Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
2 “Can a man be useful to God? Can a wise man be useful to him?
“Mũndũ aahota kũguna Mũrungu? O na mũndũ mũũgĩ-rĩ, akĩhota kũmũguna?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
Nĩ gĩkeno kĩrĩkũ ũthingu waku ũngĩrehere Mwene-Hinya-Wothe? Nĩ uumithio ũrĩkũ angĩgĩa naguo angĩkorwo mĩthiĩre yaku ndĩrĩ ũcuuke?
4 Is it because of your reverence for him that he rebukes you and takes you to judgment?
“Arakũrũithia na agagũthitanga nĩ ũndũ wa wĩtigĩri Ngai waku?
5 Is not your wickedness great? Is there no end to your iniquities?
Githĩ waganu waku ti mũnene? Mehia maku-rĩ, makĩrĩ mũthia?
6 For you have demanded guarantee of a loan from your brother for no reason, and you have stripped away clothing from the naked.
Wetirie ũgitĩri kuuma kũrĩ ariũ a thoguo hatarĩ gĩtũmi; nĩwaũrire andũ nguo, ũkĩmatiga njaga.
7 You have not given water to weary people to drink; you have withheld bread from hungry people
Arĩa anogu ndwamaheire maaĩ, na nĩwaimire arĩa ahũtu irio,
8 although you, a mighty man, possessed the earth, although you, an honored man, lived in it.
o na gũtuĩka warĩ mũndũ ũrĩ hinya, ũrĩ na mĩgũnda: mũndũ ũheetwo gĩtĩĩo, na watũũraga kuo.
9 You have sent widows away empty; the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Nĩwaingatire atumia a ndigwa matarĩ na kĩndũ, na ũkĩniina hinya wa arĩa matarĩ na maithe.
10 Therefore, snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you.
Nĩkĩo ũthiũrũrũkĩirio nĩ mĩtego, nĩkĩo thĩĩna wa narua ũkũmakagia,
11 There is darkness, so that you cannot see; an abundance of waters covers you.
nĩkĩo ũtumanĩirwo nĩ nduma, ũkaremwo nĩkuona, na nokĩo mũiyũro wa maaĩ ũkũhubanĩirie.
12 Is not God in the heights of heaven? Look at the height of the stars, how high they are!
“Githĩ Ngai ndarĩ o kũu igũrũ o igũrũ? O na ta kĩone ũrĩa njata iria irĩ igũrũ mũno itũũgĩrĩte!
13 You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
No rĩrĩ, wee ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩ atĩa angĩmenya? No atuanĩre ciira nduma-inĩ ta ĩno?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see us; he walks on the vault of heaven.'
Matu matumanu nĩmamũhumbĩrĩte, nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndangĩtuona rĩrĩa egũceera kũu igũrũ gacũmbĩrĩ.’
15 Will you keep the old way that wicked men have walked—
Ũgũtũũra ũgeraga o njĩra ya tene ĩrĩa andũ aaganu managerera?
16 those who were snatched away before their time, those whose foundations have washed away like a river,
Nĩmahuririo ihinda rĩao rĩtanakinya, mĩthingi yao ĩgĩthererio nĩ mũiyũro wa maaĩ.
17 those who said to God, 'Depart from us'; those who said, 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
Nao meerire Mũrungu atĩrĩ, ‘Tigana na ithuĩ! Mwene-Hinya-Wothe-rĩ, angĩtwĩka atĩa?’
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things; the plans of wicked people are far from me.
No rĩrĩ, nĩwe waiyũririe nyũmba ciao na indo njega, nĩ ũndũ ũcio niĩ njikaraga haraaya na kĩrĩra kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu.
19 Righteous people see their fate and are glad; innocent people laugh them to scorn.
“Andũ arĩa athingu nĩmeyonagĩra mwanangĩko wa acio aaganu, magakena; arĩa matarĩ na ũũru mekĩte mamanyũrũragia makiugaga atĩrĩ:
20 They say, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off; fire has consumed their possessions.'
‘Ti-itherũ thũ ciitũ nĩnyanange, mwaki nĩũcinĩte ũtonga wao.’
21 Now agree with God and be at peace with him; in that way, good will come to you.
“Athĩkĩra Ngai ũikare ũrĩ na thayũ nake, ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo ũgaakũrehere ũgaacĩru.
22 Receive, I beg you, instruction from his mouth; store up his words in your heart.
Ĩtĩkĩra ũrutani wa kanua gake, na ũige ciugo ciake ngoro-inĩ yaku.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents.
Ũngĩcookerera ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩegũkwamũkĩra; ũngĩeheria waganu kũraya na hema yaku,
24 Lay your treasure down in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
na ũte ngũmba ciaku cia thahabu rũkũngũ-inĩ, na thahabu yaku ya Ofiri ũmĩte na kũu ndwaro-inĩ cia mahiga kũu mũkuru-inĩ,
25 and the Almighty will be your treasure, precious silver to you.
hĩndĩ ĩyo ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe agaatuĩka thahabu yaku, na atuĩke betha ĩrĩa njega mũno harĩ we.
26 For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty; you will lift up your face to God.
Ti-itherũ, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũkona gĩkeno thĩinĩ wa ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, na nĩũgatiirĩra Ngai ũthiũ waku.
27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; you will pay your vows to him.
Nĩũkamũhooya, nake nĩagakũigua, nawe nĩũkahingia mĩĩhĩtwa yaku.
28 You will also decree anything, and it will be confirmed for you; light will shine on your paths.
Ũrĩa watua wĩkwo nĩguo ũrĩkagwo, naguo ũtheri nĩ ũkaara njĩra-inĩ ciaku.
29 God humbles a proud man, and he saves the one with lowered eyes.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ angĩ manyiihio, nawe ũkoiga, ‘Nĩmatũũgĩrio!’ Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩakahonokia arĩa makuĩte ngoro.
30 He will rescue even the man who is not innocent; who will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”
Nĩakahonokia o na ũrĩa ũrĩ na ũcuuke, ahonokio nĩ ũndũ wa ũtheru wa moko maku.”
