Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Mgbe ahụ, Bildad onye Shua zaghachiri sị:
2 How long wilt thou speak such things? How long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
“Ruo ole mgbe ka i ga na-ekwu okwu dị otu a? Okwu ọnụ gị bụ naanị ifufe dị ike.
3 Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?
Chineke ọ na-ekpe ikpe na-ezighị ezi? Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ọ na-eme ka ihe ziri ezi gbagọọ agbagọ?
4 As thy children sinned against him, He hath given them up to their transgression.
Mgbe ụmụ gị mehiere megide ya, o weere ha nyefee nʼikpe ọmụma kwesiri mmehie ha.
5 But if thou wilt seek early to God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty, —
Ma ọ bụrụ na i ga-achọsi Chineke ike, rịọ Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile,
6 If thou wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;
ọ bụrụ na ị bụ onye dị ọcha nʼobi na onye ụzọ ya ziri ezi, ọ bụladị ugbu a, ọ ga-agbachitere gị weghachi gị nʼọnọdụ ịbụ ọgaranya gị.
7 So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.
Ọ bụ ezie, na mmalite gị nwere ike ịdị ala, ma ụbọchị ikpeazụ gị ga-adị elu.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;
“Jụọ ọgbọ ndị gara aga ma chọpụta ihe ndị bụ nna ha chọpụtara.
9 (For we are of yesterday and know nothing, Since our days upon the earth are but a shadow; )
Nʼihi na anyị onwe anyị bụ ndị a mụrụ naanị ụnyaahụ, ndị ọ dịghị ihe ha maara. Ụbọchị ndụ anyị nʼụwa dịka onyinyo.
10 Will not they instruct thee, and tell thee, And utter words from their understanding?
Ọ bụ na ha agaghị agwa gị ma kuziekwara gị ihe? Ọ bụ na ha agaghị esite na nghọta kwuo okwu?
11 “Can the paper-reed grow up without mire? Can the bulrush grow without water?
Ahịhịa papịrọs o nwere ike ito nʼebe apịtị na-adịghị? Ahịhịa riidi ọ ga-eto nʼebe mmiri na-adịghị?
12 While it is yet in its greenness, and is not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
Nʼihi na mgbe ha ka na-etopụta etopụta, mgbe a na-egbubibeghị ha, ha na-ebu ahịhịa ndị ọzọ ụzọ kpọnwụọ.
13 Such is the fate of all who forget God; So perisheth the hope of the ungodly.
Nke a bụ oke ndị na-echefu Chineke, otu a kwa ka olileanya nke onye na-amaghị Chineke si ala nʼiyi.
14 His confidence shall come to nought, And his trust shall prove a spider's web.
Ihe ọ tụkwasịrị obi bụ ihe na-awa awa; ihe mgbakwasị ụkwụ ya bụ akwụ udide.
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; He shall lay fast hold on it, but it shall not endure.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dabere na ya, ọ ga-etibi; ọ bụrụ na o jide ya aka, ọ ga-adọbikwa.
16 He is in full green before the sun, And his branches shoot forth over his garden;
Ọ dị ka ahịhịa ubi a na-agba mmiri nke ọma nʼubi a gbara ogige, nke anwụ na-amụkwasị, nke ome ya na-awasa ruo akụkụ niile nke ogige ahụ.
17 His roots are entwined about the heap, And he seeth the place of stones;
Mgbọrọgwụ ya tụhịrị gburugburu nkume ndị dị nʼubi ahụ, ma na-achọkwa ọnọdụ nʼetiti nkume ndị a.
18 When he shall be destroyed from his place, It shall deny him, saying, 'I never saw thee.'
Ma mgbe e si nʼọnọdụ ya hopu ya, ebe ahụ na-agọnarịkwa ya, na-asị, ‘Ahụtụbeghị m gị.’
19 Lo! such is the joy of his course! And others shall spring up from his place”
Nʼezie, ndụ ya na-akpọnwụ, site nʼala ahụ ahịhịa ndị ọzọ na-etopụtakwa.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an upright man; Nor will he help the evil-doers.
“Nʼezie Chineke anaghị agbakụta onye ụzọ ya ziri ezi azụ, maọbụ gbaa aka onye ajọ omume ume.
21 While he filleth thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with gladness,
Ọ ga-eme ka ọnụ gị jupụta nʼọchị. Ọ ga-eme ka mkpu ọṅụ si nʼegbugbere ọnụ gị pụta.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, And the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Ndị iro gị ka a ga-eyikwasị ihere dị ka uwe, ebe obibi nke ndị na-emebi iwu agaghị adịkwa.”
