Job 31
1 “I made a covenant for my eyes, And how do I attend to a virgin?
“Mụ na anya m gbara ndụ kpebie na o nweghị mgbe m ga-ele nwaagbọghọ ọbụla anya nʼihi agụụ ịkwa iko.
2 And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
Nʼihi na, gịnị bụ oke mmadụ ketara nʼaka Chineke onye bi nʼelu; gịnị bụkwa ihe nketa ya site nʼaka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile nọ nʼelu?
3 Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
Ọ bụghị mbibi nye ndị ajọ omume, nhụju anya nye ndị na-eme ihe ọjọọ?
4 Does He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
Ọ bụ na ọ naghị ahụ ụzọ m niile, gụọkwa nzọ ukwu m niile ọnụ?
5 If I have walked with vanity, And my foot hurries to deceit,
“Ọ bụrụ na m gara ije nʼụzọ ụgha maọbụ na ụkwụ m mere ngwangwa gbasoro ụzọ aghụghọ,
6 He weighs me in righteous balances, And God knows my integrity.
ka Chineke were ihe ọtụtụ ziri ezi tụọ m, ọ ga-amata na m bụ onye na-enweghị ịta ụta.
7 If my step turns aside from the way, And my heart has gone after my eyes, And blemish has cleaved to my hands,
Ọ bụrụ na nzọ ụkwụ m si nʼụzọ wezuga onwe ya, ọ bụrụ anya m na-edu obi m, ma ọ bụkwanụ na aka m abụọ bụ ihe e merụrụ emerụ,
8 Let me sow—and another eat, And let my products be rooted out.
ọ bụrụ otu a, ka onye ọzọ rie ihe m kụrụ nʼubi, ka e hopuchakwa ihe niile m kụrụ nʼubi.
9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, And I laid wait by the opening of my neighbor,
“Ọ bụrụ na ọ gụọla obi m agụụ ijekwuru nwanyị ọzọ, maọbụ na m ezoola nʼọnụ ụzọ onye agbataobi m,
10 Let my wife grind to another, And let others bend over her.
mgbe ahụ, ka nwunye m kwọọrọ nwoke ọzọ nri, ka ndị ikom ọzọ dinaa ya.
11 For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
Nʼihi na nke ahụ ga-abụ ihe ihere, bụrụkwa mmehie kwesiri ka e kpee ya ikpe.
12 For it [is] a fire, it consumes to destruction, And takes root among all my increase,
Ọ bụ ọkụ na-ere ruo nʼebe ịla nʼiyi; nke pụrụ ihopu ihe owuwe ubi m niile.
13 If I despise the cause of my manservant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
“Ọ bụrụ na m jụrụ ikpe ikpe ziri ezi nye nwoke maọbụ nwanyị ọbụla na-ejere m ozi mgbe ha nwere mkpesa megide m,
14 Then what do I do when God arises? And when He inspects, What do I answer Him?
gịnị ka m ga-eme mgbe Chineke bịakwutere m? Gịnị ka m ga-aza ya mgbe ọ jụrụ m ajụjụ?
15 Did He that made me in the womb not make him? Indeed, One prepares us in the womb.
Ọ bụ na ọ bụghị onye kpụrụ m nʼafọ nne m mekwara ha? Ọ bụghị ya kpụrụ anyị abụọ nʼafọ nne anyị?
16 If I withhold the poor from pleasure, And consume the eyes of the widow,
“Ọ bụrụ na m ajụ inye ndị ogbenye ihe dị ha mkpa, ma ọ bụrụkwa na m eme ka anya nwanyị di ya nwụrụ dalaa ya nʼisi,
17 And I eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan has nothing [to] eat of it,
ọ bụrụ na m dobere ihe oriri m maka naanị m, ma jụ inye ya ụmụ mgbei;
18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led),
ma site nʼokorobịa m, azụlitere m ha dịka nna kwesiri, ọ bụkwa site na nwantakịrị ka m bụ onyendu nye nwanyị di ya nwụrụ.
19 If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering for the needy,
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị mgbe m hụrụ onye na-ala nʼiyi nʼihi enweghị akwa, maọbụ onye nọ nʼụkọ nke na-enweghị uwe,
20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He does not warm himself,
ma obi ha agọzighị m nʼihi iji ajị sitere nʼụmụ atụrụ m mee ka o nwee okpomọkụ nʼahụ ya.
