Job 38
1 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
Nake Jehova agĩcookeria Ayubu ũhoro arĩ kĩhuhũkanio-inĩ, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ:
2 “Who [is] this—darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?
“Nũũ ũyũ ũrekĩra kĩrĩra gĩakwa nduma na ciugo itarĩ na ũmenyo?
3 Now gird your loins as a man, And I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
Wĩhotore ta mũndũ mũrũme; nĩngũkũũria ciũria, nawe ũkĩnjookerie.
4 Where were you when I founded the earth? Declare, if you have known understanding.
“Warĩ kũ rĩrĩa ndaakire mũthingi wa thĩ? Njĩĩra akorwo ũrĩ na ũũgĩ wa kũmenya.
5 Who placed its measures—if you know? Or who has stretched out a line on it?
Nũũ wathimire mũigana wayo? Ti-itherũ wee nĩũũĩ! Nũũ watambũrũkirie rũrigi rwa gũthima igũrũ rĩayo?
6 On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who has cast its cornerstone—
Mĩthingi yayo yahandirwo igũrũ rĩa kĩĩ, kana nũũ wahaandire ihiga rĩayo rĩa koine,
7 In the singing together of [the] stars of morning, When all [the] sons of God shout for joy?
hĩndĩ ĩrĩa njata cia rũciinĩ ciainire hamwe, na araika othe makĩanĩrĩra nĩ gũkena?
8 And He shuts up the sea with doors, In its coming forth, it goes out from the womb.
“Nũũ wahingĩrĩirie iria na mĩrango rĩrĩa rĩatumũkire kuuma nda,
9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
rĩrĩa ndatuire matu nguo ciarĩo, na ngĩrĩoha nduma nene ta taama warĩo,
10 And I measure My statute over it, And place bar and doors,
rĩrĩa ndarĩkĩrĩire mĩhaka, na ngĩrĩhingĩra na mĩrango yarĩo, na ngĩĩkĩra mĩgĩĩko handũ hayo,
11 And say, To here you come, and no more, And a command is placed On the pride of your billows.
rĩrĩa ndoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Ũkinyage o haha na ndũkanahakĩre; makũmbĩ maku macio metĩĩi-rĩ, hau nĩho marĩĩkinyaga’?
12 Have you commanded morning since your days? Do you cause the dawn to know its place?
“Kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria-rĩ, ũrĩ waathana atĩ rũciinĩ rũgĩe ho, kana ũkĩonereria ũtheri wa rũciinĩ harĩa ũkuumĩrĩra,
13 To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
nĩguo ũhote kũnyiita thĩ na mĩthia yaguo, nao arĩa aaganu maribaribwo moime kuo?
14 It turns itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
Thĩ ĩhaanaga ta rĩũmba rĩhũrĩtwo mũhũũri; mũonekere wayo ũtariĩ ta mũhianĩre wa nguo.
15 And their light is withheld from the wicked, And the arm lifted up is broken.
Andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmaimagwo ũtheri wao, na guoko kwao kũrĩa kuoetwo na igũrũ gũkoinwo.
16 Have you come to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Have you walked up and down?
“Ũrĩ wathiĩ rũgendo nginya kũrĩa iria rĩtherũkagĩra, kana ũgaceera itwe-inĩ cia ndia kũrĩa kũriku mũno?
17 Were the gates of death revealed to you? And do you see the gates of death-shade?
Ũrĩ wonio ihingo cia gĩkuũ? Ũrĩ wona ihingo cia kĩĩruru gĩa gĩkuũ?
18 You have understanding, Even to the broad places of earth! Declare—if you have known it all.
Ũrĩ wamenya ũnene wa wariĩ wa thĩ? Njĩĩra akorwo nĩũũĩ maũndũ macio mothe.
19 Where [is] this—the way light dwells? And darkness, where [is] this—its place?
“Njĩra ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa ũtheri ũtũũraga nĩĩrĩkũ? Nayo nduma ĩikaraga kũ?
20 That you take it to its boundary, And that you understand the paths of its house.
No ũcitware gwacio? Nĩũũĩ tũcĩra twa gũthiĩ kũrĩa itũũraga?
21 You have known—for then you are born, And the number of your days [are] many!
Ti-itherũ wee nĩũũĩ, nĩgũkorwo warĩ mũciare! Wee-rĩ, nĩũtũũrĩte mĩaka mĩingĩ!
