Job 36
1 Elihu continued on and said,
Elihu agĩthiĩ na mbere kwaria, akiuga atĩrĩ:
2 “Permit me to speak a little longer, and I will show you some things because I have a little more to say in defense of God.
“Ngirĩrĩria hanini, na nĩngũkuonia atĩ harĩ maũndũ mangĩ mangiugwo ma gũciirĩrĩra Ngai.
3 I will obtain my knowledge from far off; I will acknowledge that righteousness belongs to my Maker.
Ũmenyo wakwa ndĩũrutĩte kũraihu; niĩ ngũtũũgĩria kĩhooto kĩa ũcio Mũnyũũmbi.
4 For indeed, my words will not be false; someone who is mature in knowledge is with you.
Menya wega atĩ ndeto ciakwa ti cia maheeni; ũyũ mũrĩ nake arĩ na ũmenyo mũkinyanĩru.
5 See, God is mighty, and despises no one; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
“Mũrungu nĩwe mwene hinya, no ndairaga andũ; we nĩ mwene hinya, na nĩarũmagia muoroto wake.
6 He does not preserve the life of wicked people but instead does what is right for those who suffer.
Ndatũũragia arĩa aaganu muoyo, no nĩaheaga arĩa anyariire kĩhooto kĩao.
7 He does not withdraw his eyes from righteous people but instead sets them on thrones like kings forever, and they are lifted up.
Ndeheragia maitho make harĩ arĩa athingu; amaikaragĩria gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene hamwe na athamaki, na akamatũũgĩria nginya tene.
8 If they are bound in chains and trapped in cords of suffering,
No rĩrĩ, andũ mangĩkorwo mohetwo na mĩnyororo, makanyiitio na mĩhĩndo ya mĩnyamaro,
9 then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions and their pride.
we nĩameeraga ũrĩa mekĩte, atĩ mehĩtie na ũtũrĩka.
10 He also opens their ears to his instruction, and commands them to turn back from iniquity.
We nĩatũmaga mathikĩrĩrie ũtaaro, na akamaatha merire ũũru wao.
11 If they listen to him and worship him, they will spend their days in prosperity, their years in contentment.
Mangĩmwathĩkĩra na mamũtungatĩre, megũtũũra matukũ mao marĩa matigaru magaacĩire, na mĩaka yao o maiganĩire.
12 However, if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die because they have no knowledge.
No mangĩaga kũigua, nĩmakaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, na makue matarĩ na ũmenyo.
13 Those who are godless in heart store up their anger; they do not cry out for help even when God ties them up.
“Arĩa matarĩ na Ngai ngoro-inĩ meiigagĩra marakara; o na rĩrĩa aramooha na mĩnyororo, matikayaga mateithio.
14 They die in their youth; their lives end among the cultic prostitutes.
Makuuaga marĩ ethĩ, magakua hamwe na arũme arĩa maraya ma mahooero-inĩ.
15 God rescues afflicted people by means of their afflictions; he opens their ears by means of their oppression.
No arĩa mathĩĩnĩkaga, nĩamakũũraga kuuma thĩĩna-inĩ wao; nĩamaragĩria marĩ mĩnyamaro-inĩ.
16 Indeed, he would like to draw you out of distress into a broad place where there is no hardship and where your table would be set with food full of fatness.
“We-rĩ, nĩarakũguucĩrĩria uume magego-inĩ ma mĩnyamaro, agũtware handũ haariĩ hatarĩ na ũkunderu, na agũtware akũhurũkie metha-inĩ yaku ĩiyũrĩte irio iria njega.
17 But you are full of judgment on wicked people; judgment and justice have laid hold of you.
No rĩu-rĩ, ũtitikithĩtio ituĩro rĩrĩa rĩagĩrĩire arĩa aaganu; ituĩro rĩa ciira na kĩhooto nĩcigũkumbatĩte.
18 Do not let your anger entice you to mockery, or the greatness of a ransom to turn you aside.
Wĩmenyerere mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ndakanakũheenererie na ũtonga; ndũgetĩkĩrie ihaki inene rĩkũhĩtithie njĩra.
19 Can your wealth benefit you, so that you will not be in distress, or can all the force of your strength help you?
Ũtonga waku o na kana kĩyo gĩaku kĩnene-rĩ, no ikũnyiitĩrĩre nĩguo ndũgatoonye mĩnyamaro-inĩ?
20 Do not desire the night, to commit sin against others, when peoples are cut off in their place.
Tiga kwĩrirĩria ũtukũ, nĩguo ũguucũrũrie andũ kuuma kwao mĩciĩ.
21 Be careful that you do not turn to sin because you are being tested by suffering so that you will stay away from sinning.
Wĩmenyerere ndũkeerekere ũũru-inĩ, tondũ ũkuoneka taarĩ guo wendete gũkĩra gũthĩĩnĩka.
22 See, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
“Mũrungu nĩatũgĩrĩtio nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoti wake. Nũũ mũrutani take?
23 Who has ever instructed him about his way? Who can ever say to him, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'
Nũũ ũmwathĩrĩire njĩra ciake, kana akamwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Wee nĩwĩkĩte ũũru’?
24 Remember to praise his deeds, of which people have sung.
Ririkanaga gwĩkĩrĩra wĩra wake, ũrĩa andũ manakumia na rwĩmbo.
25 All people have looked on those deeds, but they see those deeds only from far away.
Andũ othe nĩmawonete; andũ mawĩroragĩra marĩ o kũraya.
26 See, God is great, but we do not understand him well; the number of his years is incalculable.
Ĩ Mũrungu ndakĩrĩ mũnene; nĩ mũnene gũkĩra ũmenyi witũ! Mũigana wa mĩaka yake ndũngĩtuĩrĩka.
27 For he draws up the drops of water that he distills as rain from his vapor,
“Ambatagia matata ma maaĩ, marĩa macookaga gũtaatĩra tũrũũĩ ta mbura;
28 which the clouds pour down and drop in abundance on mankind.
matu magaita ũigũ wamo, nayo mbura nyingĩ ĩkoirĩra andũ.
29 Indeed, can anyone understand the extensive spread of the clouds and the thunder from his hut?
Nũũ ũngĩmenya ũrĩa atambũrũkagia matu, kana ũhoro wa marurumĩ marĩa moimaga hema-inĩ yake?
30 See, he spreads his lightning around him and covers the roots of the sea.
Kĩone ũrĩa ahurunjaga rũheni rwake rũkamũthiũrũrũkĩria, agathambia iria kũrĩa kũriku.
31 In this way he judges the peoples and gives food in abundance.
Ũũ nĩguo aathaga ndũrĩrĩ na akaheana irio nyingĩ.
32 He fills his hands with the lightning until he commands it to strike its mark.
Akumbatagĩria rũheni na moko make, na akarwatha rũringe kĩrĩa kĩorotetwo.
33 Its thunder warns of the storm, the cattle can also hear it is coming.
Marurumĩ make nĩmanagĩrĩra kĩhuhũkanio kĩrĩa kĩroka; o na ngʼombe nĩimenyithanagia atĩ kũrĩ kĩhuhũkanio kĩroka.
