Job 23
1 And he answered Job and he said.
Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
2 Also this day [the] rebellion of complaint my hand my it is heavy on groaning my.
“O na ũmũthĩ gũteta gwakwa no kũrũrũ; guoko gwake nĩkũnditũhĩire o na ngĩcaayaga ũguo.
3 Who? will he give I knew and I will find him I will come to place his.
Naarĩ korwo nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ingĩmuona; Naarĩ korwo no hote gũthiĩ kũrĩa aikaraga!
4 Let me set in order before him a case and mouth my let me fill arguments.
Ingĩĩyarĩrĩria harĩ we, njiyũrie kanua gakwa ihooto.
5 I want to know [the] words [which] he will answer me and I want to understand what? will he say to me.
No nyende kũmenya ũrĩa angĩĩnjookeria, ndĩcũũranie ũrĩa angĩnjĩĩra.
6 ¿ With greatness of power will he conduct a case with me not surely he he will put on me.
No anjũkĩrĩre na ũhoti wake mũnene? Aca, ndangĩhatĩrĩria na thitango.
7 There an upright [person] [will be] reasoning with him and I will deliver to perpetuity from judge my.
Hau-rĩ, mũndũ mũrũngĩrĩru no atware ciira wake mbere yake, na niĩ njohorithio kuuma kũrĩ mũnjiirithia nginya tene.
8 Here! forward I go and there not [is] he and backwards and not I perceive him.
“No rĩrĩ, ingĩthiĩ mwena wa irathĩro, we ndarĩ kuo; ingĩthiĩ mwena wa ithũĩro, ndiramuona.
9 [the] left [side] When acts he and not I see [him] he turns [the] right [side] and not I see [him].
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa arĩ wĩra-inĩ mwena wa gathigathini, ndimuonaga; rĩrĩa athiĩ mwena wa gũthini, ndimuonaga o na hanini.
10 That he knows [the] way with me he has tested me like gold I will come forth.
Nowe-rĩ, nĩooĩ njĩra ĩrĩa ngeragĩra; aarĩkia kũngeria, ngoima haana o ta thahabu.
11 On step his it has taken hold foot my way his I have kept and not I have turned aside.
Magũrũ makwa moimĩte makinya make thuutha; nũmagĩrĩra njĩra yake itekwahũka na mwena.
12 [the] commandment of Lips his and not I have ceased more than portion my I have treasured up [the] words of mouth his.
Niĩ nditiganĩirie maathani ma mĩromo yake; njĩkĩrĩire ciugo cia kanua gake gũkĩra irio ciakwa cia o mũthenya.
13 And he [is] one and who? will he turn back him and [that which] self his it has desired and he has done.
“No rĩrĩ, arũgamaga arĩ o wiki; nũũ ũngĩhota kũregana nake? Ekaga o ũrĩa ekwenda.
14 For he performs decree my and like them many [are] with him.
Ahingagia ũndũ ũrĩa anduĩrĩire, na arĩ o na mĩbango mĩingĩ ta ĩyo anjigĩire.
15 There-fore of him I am terrified I consider and I may be in dread from him.
Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩtũmĩte nyiitwo nĩ kĩmako ndĩ mbere yake; ndeciiria maũndũ macio mothe-rĩ, ngamwĩtigĩra.
16 And God he has made faint heart my and [the] Almighty he has terrified me.
Mũrungu nĩatũmĩte ngoro yakwa yũrwo nĩ hinya; ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩatũmĩte nyiitwo nĩ guoya.
17 For not I have been destroyed from before darkness and from before me it covers gloom.
No rĩrĩ, ndikirĩtio nĩ nduma, ĩĩ nduma ĩyo ndumanu ĩhumbĩrĩte ũthiũ wakwa.
