Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said:
Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia, akiuga atĩrĩ:
2 Of a truth, I know that it is so: For how can man be just before God?
“Ti-itherũ nĩnjũũĩ ũhoro ũcio nĩ wa ma. No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩhota atĩa gũkorwo arĩ mũthingu mbere ya Mũrungu?
3 If he choose to contend with him, He cannot answer him to one charge of a thousand.
O na korwo mũndũ enda gũkararania na Ngai-rĩ, ndangĩhota kũmũcookeria kĩũria o na kĩmwe harĩ ciũria ngiri.
4 He is excellent in wisdom, mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Ũũgĩ wake nĩ mũingĩ mũno, na ũhoti wake nĩ mũnene. Nũũ wanaregana nake akĩgaacĩra?
5 He removeth the mountains, and they know it not; He overturneth them in his anger.
Eeheragia irĩma itekũmenya, na agacingʼaũrania nĩ kũrakara.
6 He shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
Athingithagia thĩ ĩkoima handũ hayo, na akainainia itugĩ ciayo.
7 He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And he sealeth up the stars.
Aathaga riũa rĩkaaga kũratha; nake agiragĩrĩria ũtheri wa njata.
8 He alone spreadeth out the heavens, And walketh upon the high waves of the sea.
Nĩwe watambũrũkirie igũrũ arĩ o wiki, na athiiaga agĩkinyangaga makũmbĩ ma iria.
9 He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the secret chambers of the South.
Nĩwe Mũũmbi wa njata iria ciĩtagwo Nduba, na Karaũ, na Kĩrĩmĩra, o na ikundi cia njata cia mwena wa gũthini.
10 He doeth great things past finding out, Yea, wonderful things without number.
Nĩekaga magegania matangĩmenyeka, na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
11 Lo! he goeth by me, but I see him not; He passeth along, but I do not perceive him.
Rĩrĩa aahĩtũkĩra harĩa ndĩ, ndingĩmuona; o na rĩrĩa aathiĩra harĩa ndĩ ndimenyaga.
12 Lo! he seizeth, and who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What doest thou?
Angĩgutha kĩndũ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũmũgiria? Nũũ ũngĩmũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ atĩa ũreka?’
13 God will not turn away his anger; The proud helpers are brought low before him.
Ngai ndahingagĩrĩria marakara make; o na arĩa maateithagĩrĩria Rahabu nĩmamũinamagĩrĩra.
14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose out words to contend with him?
“Niĩ-rĩ, ndaakĩhota atĩa kũmũkararia? Ingĩruta kũ ciugo cia kũmũcookeria?
15 Though I were innocent, I would not answer him; I would cast myself on the mercy of my judge.
O na korwo ndihĩtĩtie-rĩ, ndingĩhota kũmũcookeria ũndũ; ũrĩa ingĩĩka no gũthaitha ingĩthaitha Mũnjiirithia anjiguĩre tha.
16 Should I call, and he make answer to me, I could not believe that he listened to my voice, —
O na ingĩamwĩtire nake anjĩtĩke-rĩ, ndingĩĩtĩkia nĩangĩathikĩrĩirie.
17 He who falleth upon me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause!
We angĩamemendire na kĩhuhũkanio, na aingĩhie ironda ciakwa hatarĩ gĩtũmi.
18 Who will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness!
Ndarekaga njookererwo nĩ mĩhũmũ, no nĩahatagĩrĩria na mathĩĩna.
19 If I look to strength, “Lo! here am I!” [[saith he, ]] If to justice, “Who shall summon me to trial?”
Korwo no ũhoro wa hinya-rĩ, we arĩ hinya mũno! Na korwo no ũhoro wa ciira wa kĩhooto-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩmwĩta?
20 Though I were upright, yet must my own mouth condemn me; Though I were innocent, He would prove me perverse.
O na korwo ndiahĩtĩtie-rĩ, kanua gakwa no kandue mũhĩtia; korwo ndiarĩ na ũcuuke-rĩ, nĩkangĩanduire mũhĩtia.
21 Though I were innocent, I would not care for myself; I would despise my life.
“O na gũtuĩka ndirĩ na ũcuuke-rĩ, ndikwĩrĩrĩra; muoyo wakwa nĩndĩwagĩire kĩene.
22 It is all one; therefore I will affirm, He destroyeth the righteous and the wicked alike.
Ũhoro no ũrĩa ũmwe; nĩkĩo ndĩroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Aniinaga arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke o na akaniina arĩa aaganu.’
23 When the scourge bringeth sudden destruction, He laugheth at the sufferings of the innocent.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ihũũra rĩarehe gĩkuũ kĩa narua, nĩathekagĩrĩra kũũrwo nĩ hinya kwa arĩa matarĩ na mahĩtia.
24 The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covereth the face of the judges thereof; If it be not He, who is it?
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa bũrũri wagĩa moko-inĩ ma andũ aaganu, nĩahingaga aciirithania maitho. Akorwo ti we-rĩ, nũũ wĩkaga ũguo?
25 My days have been swifter than a courier; They have fled away; they have seen no good.
“Matukũ makwa marahanyũka gũkĩra mũkinyia-ũhoro; mombũkaga matarĩ na gĩkeno o na kĩnini.
26 They have gone by like the reed-skiffs; Like the eagle, darting upon his prey.
Mahĩtũkaga na ihenya mũno ta tũtarũ twa irura, kana ta nderi igũcuuhũkĩra kĩndũ gĩa kũrĩa.
27 If I say, I will forget my lamentation, I will change my countenance, and take courage,
Ingiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngũriganĩrwo nĩ mateta makwa, nĩngũtiga gũtukia gĩthiithi, ngene,’
28 Still am I in dread of the multitude of my sorrows; For I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
no ngeetigĩra mĩnyamaro yakwa yothe, nĩgũkorwo nĩnjũũĩ ndũkandua atĩ ndiĩhĩtie.
29 I shall be found guilty; Why then should I labor in vain?
Kuona atĩ nĩndĩkĩtie gũtuuo mũhĩtia-rĩ, nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma ndĩĩnogie tũhũ?
30 If I wash myself in snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
O na ingĩĩthamba na thabuni, na ndĩĩthambe moko na igata-rĩ,
31 Still wilt thou plunge me into the pit, So that my own clothes will abhor me.
no ũndikirie irima rĩa gĩcoro nĩgeetha o na nguo ciakwa iithũũre.
32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I may contend with him, And that we may go together into judgment;
“We ti mũndũ ta niĩ atĩ nĩguo ndĩmũcookerie, nĩguo tũngʼethanĩre igooti-inĩ.
33 There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.
Naarĩ korwo nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũngĩtũiguithania, atũigĩrĩre guoko gwake ithuĩ eerĩ,
34 Let him take from me his rod, And not dismay me with his terrors,
mũndũ wa kũnjehereria rũthanju rwa Ngai, nĩgeetha ndigacooke kũmakio nĩ itebeebania rĩake.
35 Then I will speak, and not be afraid of him: For I am not so at heart.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩingĩacooka kwaragia itekũmwĩtigĩra, no ũrĩa ndariĩ rĩu-rĩ, ndingĩhota.
