Job 9
1 Then responded Job, and said—
Job zara sị:
2 Of a truth, I know that so it is, But how can a mortal be just with 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, one 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 Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!
Amamihe ya dị ukwuu, ike ya sara mbara, onye guzogidere ya ma hapụ imerụ ahụ?
5 Who removeth mountains, unawares, Who overturneth them in his anger;
Ọ na-enugharị ugwu ukwu ma ha adịghị ama nke a, na-akwatụ ha nʼiwe ya.
6 Who shaketh the earth, out of its place, and, the pillars thereof, shudder;
Ọ na-enugharịkwa ụwa site na ntọala ya, mee ka ogidi ya maa jijiji.
7 Who commandeth the sun, and it breaketh not forth, and, about the stars, he putteth a seal;
Ọ na-agwa anyanwụ okwu mee ka ọ kwụsị ịcha; ọ na-emenyụ ìhè kpakpando na-enye.
8 Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;
Naanị ya gbasara mbara eluigwe, ọ na-agakwa ije nʼelu ebili mmiri nke oke osimiri.
9 Who made the Bear, the Giant and the Cluster, and the chambers of the south;
Ọ bụ ya mere kpakpando Bịaa, na Orion na Pleiades, na kpakpando niile nke ndịda eluigwe.
10 Who doeth great things, past finding out, and marvels, beyond number.
Ọ na-arụ ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube nke mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịghọta, ihe ịrịbama nke ọnụ na-enweghị ike ịgụta.
11 Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern 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 snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do?
Ọ bụrụ na ọ pụnara ihe, onye na-akwụsị ya? Onye kwa pụrụ ịjụ ya si, ‘Gịnị ka ị na-eme?’
13 As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves—the proud helpers.
Chineke adịghị eme ka iwe ya laghachi, ọbụladị ndị inyeaka Rehab, ruru ala nʼụkwụ ya.
14 How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words 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 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.
Nʼagbanyeghị na aka m dị ọcha, apụghị m ịsa ya okwu; kama m ga-arịọ onye ikpe m ka o mere m ebere.
16 Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.
A sịkwarị na m kpọọ ya oku, ọ za m, ekwenyeghị m na ọ ga-ege m ntị.
17 For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need;
Ọ ga-eji oke ifufe tirie m, meekwa ka ihe mgbu m baa ụba na-enweghị ihe butere ya.
18 He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
Ọ gaghị ekwe ka iku ume m lọghachi kama ọ ga-eji iru ụjụ kpuchie m.
19 If it regardeth vigour, bold is he! If justice, who could summon him?
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 If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me, —I blameless? then had it shewn 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 I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own 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 One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.
Otu ihe ahụ ka ọ bụ; nʼihi ya ka m ji asị, ‘Ọ na-ala ndị ezi omume na ndị ajọ omume nʼiyi.’
23 If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh.
Mgbe ịpịa ụtarị wetara ọnwụ mberede, ọ na-achị enweghị olileanya nke ndị na-enweghị ihe ha mere ọchị.
24 The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then 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, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, 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 passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture [which] rusheth upon food.
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 complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,
Ọ bụrụ na m sị, ‘Aga m echefu mkpesa m, aga m agbanwe ihu m, nwee ihu ọchị.’
28 I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce 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 held guilty, —Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?
Ebe m bụrịị onye ikpe mara, nʼihi gịnị ka m ji na-adọgbu onwe m nʼefu?
30 Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands,
A sịkwarị na m jiri ncha saa ahụ m werekwa soda saa aka m abụọ,
31 Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should 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 like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come 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 not, between us, a mediator, who might 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 off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:
onye ga-ewepụ mkpara Chineke site nʼebe m nọ, ka oke egwu ya gharakwa ịtụ m ọzọ.
35 I could speak, and not be afraid of him, although, not so, am, I, in myself!
Mgbe ahụ ka m ga-ekwu okwu na-atụghị ya egwu; ma ka ọ dị ugbu a ọ dịghị ihe m nwere ike ime.
