Job 15
1 Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
2 Will a wise man give for answer a [mere] breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,
“Onye maara ihe ọ ga-eji okwu na-abaghị uru zaghachi? Ọ ga-emeju afọ ya nʼifufe na-ekpo ọkụ nke si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ?
3 reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?
Ọ ga-eji okwu na-abaghị uru rụọ ụka, maọbụ kwuo okwu na-enweghị isi?
4 Hast not you moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?
Ma ị na-eleda ezi omume anya na-egbochikwa ịsọpụrụ Chineke.
5 You are guilty by the words of your mouth, neither have you discerned the words of the mighty.
Mmehie gị na-eme ka ọnụ gị kwuo okwu ngwangwa; ọ bụkwa ire ndị aghụghọ ka i nwere.
6 Let your own mouth, and not me, reprove you: and your lips shall testify against you.
Ọnụ gị na-ama gị ikpe, ọ bụghị mụ onwe m, egbugbere ọnụ gị na-ekwu okwu megide gị.
7 What! are you the first man that was born? or were you established before the hills?
“Ị bụ mmadụ mbụ a mụrụ? A mụọla gị tupu e kee ugwu niile?
8 Or have you heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used you as [his] counsellor? and has wisdom come [only] to you?
Ọ getụla ntị nʼizu nzuzo nke Chineke? Amamihe niile ọ bụ nʼime gị ka ha juru?
9 For what know you, that, we know not? or what understand you, which we do not also?
Gịnị ka ị maara nke anyị na-amaghị? Ụdị nghọta dị aṅaa ka i nwere nke anyị na-enweghị?
10 Truly among us [are] both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than your father.
Ndịisi awọ na ndị kara nka nọ nʼetiti anyị, ndị ikom mere agadi karịa nna mụrụ gị.
11 You have been scourged for [but] few of your sins: you have spoken haughtily [and] extravagantly.
Ọ ga-abụ na nkasiobi Chineke bụrụ gị ihe nta, ka ọ bụ okwu dị nro nke ọ gwara gị?
12 What has your heart dared? or what have your eyes [aimed at],
Gịnị mere obi gị ji duhie gị, gịnị mekwara anya gị abụọ ji chagharịa,
13 that you have vented [your] rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from [your] mouth?
nke mere iwe gị jiri dị ọkụ megide Chineke, meekwa ka okwu ọjọọ ndị a niile si nʼọnụ gị pụta?
14 For who, being a mortal, [is such] that he shall be blameless? or, [who that is] born of a woman, that he should be just?
“Gịnị ka mmadụ efu bụ, ọ ga-eji dị ọcha nʼobi, gịnị ka mmadụ nwanyị mụrụ bụ, na ha nwere ike ị bụ ndị ezi omume?
15 Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.
Ọ bụrụ na Chineke atụkwasịghị ndị nsọ ya obi, ọ bụrụkwa na eluigwe adịghị ọcha nʼanya ya,
16 Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.
ọ ga-esi aṅaa tụkwasị mmadụ efu onye rụrụ arụ obi, bụ onye na-aṅụ ajọ omume dịka mmiri.
17 But I will tell you, listen to me; I will tell you now what I have seen;
“Gee m ntị ka m kọwaara gị; kwerekwa ka m gwa gị ihe m hụrụ,
18 things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.
bụ ihe ndị amamihe kwuru, ndị na-ezobeghị ihe ha natara nʼaka nna nna ha,
19 To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.
bụ ndị e nyefere ala ndị a nʼaka ha mgbe ọ dịghị onye ọbịa gabigara nʼetiti ha.
20 All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
Ụbọchị ndụ ya niile, onye ajọ omume na-ata ahụhụ mmekpa ahụ, bụ nke e debere ogologo afọ nye nwoke ahụ na-eme ihe ike.
21 And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.
Ụzụ na-eweta oke egwu na-eju ya ntị, mgbe ọ dị ka ihe niile na-aga nke ọma, ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe na-abịakwasị ya.
22 Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
O nweghị olileanya ịgbanarị ọchịchịrị; mma agha nọ na-echere ya.
23 And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.
Ọ na-akpagharị na-achọ ebe nri dịka udele; ọ makwara na ụbọchị ọchịchịrị nọ nso.
24 Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
Ahụhụ na mkpagbu na-eme ka ọ tụọ oke egwu, nsogbu na-abịakwasị ya dịka eze nke nọ na njikere ibuso ndị iro ya agha.
25 For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.
Nʼihi na ọ na-atụ Chineke aka nʼihu, dokwaa onwe ya imegide Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
26 And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.
O ji ikwesi olu ike, dịka ọta siri ike, na-emegide Chineke.
27 For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.
“Ọ bụ ezie na abụba kpuchiri ihu ya, abụba nke dị nʼukwu ya na-eme ka anụ ahụ nupụtakwa,
28 And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
ọ ga-ebi nʼobodo e bibiri ebibi, nʼụlọ nke mmadụ na-ekwesighị ibi nʼime ha, ụlọ nke na-adakasị adakasị.
29 Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
Ma ọ gaghị aga nʼihu ị bụ ọgaranya, akụ ya agaghị adịgidekwa. Ihe o nwere agakwaghị agbasapụ nʼala niile ahụ.
30 Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.
Ọ gaghị agbanarị ọchịchịrị, ire ọkụ ga-eme ka ome ya kpọnwụọ, iku ume nke ọnụ Chineke ga-ebufu ya.
31 Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.
Ka onye dị otu a hapụ ịghọgbu onwe ya site nʼịtụkwasị uche nʼihe efu, nʼihi na ọ dịghị ụgwọ ọrụ ọbụla ọ ga-enweta.
32 His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.
Tụpụ oge ya eruo, ọ ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ ya nʼuju, ọzọ, alaka ya ga-akpọnwụ
33 And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.
Ọ ga-adị ka osisi vaịnị nke mkpụrụ ya dapụsịrị na-achaghị acha, dịka osisi oliv nke akwụkwọ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ.
34 For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
Nʼihi na ndị na-amaghị Chineke ga-adị ka nwanyị aga, ọkụ ga-erepịa ụlọ ikwu niile nke ndị hụrụ iri ngarị nʼanya.
35 And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.
Ha na-atụrụ ihe ọjọọ dịka ime, ma mụọkwa ajọọ omume; naanị aghụghọ ka akpanwa ha na-arụpụta.”