21 If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, When I see [him] in the gate of my court,
Ọ bụrụ na m eweliela aka m megide onye nna ya nwụrụ, nʼihi na m mara na m nwere nkwuwa okwu nʼụlọikpe,
22 Let my shoulder fall from its blade, And the bone from my arm be broken.
mgbe ahụ, ka aka m si nʼubu m dapụ, ka e tijiekwa ogwe aka m site na nkwonkwo ya.
23 For calamity [from] God [is] a dread to me, And because of His excellence I am not able.
Nʼihi na atụrụ m egwu mbibi na-esite nʼaka Chineke, nʼihi egwu ebube ya, enweghị m ike ime ihe ndị a.
24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, My trust;
“Ọ bụrụ na ntụkwasị obi m dị nʼọlaedo, maọbụ na m sị ọlaedo a nụchara anụcha, ‘Ị bụ ebe ndabere m.’
25 If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, And because my hand has found abundance,
Ọ bụrụ na m ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nʼihi oke akụ m, ihe nnweta nke aka m ritere nʼuru,
26 If I see the light when it shines, And the precious moon walking,
ọ bụrụ na m legidere anyanwụ anya nʼebube ya, maọbụ ọnwa nʼike nchawa ya,
27 And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand kisses my mouth,
nke ga-eme ka obi m bụrụ ihe a rafuru na nzuzo, maọbụ aka m abụrụ ihe e weliri ife ha ofufe,
28 It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
mgbe ahụ, ihe ndị a ga-abụ mmehie nke a ga-ekpe ikpe, nʼihi na m gaara abụ onye na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye Chineke, Onye bi nʼelu.
29 If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
“Ọ bụrụ na m ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nʼihi ọdachi nke dakwasịrị onye iro m maọbụ chịa ọchị nʼihi nsogbu nke dakwasịrị ya,
30 Indeed, I have not permitted my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
ekwebeghị m ka ọnụ m mehie megide ha site nʼịbụ ndụ ha ọnụ.
31 If not, say, O men of my tent: O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.
Ọ bụrụ na o nwebeghị oge ndị nọ nʼezinaụlọ m kwuru okwu sị. ‘Onye ka ọ bụ nke na-erijubeghị afọ site nʼihe oriri Job na-enye?’
32 A stranger does not lodge in the street, I open my doors to the traveler.
Ma ọ dịghị onye ọbịa na-anọ ọnọdụ abalị nʼama, nʼihi ụzọ m na-eghe oghe mgbe ọbụla nye ndị ije.
33 If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, To hide my iniquity in my bosom,
Ọ bụrụ na m na-ezo mmehie m dịka ndị ọzọ, site nʼizobe mmehie m nʼime obi m,
34 Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families frightens me, Then I am silent, I do not go out of the opening.
nʼihi na m tụrụ egwu igwe mmadụ, si otu a, tụọ oke egwu nʼihi nleda anya nke ndị agbụrụ dị iche iche, nke mere ka m gbaa nkịtị ghara ịpụ nʼezi.
35 Who gives to me a hearing? Behold, my mark. The Mighty One answers me, And my adversary has written a bill.
(“O, a sị na o nwere onye ga-ege m ntị! Ana m ebinye aka m nʼokwu ngọpụ m, ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile za m, ka onye na-ebo m ebubo depụta ihe o nwere megide m nʼakwụkwọ.
36 If not—on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it [as] a crown on myself.
Nʼezie, aga m eyiri ya nʼubu m, aga m eyinyekwa ya dịka okpueze.
37 The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
Aga m agụkọrọ ya nzọ ụkwụ m niile, aga m ejekwuru ya dịka ọkpara eze.)
38 If my land cries out against me, And together its furrows weep,
“Ọ bụrụ na ala m etie mkpu megide m, ọ bụrụ na olulu dị na ya ejupụta nʼanya mmiri,
39 If I consumed its strength without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
ọ bụrụ na m eripịa ihe o mepụtara na-akwụghị ụgwọ, maọbụ mee ka mmụọ ndị bi nʼime ya daa mba,
40 Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed!” The words of Job are finished.
ka ogwu pupụta nʼọnọdụ ọka wiiti, ka ahịhịa na-esi isi ọjọọ pupụtakwa nʼọnọdụ ọka balị.” Okwu Job agwụla.
