Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
2 “Does a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill his belly [with] an east wind?
“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 To reason with a word not useful? And speeches—no profit in them?
Ọ ga-eji okwu na-abaghị uru rụọ ụka, maọbụ kwuo okwu na-enweghị isi?
4 Indeed, you make reverence void, and diminish meditation before God.
Ma ị na-eleda ezi omume anya na-egbochikwa ịsọpụrụ Chineke.
5 For your mouth teaches your iniquity, And you choose the tongue of the cunning.
Mmehie gị na-eme ka ọnụ gị kwuo okwu ngwangwa; ọ bụkwa ire ndị aghụghọ ka i nwere.
6 Your mouth declares you wicked, and not I, And your lips testify against you.
Ọnụ gị na-ama gị ikpe, ọ bụghị mụ onwe m, egbugbere ọnụ gị na-ekwu okwu megide gị.
7 Are you the first man born? And were you formed before the heights?
“Ị bụ mmadụ mbụ a mụrụ? A mụọla gị tupu e kee ugwu niile?
8 Do you hear of the secret counsel of God? And withdraw wisdom to you?
Ọ getụla ntị nʼizu nzuzo nke Chineke? Amamihe niile ọ bụ nʼime gị ka ha juru?
9 What have you known, and we do not know? [What] do you understand, and it is not with us?
Gịnị ka ị maara nke anyị na-amaghị? Ụdị nghọta dị aṅaa ka i nwere nke anyị na-enweghị?
10 Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us—Greater than your father [in] days.
Ndịisi awọ na ndị kara nka nọ nʼetiti anyị, ndị ikom mere agadi karịa nna mụrụ gị.
11 Are the comforts of God too few for you? And a gentle word [is] with you,
Ọ ga-abụ na nkasiobi Chineke bụrụ gị ihe nta, ka ọ bụ okwu dị nro nke ọ gwara gị?
12 Why does your heart take you away? And why are your eyes high?
Gịnị mere obi gị ji duhie gị, gịnị mekwara anya gị abụọ ji chagharịa,
13 Do you turn your spirit against God? And have brought out 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 What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
“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 Behold, He puts no credence in His holy ones, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.
Ọ bụrụ na Chineke atụkwasịghị ndị nsọ ya obi, ọ bụrụkwa na eluigwe adịghị ọcha nʼanya ya,
16 Also—surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking perverseness as water.
ọ ga-esi aṅaa tụkwasị mmadụ efu onye rụrụ arụ obi, bụ onye na-aṅụ ajọ omume dịka mmiri.
17 I show you—listen to me—And this I have seen and declare,
“Gee m ntị ka m kọwaara gị; kwerekwa ka m gwa gị ihe m hụrụ,
18 Which the wise declare—And have not hid—from their fathers.
bụ ihe ndị amamihe kwuru, ndị na-ezobeghị ihe ha natara nʼaka nna nna ha,
19 To them alone was the land given, And a stranger did not pass over into their midst:
bụ ndị e nyefere ala ndị a nʼaka ha mgbe ọ dịghị onye ọbịa gabigara nʼetiti ha.
20 All [the] days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
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 A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace a destroyer comes to him.
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 He does not believe to return from darkness, And he watches for the sword.
O nweghị olileanya ịgbanarị ọchịchịrị; mma agha nọ na-echere ya.
23 He is wandering for bread: Where [is] it? He has known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
Ọ na-akpagharị na-achọ ebe nri dịka udele; ọ makwara na ụbọchị ọchịchịrị nọ nso.
24 Adversity and distress terrify him, They prevail over him as a king ready for a boaster.
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 stretched out his hand against God, And against the Mighty he makes himself mighty.
Nʼihi na ọ na-atụ Chineke aka nʼihu, dokwaa onwe ya imegide Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
26 He runs to Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
O ji ikwesi olu ike, dịka ọta siri ike, na-emegide Chineke.
27 For he has covered his face with his fat, And makes vigor over [his] confidence.
“Ọ bụ ezie na abụba kpuchiri ihu ya, abụba nke dị nʼukwu ya na-eme ka anụ ahụ nupụtakwa,
28 And he inhabits cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
ọ ga-ebi nʼobodo e bibiri ebibi, nʼụlọ nke mmadụ na-ekwesighị ibi nʼime ha, ụlọ nke na-adakasị adakasị.
29 He is not rich, nor does his wealth rise, Nor does he stretch out their continuance on earth.
Ma ọ gaghị aga nʼihu ị bụ ọgaranya, akụ ya agaghị adịgidekwa. Ihe o nwere agakwaghị agbasapụ nʼala niile ahụ.
30 He does not turn aside from darkness, A flame dries up his tender branch, And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth!
Ọ gaghị agbanarị ọchịchịrị, ire ọkụ ga-eme ka ome ya kpọnwụọ, iku ume nke ọnụ Chineke ga-ebufu ya.
31 Do not let him put credence in vanity, He has been deceived, For vanity is his exchange.
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 It is not completed in his day, And his bending branch is not green.
Tụpụ oge ya eruo, ọ ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ ya nʼuju, ọzọ, alaka ya ga-akpọnwụ
33 He shakes off his unripe fruit as a vine, And casts off his blossom as an olive.
Ọ ga-adị ka osisi vaịnị nke mkpụrụ ya dapụsịrị na-achaghị acha, dịka osisi oliv nke akwụkwọ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ.
34 For the company of the profane [is] barren, And fire has consumed tents of bribery.
Nʼihi na ndị na-amaghị Chineke ga-adị ka nwanyị aga, ọkụ ga-erepịa ụlọ ikwu niile nke ndị hụrụ iri ngarị nʼanya.
35 To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart prepares deceit.”
Ha na-atụrụ ihe ọjọọ dịka ime, ma mụọkwa ajọọ omume; naanị aghụghọ ka akpanwa ha na-arụpụta.”
