Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said,
Job zara sị:
2 I know [it to be] so of a truth: but how should man 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 will 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 [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?
Amamihe ya dị ukwuu, ike ya sara mbara, onye guzogidere ya ma hapụ imerụ ahụ?
5 Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: 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 her place, and its pillars tremble.
Ọ na-enugharịkwa ụwa site na ntọala ya, mee ka ogidi ya maa jijiji.
7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Ọ na-agwa anyanwụ okwu mee ka ọ kwụsị ịcha; ọ na-emenyụ ìhè kpakpando na-enye.
8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Naanị ya gbasara mbara eluigwe, ọ na-agakwa ije nʼelu ebili mmiri nke oke osimiri.
9 Who maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, 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; yes, and wonders without number.
Ọ na-arụ ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube nke mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịghọta, ihe ịrịbama nke ọnụ na-enweghị ike ịgụta.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Mgbe ọ na-esi nʼakụkụ m agafe, enweghị m ike ịhụ ya, mgbe ọ na-agabiga, adịghị m amata na ọ bụ ya.
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest thou?
Ọ bụrụ na ọ pụnara ihe, onye na-akwụsị ya? Onye kwa pụrụ ịjụ ya si, ‘Gịnị ka ị na-eme?’
13 [If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Chineke adịghị eme ka iwe ya laghachi, ọbụladị ndị inyeaka Rehab, ruru ala nʼụkwụ ya.
14 How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] 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, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.
Nʼagbanyeghị na aka m dị ọcha, apụghị m ịsa ya okwu; kama m ga-arịọ onye ikpe m ka o mere m ebere.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice.
A sịkwarị na m kpọọ ya oku, ọ za m, ekwenyeghị m na ọ ga-ege m ntị.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Ọ ga-eji oke ifufe tirie m, meekwa ka ihe mgbu m baa ụba na-enweghị ihe butere ya.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Ọ gaghị ekwe ka iku ume m lọghachi kama ọ ga-eji iru ụjụ kpuchie m.
19 If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
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 justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, that also will prove 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 [Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my 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 This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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 the scourge shall slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Mgbe ịpịa ụtarị wetara ọnwụ mberede, ọ na-achị enweghị olileanya nke ndị na-enweghị ihe ha mere ọchị.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of its judges; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
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 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
“Ụbọchị ndụ m dị gara gara karịa onye ọgba ọsọ; ha na-agafekwa na-ahụtụghị ọṅụ anya.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.
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 leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:
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 sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold 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 [If] I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?
Ebe m bụrịị onye ikpe mara, nʼihi gịnị ka m ji na-adọgbu onwe m nʼefu?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
A sịkwarị na m jiri ncha saa ahụ m werekwa soda saa aka m abụọ,
31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall 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, as I [am], [that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.
“Ọ bụghị mmadụ efu dịka m nke m ga-aza ya, ka anyị abụọ kpọrịtaa onwe anyị ikpe nʼụlọikpe.
33 Neither is there any judge between us, [that] 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 away his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
onye ga-ewepụ mkpara Chineke site nʼebe m nọ, ka oke egwu ya gharakwa ịtụ m ọzọ.
35 [Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so with me.
Mgbe ahụ ka m ga-ekwu okwu na-atụghị ya egwu; ma ka ọ dị ugbu a ọ dịghị ihe m nwere ike ime.
