Job 21
1 Then Job replied,
Eka Ayub nodwoko niya,
2 “Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
“Chikuru itu mondo uwinj wechena; yie utimna ngʼwono mondo uwinja.
3 Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
An bende miyauru thuolo mondo awuo, to ka asetieko wuoyo, to udhi nyime gijara.
4 “It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
“Uparo ni aywagora ne dhano? En angʼo ma dimi abed mos?
5 Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
Rangauru ane ka ok dubwogi; kendo ka ok dumak dhou ka uhum.
6 When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Ka aparo kuom kaka achal, to angʼengʼ angʼengʼa; kendo denda duto tetni.
7 “[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
Angʼo momiyo joma timbegi richo ngima angima, angʼo momiyo gidak amingʼa, kendo tekregi osiko medore ameda?
8 They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
Nyithindgi dongo maber mi bed gi keregi e diergi kendo nyikwagi bende nyaa ka pod gingima.
9 Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
Miechgi oriti maber maonge gima bwogogi; kendo kum mar Nyasaye onge kuomgi.
10 Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
Rwethgi koluwo dhok mamon to nyaka nywol; dhogegi nywolo nyiroye madongo duto kendo onge minywolo kobwogi.
11 Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
Nyithindgi wuotho kanyakla ka jamni; to nyithindgi matindo giro ka nyiroye.
12 Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Giwer ka gigoyo oyieke gi asili; kendo gimiel ka gigoyo orutu.
13 Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Piny dhi kodgi maber higa ka higa, kendo githo ka gin gi kwe. (Sheol h7585)
14 While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
To gingʼanyone Nyasaye kagiwacho niya, ‘Wewa mos!’ Waonge gi gombo moro amora mar ngʼeyo yoreni.
15 Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
Jehova Nyasaye Maratego to en ngʼa, ma dwatine? Koso en ohala mane mwabiro yudo kwalame?
16 Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
Kata kamano mwandugigo ok giyudo gi tekregi giwegi, emomiyo apogora mabor gi pach joma richogo.
17 (“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
“To kata kamano, donge joricho manok ema tho piyo? Donge ji matin kuomgi kende ema masira mako; ma en masira ma mirimb Nyasaye ema okelo?
18 [He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Bende gi chalo gi lum ma yamo yiengo, kata gi mihudhi ma yamo tero?
19 You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
Wachore ni Nyasaye kano kum monego okumgo ngʼato ne yawuote. An to awacho ni ber moloyo ka Nyasaye okumo jaketho owuon, mondo eka ngʼama oketho opuonjre.
20 I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
Ber mondo one chandruok ma en owuon ema okelo; kendo mondo orom gi Jehova Nyasaye Maratego.
21 After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
Nimar ok lichne kata ka otho moweyo joge ka giko ndalo mar ngimane ochopo.
22 “Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
“Bende nitiere ngʼama nyalo ngʼadone Nyasaye rieko, ka en owuon ema ongʼado bura nyaka ne joma ni malo mogik?
23 Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
Ngʼat moro tho ka pod otegno kodak maber kendo owinjo maber chuth,
24 Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
ka dende orito maber, kendo chokene otegno.
25 Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
To ngʼat machielo to tho ka chunye opongʼ gi lit, ma ok oneno ber moro amora e ngimane duto.
26 But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
Kata kamano giduto iyikogi machalre e lowo kendo kute nur kuomgi machalre.
27 “Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
“Angʼeyo maber gik ma uparo, angʼeyo gik muchano e chunyu mondo ukinyago.
28 You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Uwacho niya, ‘Dak koro wane od ruodheno, hembe mane joma richo odakiego koro ere?’
29 But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
To donge usepenjoe joma osedak amingʼa? Pod ok uyudo konyruok kuom weche ma gisebedo ka ginyisou,
30 that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
ni ngʼama rach tony ka masira obiro kendo ni iresega chiengʼ mirima?
31 There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
En ngʼa makwere e wangʼe koketho? Koso ngʼa machule kuom gima osetimo?
32 The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
Chiengʼ ma iyike e liel to liende irito maber.
33 A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
Sa ma idhi yike to ji duto kowe, kendo lowo lwar kuome mos.
34 “So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
“Ka en kamano, to kara koro ere tiende hoya gi wecheu manonogo? Onge adiera kata achiel modongʼ kuom dwokougo, makmana miriambo lilo!”
