ na ọ bịa tụba gị nʼime ụlọ mkpọrọ, kpọkọta ndị ikpe, onye ga-egbochi ya?
11 For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
Nʼezie, ya onwe ya na-amata ndị nduhie, mgbe ọ hụrụ ajọ ihe, ọ bụ na ọ dịghị amatakwa ya?
12 But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
Onye nzuzu ga-aghọ onye maara ihe naanị mgbe nwa ịnyịnya ibu ọhịa mụrụ ghọrọ mmadụ.
13 For if you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him;
“Ma ọ bụrụ na i were obi gị nye ya, setịpụ aka gị abụọ nye ya,
14 if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.
ọ bụrụ na i wezuga mmehie nke dị gị nʼaka, ghara ikwe ka ihe ọjọọ dịrị nʼụlọ ikwu gị
15 For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.
mgbe ahụ, ihere agaghị eme gị iwelite ihu gị, ị ga-eguzokwa chịm na-atụghị egwu.
16 And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.
Nʼezie ị ga-echefukwa nsogbu gị, na-echeta ya dịka mmiri gabigara agabiga.
17 And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday.
Ndụ gị ga-amụke karịa etiti ehihie, ọchịchịrị ya ga-adịkwa ka ụtụtụ.
18 And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.
Ị ga-anọkwa nʼudo nʼihi na olileanya dị; ị ga-elegharịkwa anya gburugburu gị zuo ike na-atụghị ụjọ.
19 For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you; and many shall charge, and make supplication to you.
Ị ga-edina ala na-atụghị egwu onye ọbụla, ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ ga-achọ ịnata amara nʼihu gị.
20 But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
Ma anya ndị na-emebi iwu ga-ada, ha agaghị achọta ụzọ mgbapụ; olileanya ha ga-abụ nkubi ume nke ọnwụ.”
