Job 15
1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
2 Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?
“Onye maara ihe ọ ga-eji okwu na-abaghị uru zaghachi? Ọ ga-emeju afọ ya nʼifufe na-ekpo ọkụ nke si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ?
3 Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?
Ọ ga-eji okwu na-abaghị uru rụọ ụka, maọbụ kwuo okwu na-enweghị isi?
4 But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.
Ma ị na-eleda ezi omume anya na-egbochikwa ịsọpụrụ Chineke.
5 For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.
Mmehie gị na-eme ka ọnụ gị kwuo okwu ngwangwa; ọ bụkwa ire ndị aghụghọ ka i nwere.
6 Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
Ọnụ gị na-ama gị ikpe, ọ bụghị mụ onwe m, egbugbere ọnụ gị na-ekwu okwu megide gị.
7 The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?
“Ị bụ mmadụ mbụ a mụrụ? A mụọla gị tupu e kee ugwu niile?
8 In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?
Ọ getụla ntị nʼizu nzuzo nke Chineke? Amamihe niile ọ bụ nʼime gị ka ha juru?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?
Gịnị ka ị maara nke anyị na-amaghị? Ụdị nghọta dị aṅaa ka i nwere nke anyị na-enweghị?
10 Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!
Ndịisi awọ na ndị kara nka nọ nʼetiti anyị, ndị ikom mere agadi karịa nna mụrụ gị.
11 Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?
Ọ ga-abụ na nkasiobi Chineke bụrụ gị ihe nta, ka ọ bụ okwu dị nro nke ọ gwara gị?
12 How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!
Gịnị mere obi gị ji duhie gị, gịnị mekwara anya gị abụọ ji chagharịa,
13 For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth—out of thy mouth—words!
nke mere iwe gị jiri dị ọkụ megide Chineke, meekwa ka okwu ọjọọ ndị a niile si nʼọnụ gị pụta?
14 What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
“Gịnị ka mmadụ efu bụ, ọ ga-eji dị ọcha nʼobi, gịnị ka mmadụ nwanyị mụrụ bụ, na ha nwere ike ị bụ ndị ezi omume?
15 Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:
Ọ bụrụ na Chineke atụkwasịghị ndị nsọ ya obi, ọ bụrụkwa na eluigwe adịghị ọcha nʼanya ya,
16 How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in—like water—perversity.
ọ ga-esi aṅaa tụkwasị mmadụ efu onye rụrụ arụ obi, bụ onye na-aṅụ ajọ omume dịka mmiri.
17 I will tell thee—hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.
“Gee m ntị ka m kọwaara gị; kwerekwa ka m gwa gị ihe m hụrụ,
18 Which, wise men, tell, and deny not [that which is] from their fathers.
bụ ihe ndị amamihe kwuru, ndị na-ezobeghị ihe ha natara nʼaka nna nna ha,
19 To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst:
bụ ndị e nyefere ala ndị a nʼaka ha mgbe ọ dịghị onye ọbịa gabigara nʼetiti ha.
20 All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;
Ụbọchị ndụ ya niile, onye ajọ omume na-ata ahụhụ mmekpa ahụ, bụ nke e debere ogologo afọ nye nwoke ahụ na-eme ihe ike.
21 A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;
Ụzụ na-eweta oke egwu na-eju ya ntị, mgbe ọ dị ka ihe niile na-aga nke ọma, ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe na-abịakwasị ya.
22 He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;
O nweghị olileanya ịgbanarị ọchịchịrị; mma agha nọ na-echere ya.
23 A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;
Ọ na-akpagharị na-achọ ebe nri dịka udele; ọ makwara na ụbọchị ọchịchịrị nọ nso.
24 Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:
Ahụhụ na mkpagbu na-eme ka ọ tụọ oke egwu, nsogbu na-abịakwasị ya dịka eze nke nọ na njikere ibuso ndị iro ya agha.
25 Because he had stretched out—against GOD—his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;
Nʼihi na ọ na-atụ Chineke aka nʼihu, dokwaa onwe ya imegide Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
26 He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;
O ji ikwesi olu ike, dịka ọta siri ike, na-emegide Chineke.
27 For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;
“Ọ bụ ezie na abụba kpuchiri ihu ya, abụba nke dị nʼukwu ya na-eme ka anụ ahụ nupụtakwa,
28 And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.
ọ ga-ebi nʼobodo e bibiri ebibi, nʼụlọ nke mmadụ na-ekwesighị ibi nʼime ha, ụlọ nke na-adakasị adakasị.
29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;
Ma ọ gaghị aga nʼihu ị bụ ọgaranya, akụ ya agaghị adịgidekwa. Ihe o nwere agakwaghị agbasapụ nʼala niile ahụ.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness, his young branch, shall the flame dry up, and he shall depart, by the breath of his own mouth!
Ọ gaghị agbanarị ọchịchịrị, ire ọkụ ga-eme ka ome ya kpọnwụọ, iku ume nke ọnụ Chineke ga-ebufu ya.
31 Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;
Ka onye dị otu a hapụ ịghọgbu onwe ya site nʼịtụkwasị uche nʼihe efu, nʼihi na ọ dịghị ụgwọ ọrụ ọbụla ọ ga-enweta.
32 Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;
Tụpụ oge ya eruo, ọ ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ ya nʼuju, ọzọ, alaka ya ga-akpọnwụ
33 He shall wrong—like a vine—his sour grapes, and shall cast off—as an olive-tree—his blossom.
Ọ ga-adị ka osisi vaịnị nke mkpụrụ ya dapụsịrị na-achaghị acha, dịka osisi oliv nke akwụkwọ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ.
34 For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;
Nʼihi na ndị na-amaghị Chineke ga-adị ka nwanyị aga, ọkụ ga-erepịa ụlọ ikwu niile nke ndị hụrụ iri ngarị nʼanya.
35 Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.
Ha na-atụrụ ihe ọjọọ dịka ime, ma mụọkwa ajọọ omume; naanị aghụghọ ka akpanwa ha na-arụpụta.”
