Job 12
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
2 Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die.
“Hatirĩ nganja inyuĩ nĩ inyuĩ andũ, naguo ũũgĩ ũgaathiranĩra na inyuĩ rĩrĩa mũgaakua!
3 I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?
No rĩrĩ, ndĩ na ũmenyo o ta inyuĩ; mũtirĩ oogĩ kũngĩra. Nũũ ũtooĩ maũndũ macio mothe?
4 A laughing-stock to one’s neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing-stock—a righteous man without blame!
“Nduĩkĩte mũndũ wa gũthekererwo nĩ arata akwa, o na gũtuĩka nĩndakaĩire Ngai nake akĩnjigua: niĩ nduĩkĩte mũndũ wa gũthekererwo, o na gũtuĩka ndĩ mũthingu na ndirĩ ũcuuke!
5 For ruin, there is contempt, in the thought of the man at ease, —ready, for such as are of faltering foot!
Andũ arĩa maikaraga megangarĩte manyũrũragia mũtino, makona ta ũndũ ũcio ũkoraga o andũ arĩa magũrũ mao matenderũkaga.
6 At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.
Hema cia atunyani nĩcio ciikaraga igaacĩire, na andũ arĩa marakaragia Mũrungu nĩo maikaraga na thayũ, o acio makuuaga ngai yao na moko.
7 But, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee;
“No ta kĩũrie nyamũ, na nĩigũkũruta ũhoro, kana ũrie nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ, na nĩigũkwĩra;
8 Or address the earth, and it will teach thee, and the fishes of the sea, will recount it to thee:
kana warĩrie thĩ, na nĩĩgũkũruta ũhoro, kana ũkĩarĩrie thamaki cia iria-inĩ, nacio nĩigũkũhe ũhoro.
9 Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this?
Nĩ irĩkũ cia icio ciothe itooĩ atĩ nĩ guoko kwa Jehova gwĩkĩte ũndũ ũyũ?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.
Mĩoyo ya ciũmbe ciothe ĩrĩ guoko-inĩ gwake, o na mĩhũmũ ya andũ othe.
11 Doth not, the ear, try, words? even as, the palate, tasteth for itself, food?
Githĩ gũtũ gũtithuuranagia ciugo o ta ũrĩa rũrĩmĩ rũcamaga irio?
12 In the Ancient, is wisdom, and [in] Length of Days, understanding:
Githĩ ũũgĩ ndũkoragwo na andũ arĩa akũrũ? Githĩ gũtũũra mũno gũtirehaga ũmenyo?
13 With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.
“Ũũgĩ na hinya nĩ cia Ngai; mataaro na ũmenyo nĩ ciake.
14 Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:
Kĩrĩa amomoraga gĩtingĩakwo rĩngĩ; mũndũ ũrĩa aahingĩra njeera gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmuohora.
15 Lo! He holdeth back the waters, and they dry up, or sendeth them out, and they transform the earth:
Ahingagĩrĩria maaĩ, gũkaaga mbura; ningĩ aamarekereria makaananga bũrũri.
16 With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.
Hinya na ũtooria nĩ ciake; mũheenio na mũheenania eerĩ no ake.
17 Who leadeth away counsellors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth:
Aheani kĩrĩra amatongoragia matarĩ nguo, na agatua aciirithania irimũ.
18 The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave’s waistcloth about their loins:
Nĩohoraga mĩnyororo ĩrĩa athamaki moohaga andũ nayo, akamooha mũcibi njohero.
19 Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth:
Athĩnjĩri-Ngai amatongoragia marutĩtwo nguo, na akangʼaũrania andũ arĩa mehaandire tene.
20 Setting aside the speech of the trusty, and, the discernment of elders, He taketh away:
Nĩakiragia mĩromo ya aheani kĩrĩra arĩa meehoketwo, nao athuuri akamatunya ũhoro wa gũkũũrana maũndũ.
21 Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed:
We nĩagagĩra arĩa atĩĩku bata, nao arĩa marĩ na hinya nĩamatunyaga indo ciao cia mbaara.
22 Laying open deep things, out of darkness, and bringing out to light, the death-shade:
Nĩaguũragia maũndũ marĩa mariku ma nduma, na nduma nene ya gĩkuũ akamiumĩria ũtheri-inĩ.
23 Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:
Anenehagia ndũrĩrĩ, agacooka agaciananga; aingĩhagia ndũrĩrĩ, agacooka agacihurunja.
24 Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:
Nĩagaagagia meciiria ma atongoria a gũkũ thĩ; akamaingata, morũũrage werũ-inĩ mũtheri ũtarĩ njĩra.
25 They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.
Mahambaataga nduma-inĩ kũrĩa gũtarĩ ũtheri; ningĩ atũmaga matũgũũge ta mũndũ mũrĩĩu.
