Job 12
1 Then Job answered,
Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
2 “No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
“Hatirĩ nganja inyuĩ nĩ inyuĩ andũ, naguo ũũgĩ ũgaathiranĩra na inyuĩ rĩrĩa mũgaakua!
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
No rĩrĩ, ndĩ na ũmenyo o ta inyuĩ; mũtirĩ oogĩ kũngĩra. Nũũ ũtooĩ maũndũ macio mothe?
4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
“Nduĩkĩte mũndũ wa gũthekererwo nĩ arata akwa, o na gũtuĩka nĩndakaĩire Ngai nake akĩnjigua: niĩ nduĩkĩte mũndũ wa gũthekererwo, o na gũtuĩka ndĩ mũthingu na ndirĩ ũcuuke!
5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
Andũ arĩa maikaraga megangarĩte manyũrũragia mũtino, makona ta ũndũ ũcio ũkoraga o andũ arĩa magũrũ mao matenderũkaga.
6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
Hema cia atunyani nĩcio ciikaraga igaacĩire, na andũ arĩa marakaragia Mũrungu nĩo maikaraga na thayũ, o acio makuuaga ngai yao na moko.
7 “But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
“No ta kĩũrie nyamũ, na nĩigũkũruta ũhoro, kana ũrie nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ, na nĩigũkwĩra;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
kana warĩrie thĩ, na nĩĩgũkũruta ũhoro, kana ũkĩarĩrie thamaki cia iria-inĩ, nacio nĩigũkũhe ũhoro.
9 Who doesn’t know that in all these, the LORD’s hand has done this,
Nĩ irĩkũ cia icio ciothe itooĩ atĩ nĩ guoko kwa Jehova gwĩkĩte ũndũ ũyũ?
10 in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
Mĩoyo ya ciũmbe ciothe ĩrĩ guoko-inĩ gwake, o na mĩhũmũ ya andũ othe.
11 Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
Githĩ gũtũ gũtithuuranagia ciugo o ta ũrĩa rũrĩmĩ rũcamaga irio?
12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
Githĩ ũũgĩ ndũkoragwo na andũ arĩa akũrũ? Githĩ gũtũũra mũno gũtirehaga ũmenyo?
13 “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
“Ũũgĩ na hinya nĩ cia Ngai; mataaro na ũmenyo nĩ ciake.
14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
Kĩrĩa amomoraga gĩtingĩakwo rĩngĩ; mũndũ ũrĩa aahingĩra njeera gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩmuohora.
15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
Ahingagĩrĩria maaĩ, gũkaaga mbura; ningĩ aamarekereria makaananga bũrũri.
16 With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
Hinya na ũtooria nĩ ciake; mũheenio na mũheenania eerĩ no ake.
17 He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
Aheani kĩrĩra amatongoragia matarĩ nguo, na agatua aciirithania irimũ.
18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
Nĩohoraga mĩnyororo ĩrĩa athamaki moohaga andũ nayo, akamooha mũcibi njohero.
19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
Athĩnjĩri-Ngai amatongoragia marutĩtwo nguo, na akangʼaũrania andũ arĩa mehaandire tene.
20 He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
Nĩakiragia mĩromo ya aheani kĩrĩra arĩa meehoketwo, nao athuuri akamatunya ũhoro wa gũkũũrana maũndũ.
21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
We nĩagagĩra arĩa atĩĩku bata, nao arĩa marĩ na hinya nĩamatunyaga indo ciao cia mbaara.
22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
Nĩaguũragia maũndũ marĩa mariku ma nduma, na nduma nene ya gĩkuũ akamiumĩria ũtheri-inĩ.
23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
Anenehagia ndũrĩrĩ, agacooka agaciananga; aingĩhagia ndũrĩrĩ, agacooka agacihurunja.
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Nĩagaagagia meciiria ma atongoria a gũkũ thĩ; akamaingata, morũũrage werũ-inĩ mũtheri ũtarĩ njĩra.
25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
Mahambaataga nduma-inĩ kũrĩa gũtarĩ ũtheri; ningĩ atũmaga matũgũũge ta mũndũ mũrĩĩu.
