Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,
Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani akĩũria atĩrĩ:
2 Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?
“Mũndũ mũũgĩ no acookie ũhoro na kwĩgereria, kana aiyũrie nda yake na rũhuho ruumĩte na irathĩro?
3 Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?
No eciirĩrĩre na ciugo cia tũhũ, kana na mĩario ĩtarĩ bata?
4 Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.
No wee-rĩ, nĩũracambia ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Ngai, na ũkagirĩrĩria ũhoro wa andũ kwĩrutĩra Mũrungu.
5 For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.
Mehia maku nĩmo mataaraga kanua gaku; nawe ũthuurĩte kwaria na rũrĩmĩ rwa mũndũ mwara.
6 Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.
Kanua gaku wee mwene nĩko karagũtuĩra ciira, ti gakwa: nayo mĩromo yaku wee mwene ĩkaaria ũira wa gũgũũkĩrĩra.
7 Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
“Wee nĩwe mũndũ wa mbere gũciarwo? Wee-rĩ, waciarirwo mbere ya irĩma igĩe ho?
8 Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?
Wee nĩũthikagĩrĩria ndundu ya Ngai? Wee wiki-rĩ, nowe ũrigĩtie na ũũgĩ?
9 What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?
Nĩ atĩa ũũĩ ithuĩ tũtooĩ? Nĩ ũmenyo ũrĩkũ ũrĩ naguo ithuĩ tũtarĩ?
10 Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us, — richer than thy father in days.
Tũrĩ na athuuri marĩ na mbuĩ na arĩa akũrũ mũno, andũ akũrũ o na gũkĩra thoguo.
11 Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?
Ndũiganĩtwo nĩ ũhoorerania wa Mũrungu, o na kana ũhoro ũcio warĩirio na ũhooreri?
12 Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?
Ngoro yaku ĩgũteete nĩkĩ, na nĩ kĩĩ kĩratũma ũikare ũkiunaga maitho,
13 That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter [such] words out of thy mouth?
nĩguo werekerie marakara maku kũrĩ Mũrungu, o na ũgaitũrũra ciugo ta icio kuuma kanua gaku?
14 What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?
“Mũndũ akĩrĩ kĩ, atĩ no ahote gũtuĩka mũtheru, o na mũndũ ũciarĩtwo nĩ mũndũ-wa-nja nake akĩrĩ kĩĩ, atĩ no ahote gũtuĩka mũthingu?
15 Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:
Angĩkorwo Ngai ndangĩhota kwĩhoka andũ arĩa ake aamũre-rĩ, na kũngĩkorwo o na igũrũ ti gũtheru maitho-inĩ make-rĩ,
16 How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing?
mũndũ akĩrĩ kĩ atĩ amwĩhoke? Mũndũ nĩ mwaganu na nĩ kĩmaramari, anyuuaga waganu ta maaĩ!
17 I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;
“Wee ta thikĩrĩria na nĩngũgũtaarĩria; reke ngwĩre ũrĩa nyonete,
18 Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers;
ngwĩre ũrĩa andũ arĩa oogĩ moigĩte, matekũhitha ũndũ o na ũmwe wa ũhoro ũrĩa maaheirwo nĩ maithe mao,
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered.
(o acio oiki maaheetwo bũrũri hĩndĩ ĩrĩa gũtaarĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ watuĩkanagia gatagatĩ-inĩ kao):
20 All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.
Atĩrĩ, mũndũ mwaganu akoragwo na mĩnyamaro matukũ make mothe. Matukũ mothe ma ũcio ũtarĩ tha-rĩ, maigĩirwo o mĩnyamaro.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.
Aiguaga o mĩgambo ya kũmakania mũno; hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maũndũ mothe moneka ta marĩ mega-rĩ, atunyani makamũtharĩkĩra.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.
Ndarĩ na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro gĩa gwĩthara kuuma nduma-inĩ; etereirio kũũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying, ] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
Orũũraga agĩcaragia irio, oragie atĩrĩ, ‘Irĩ na kũ?’ Aikaraga amenyete atĩ mũthenya wa nduma ũrĩ o hakuhĩ.
24 Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.
Mĩnyamaro na ruo rwa ngoro nĩcio imũmakagia; imũtooragia taarĩ mũthamaki wĩhaarĩirie kũmũtharĩkĩra,
25 Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty;
nĩ ũndũ ainainagĩria Mũrungu ngundi, na akangʼathĩria Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
26 [And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;
akamũguthũkĩra angʼathĩtie, arĩ na ngo yake mata ya hinya.
27 Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;
“O na gũtuĩka ũthiũ wake nĩ mũnoru, na njohero yake ĩkaneneha nĩ kũnora-rĩ,
28 And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.
agaatũũraga matũũra maanangĩku, na aikarage nyũmba itatũũragwo nĩ mũndũ, nyũmba itigairie o kũmomoka ituĩke ihumbu cia mahiga.
29 [Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.
Ndagacooka gũkorwo arĩ mũtongu, naguo ũtonga wake ndũgatũũra, o na kana indo ciake itheereme kũu bũrũri-inĩ.
30 He will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.
Ndakahota kũũrĩra nduma; rũrĩrĩmbĩ nĩrũkahoohia thuuna ciake, nayo mĩhũmũ ya kanua ka Ngai nĩĩkamweheria.
31 Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.
Nĩatige kwĩheenia na ũndũ wa kwĩhoka maũndũ ma tũhũ, nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ kĩndũ makaamũrehere.
32 Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.
Ihinda rĩake rĩtanakinya-rĩ, nĩakarĩhio mũigana wake wothe, na honge ciake itikarura.
33 He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.
Agaatuĩka ta mũthabibũ ũhũrũrĩtwo thabibũ ciaguo itarĩ njĩru, ahaane ta mũtamaiyũ ũraita kĩro kĩaguo.
34 For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Nĩgũkorwo andũ a thiritũ ya arĩa matooĩ Ngai matũũraga marĩ thaata, na mwaki nĩũgaacina hema cia arĩa mendete mahaki.
35 They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.
Magĩaga nda cia mathĩĩna, na magaciara waganu; nda ciao ithugundaga o maheeni.”
