Job 21
1 And Job answers and says:
Mgbe ahụ, Job zara sị:
2 “Hear my word diligently, And this is your consolation.
“Gee ntị nke ọma nʼokwu m; ka nke a bụrụ nkasiobi ị ga-enye m.
3 Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking—you may deride.
Nwee ndidi ka m kwuchaa okwu m, mgbe m kwuchara, gaa nʼihu ịkwa m emo.
4 [Is] my complaint [against] man? And if [so], why may my temper not become short?
“Ọ bụ mmadụ ka m na-ekpesara? Gịnị ka m ga-eji ghara ịbụ onye na-enweghị ndidi?
5 Turn to me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.
Lee m anya ka ahụ maa gị jijiji; were aka gị kpuchie ọnụ gị.
6 Indeed, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh has taken fright.
Mgbe m chere echiche maka nke a, egwu tụrụ m meekwa ka ahụ m maa jijiji.
7 Why do the wicked live? They have become old, Indeed, they have been mighty in wealth.
Gịnị mere ndị ajọ omume ji enwe ndụ ogologo, ghọọ okenye, baakwa ụba nʼịdị ike?
8 Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
Ha na-ahụ ụmụ ka ha na-akwụsike ike gburugburu ha, ụmụ ha ka ha ji anya ha ahụ.
9 Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God on them.
Ha na-ebi ndụ udo nʼezinaụlọ ha na-atụghị egwu na ihe ọjọọ ọbụla ga-adakwasị ha; mkpara Chineke adịghịkwa adakwasị ha.
10 His bullock breeds without fail. His cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
Oke ehi ha na-agba nne ehi ha na-esepụghị aka; nne ehi ha na-amụ ụmụ, ha adịghị ekwo ime.
11 They send forth their sucklings as a flock, And their children skip,
Ha na-ezipụ ụmụ ha dịka igwe atụrụ; ụmụntakịrị ha na-etegharị egwu.
12 They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.
Ha na-abụ abụ nʼụda egwu otiti na ụbọ akwara; ha na-aṅụrịkwa ọṅụ nʼụda nke ọja.
Ha na-anọ ụbọchị ndụ ha niile nʼọganihu, ha na-arịdakwa nʼili ha nʼudo. (Sheol h7585)
14 And they say to God, Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Your ways We have not desired.
Ma ndị a na-asị Chineke, ‘Hapụ anyị aka, ọ dịghị anyị mkpa ịmata ụzọ gị.
15 What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?
Onye ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile bụ, anyị ga-eji jeere ya ozi? Uru gịnị ka ịrịọ ya arịrịọ ga-abara anyị?’
16 Behold, their good [is] not in their hand (The counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).
Ma ọganihu ha adịghị nʼaka ha ya mere ana m ewezuga onwe m site na ndụmọdụ ndị na-emebi iwu.
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And their calamity comes on them? He apportions pangs in His anger.
“Ma ugboro ole ka a na-emenyụ ọkụ oriọna nke ndị na-emebi iwu? Ugboro ole ka nhụju anya na-adakwasị ha, bụ nke Chineke kenyere ha nʼiwe ya?
18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
Ugboro ole ka ha dịka ahịhịa kpọrọ nkụ nʼihu ikuku, maọbụ dịka igbugbo ọka nke ikuku siri ike na-efesasị?
19 God lays up for his sons his sorrow, He gives repayment to him—and he knows.
A na-asị, ‘Chineke na-akpakọtara ụmụ ha ntaramahụhụ nke njehie ha.’ Ka a kwụghachi ha ya, ka ha nwee ike mata ya.
20 His own eyes see his destruction, And he drinks of the wrath of the Mighty.
Ka anya ha hụ mbibi nke onwe ya, ka ha ṅụọ ọnụma nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile dịka mmiri.
21 For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
Gịnị gbasara ha banyere ezinaụlọ ha hapụrụ mgbe ọnwa ndị e kenyere ya bịara na ngwụcha?
22 Does [one] teach knowledge to God, Since He judges [those] on high?
“Ọ dị onye pụrụ izi Chineke ihe ọmụma, ebe ọ bụ ya na-ekpe ndị kachasị elu ikpe?
23 This [one] dies in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
Otu onye na-anwụ mgbe o jupụtara nʼike na ume, mgbe ọ nọ na nchekwa na udo,
24 His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow moistens his bones.
mgbe ahụ ya bụ nke eji ezi nri zụọ nke ọma, ọkpụkpụ ya jupụtakwara nʼụmị.
25 And this [one] dies with a bitter soul, And has not eaten with gladness.
Onye ọzọ na-anwụ nʼihe ilu nke mkpụrụobi, nʼihi na o nweghị mgbe o riri ezi ihe ọbụla.
26 Together they lie down on the dust, And the worm covers them over.
Nke ọbụla nʼime ha dina nʼakụkụ ibe ya nʼime aja, ikpuru kpuchikwara ha abụọ.
27 Behold, I have known your thoughts, And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
“Amaara m nke ọma ihe bụ echiche unu na nzube unu ji emegide m.
28 For you say, Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent—the dwelling places of the wicked?
Unu ga-ajụ m ajụjụ sị, ‘Ugbu a, ole ụlọ oke mmadụ ahụ. Ụlọ ikwu ndị ahụ ebe ndị na-emebi iwu biiri?’
29 Have you not asked those passing by the way? And do you not know their signs?
Ọ bụ na unu ajụbeghị ndị njem ajụjụ? Ọ bụ na unu ejighị ihe ha kọrọ mere ihe,
30 That the wicked is spared to a day of calamity. They are brought to a day of wrath.
na a na-echebe ndị ọjọọ pụọ nʼụbọchị nhụju anya, na a na-anapụta ha site nʼụbọchị oke iwe?
31 Who declares his way to his face? And [for] that which he has done, Who gives repayment to him?
Onye na-atụ ha mmehie ha nʼihu? Onye kwa na-akwụghachi ha ụgwọ ihe ha mere?
32 And he is brought to the graves, And a watch is kept over the heap.
A na-eburu ha gaa nʼili, a na-echekwa ili ha nche.
33 The clods of the valley have been sweet to him, And he draws every man after him, And there is no numbering before him.
Aja dị na ndagwurugwu na-atọ ha ụtọ; Mmadụ niile na-eso ha nʼazụ, na ọtụtụ a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ na-ebu ha ụzọ nʼaga.
34 And how do you comfort me [with] vanity, And trespass has been left in your answers?”
“Ya mere, olee otu unu ga-esi were okwu na-enweghị isi kasịe m obi? Ọ dịghị ihe fọdụrụ nʼọsịịsa unu ma ọ bụghị naanị okwu ụgha.”