22 Have you come to the treasure of snow? Indeed, do you see the treasures of hail,
“Ũrĩ watoonya makũmbĩ kũrĩa tharunji ĩigĩtwo, kana ũkĩona makũmbĩ kũrĩa mbura ya mbembe ĩigĩtwo,
23 That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle?
o icio njigĩte nĩ ũndũ wa mahinda ma thĩĩna, ngaciiga nĩ ũndũ wa matukũ ma mbaara na ma kũrũa.
24 Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scatters an east wind over the earth.
Njĩra ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa ũtheri ũgayanagĩrio nĩĩrĩkũ, kana ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa rũhuho rwa irathĩro rũhurunjagĩrwo gũkũ thĩ?
25 Who has divided a conduit for the flood? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
Nũũ wenjagĩra mbura ya kĩboboto mũtaro wa kũgerera, kana agatemera mbura ya marurumĩ njĩra,
26 To cause [it] to rain on a land [with] no man, A wilderness [with] no man in it.
nĩguo mbura yure bũrũri ũtatũũraga mũndũ, na yure werũ kũrĩa gũtarĩ mũndũ,
27 To satisfy a desolate and ruined place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
nĩguo ĩhũũnagie kũu gũtiganĩrie gũgakira ihooru, na ĩtũme kũmere nyeki?
28 Does the rain have a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Mbura nĩĩrĩ ithe? Nũũ mũciari wa matata ma ime?
29 From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoarfrost of the heavens, Who has begotten it?
Tharunji yumaga nda ya ũ? Nũũ ũciaraga mbaa ĩrĩa yumaga igũrũ,
30 Waters are hidden as a stone, And the face of the deep is captured.
rĩrĩa maaĩ momaga ta ihiga, rĩrĩa maaĩ marĩa marĩ igũrũ wa iria magwatana?
31 Do you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Or do you open the cords of Orion?
“Wee-rĩ, wahota kuohania njata iria thaka cia Kĩrĩmĩra? Wahota kuohora mĩkanda ya njata iria ciĩtagwo Karaũ?
32 Do you bring out the twelve signs in [their] season? And do you comfort the Great Bear over her sons?
Wahota kuumagaragia njata iria ciĩtagwo Mazarothu o mahinda maacio maakinya, kana wahota gũtongoria Nduba na ciana ciayo?
33 Have you known the statutes of the heavens? Or do you appoint Its dominion in the earth?
Nĩũũĩ mawatho ma igũrũ? No ũhote kũhaanda wathani wa Ngai ũrũme gũkũ thĩ?
34 Do you lift up your voice to the cloud, And abundance of water covers you?
“Wahota kwanĩrĩra nginya mũgambo waku ũkinye matu-inĩ nĩguo kuure wĩhumbĩre na kĩguũ kĩa maaĩ?
35 Do you send out lightnings, and they go And say to you, Behold us?
Wee nĩwe ũtũmaga heni ithiĩ na njĩra ciacio? Nĩikũrehagĩra ũhoro igakwĩra atĩ, ‘Tũrĩ haha’?
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the covered part?
Nũũ waheire ngoro ũũgĩ, kana akĩhe meciiria ũmenyo?
37 Who numbers the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who causes to lie down,
Nũũ ũrĩ na ũũgĩ wa gũtara matu? Nũũ ũngĩhota kũinamia ndigithũ cia maaĩ cia igũrũ
38 In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
rĩrĩa rũkũngũ rwatondora, nayo ndoro ĩkooma ĩkanyiitana?
39 Do you hunt prey for a lion? And fulfill the desire of young lions?
“Nĩwe ũguĩmagĩra mũrũũthi wa mũgoma wone gĩa kũrĩa, kana nĩwe ũniinagĩra mĩrũũthi ngʼaragu
40 When they bow down in dens—Abide in a thicket for a covert?
rĩrĩa ĩkomereire imamo-inĩ ciayo, kana rĩrĩa ĩikaraga yoheirie nyamũ ihinga-inĩ?
41 Who prepares for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry to God? They wander without food.”
Nũũ ũheaga ihuru irio rĩrĩa tũcui twarĩo tũgũkaĩra Mũrungu tũkĩũrũũraga nĩ kwaga irio?
