Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said:
Job zara sị:
2 Of a truth, I know that it is so: For how can man be just before God?
“Nʼezie, amaara m na ihe ndị a bụ eziokwu. Ma mmadụ dị ndụ ọ ga-esi aṅaa gosi na ya bụ onye aka ya dị ọcha nʼihu Chineke?
3 If he choose to contend with him, He cannot answer him to one charge of a thousand.
Ọ bụrụ na Chineke ekpebie ịjụ mmadụ ajụjụ, ebee ka mmadụ ahụ nọ nke nwere ike ịza ọ bụladị otu nʼime ajụjụ dị iche iche Chineke ga-ajụ ya?
4 He is excellent in wisdom, mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Amamihe ya dị ukwuu, ike ya sara mbara, onye guzogidere ya ma hapụ imerụ ahụ?
5 He removeth the mountains, and they know it not; He overturneth them in his anger.
Ọ na-enugharị ugwu ukwu ma ha adịghị ama nke a, na-akwatụ ha nʼiwe ya.
6 He shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
Ọ na-enugharịkwa ụwa site na ntọala ya, mee ka ogidi ya maa jijiji.
7 He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And he sealeth up the stars.
Ọ na-agwa anyanwụ okwu mee ka ọ kwụsị ịcha; ọ na-emenyụ ìhè kpakpando na-enye.
8 He alone spreadeth out the heavens, And walketh upon the high waves of the sea.
Naanị ya gbasara mbara eluigwe, ọ na-agakwa ije nʼelu ebili mmiri nke oke osimiri.
9 He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the secret chambers of the South.
Ọ bụ ya mere kpakpando Bịaa, na Orion na Pleiades, na kpakpando niile nke ndịda eluigwe.
10 He doeth great things past finding out, Yea, wonderful things without number.
Ọ na-arụ ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube nke mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịghọta, ihe ịrịbama nke ọnụ na-enweghị ike ịgụta.
11 Lo! he goeth by me, but I see him not; He passeth along, but I do not perceive him.
Mgbe ọ na-esi nʼakụkụ m agafe, enweghị m ike ịhụ ya, mgbe ọ na-agabiga, adịghị m amata na ọ bụ ya.
12 Lo! he seizeth, and who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What doest thou?
Ọ bụrụ na ọ pụnara ihe, onye na-akwụsị ya? Onye kwa pụrụ ịjụ ya si, ‘Gịnị ka ị na-eme?’
13 God will not turn away his anger; The proud helpers are brought low before him.
Chineke adịghị eme ka iwe ya laghachi, ọbụladị ndị inyeaka Rehab, ruru ala nʼụkwụ ya.
14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose out words to contend with him?
“Onye kwanụ ka m bụ, m ga-eji nwee ike iguzo nʼihu ya ịjụ ya ajụjụ, maọbụ mụ na ya ịrụrịta ụka?
15 Though I were innocent, I would not answer him; I would cast myself on the mercy of my judge.
Nʼagbanyeghị na aka m dị ọcha, apụghị m ịsa ya okwu; kama m ga-arịọ onye ikpe m ka o mere m ebere.
16 Should I call, and he make answer to me, I could not believe that he listened to my voice, —
A sịkwarị na m kpọọ ya oku, ọ za m, ekwenyeghị m na ọ ga-ege m ntị.
17 He who falleth upon me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause!
Ọ ga-eji oke ifufe tirie m, meekwa ka ihe mgbu m baa ụba na-enweghị ihe butere ya.
18 Who will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness!
Ọ gaghị ekwe ka iku ume m lọghachi kama ọ ga-eji iru ụjụ kpuchie m.
19 If I look to strength, “Lo! here am I!” [[saith he, ]] If to justice, “Who shall summon me to trial?”
Ọ bụrụ ihe e ji ike eme, lee na ọ dị ike nke ukwuu! Ọzọ ọ bụrụ nʼikpe ziri ezi, onye pụrụ iguzogide ya.
20 Though I were upright, yet must my own mouth condemn me; Though I were innocent, He would prove me perverse.
A sịkwarị na aka m dị ọcha, ọnụ m ga-ama m ikpe; ọ bụrụ na abụ m onye na-enweghị ịta ụta, ọ ga-agụ m nʼonye ikpe mara.
21 Though I were innocent, I would not care for myself; I would despise my life.
“Ọ bụ ezie na abụ m onye ikpe na-amaghị ejighị m onwe m kpọrọ ihe; nʼezie ana m eleda ndụ m anya.
22 It is all one; therefore I will affirm, He destroyeth the righteous and the wicked alike.
Otu ihe ahụ ka ọ bụ; nʼihi ya ka m ji asị, ‘Ọ na-ala ndị ezi omume na ndị ajọ omume nʼiyi.’
23 When the scourge bringeth sudden destruction, He laugheth at the sufferings of the innocent.
Mgbe ịpịa ụtarị wetara ọnwụ mberede, ọ na-achị enweghị olileanya nke ndị na-enweghị ihe ha mere ọchị.
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?
Mgbe ala dabara nʼaka ndị na-emebi iwu, ọ na-ekpuchi ndị ọkaikpe anya. Ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị ya na-eme ya, onye kwanụ bụ onye ahụ na-eme ya?
25 My days have been swifter than a courier; They have fled away; they have seen no good.
“Ụbọchị ndụ m dị gara gara karịa onye ọgba ọsọ; ha na-agafekwa na-ahụtụghị ọṅụ anya.
26 They have gone by like the reed-skiffs; Like the eagle, darting upon his prey.
Ha na-agafe dịka ụgbọ mmiri papịrọs, dịka mgbe ugo na-efeda ngwangwa ijide anụ ọ ga-eri.
27 If I say, I will forget my lamentation, I will change my countenance, and take courage,
Ọ bụrụ na m sị, ‘Aga m echefu mkpesa m, aga m agbanwe ihu m, nwee ihu ọchị.’
28 Still am I in dread of the multitude of my sorrows; For I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Nsogbu m niile ka na-atụ m egwu nʼihi na amara m na ị gaghị ewere m dịka onye aka ya dị ọcha.
29 I shall be found guilty; Why then should I labor in vain?
Ebe m bụrịị onye ikpe mara, nʼihi gịnị ka m ji na-adọgbu onwe m nʼefu?
30 If I wash myself in snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
A sịkwarị na m jiri ncha saa ahụ m werekwa soda saa aka m abụọ,
31 Still wilt thou plunge me into the pit, So that my own clothes will abhor me.
ị ga-enuba m nʼolulu apịtị nke pụrụ ime ka uwe m yi nʼahụ m kpọọ m asị.
32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I may contend with him, And that we may go together into judgment;
“Ọ bụghị mmadụ efu dịka m nke m ga-aza ya, ka anyị abụọ kpọrịtaa onwe anyị ikpe nʼụlọikpe.
33 There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.
A sịkwarị na e nwere onye odozi okwu nʼetiti mụ na gị, onye ga-ebikwasị anyị abụọ aka ya,
34 Let him take from me his rod, And not dismay me with his terrors,
onye ga-ewepụ mkpara Chineke site nʼebe m nọ, ka oke egwu ya gharakwa ịtụ m ọzọ.
35 Then I will speak, and not be afraid of him: For I am not so at heart.
Mgbe ahụ ka m ga-ekwu okwu na-atụghị ya egwu; ma ka ọ dị ugbu a ọ dịghị ihe m nwere ike ime.
