Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
Mgbe ahụ, Zofa onye Neama zara sị:
2 Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
“Ọ dịghị nzaghachi dịịrị ọtụtụ okwu niile ndị a? A ga-agụ onye ekwurekwu a dịka onye ikpe na-amaghị?
3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
Okwu efu gị ndị a ha ga-eme ka mmadụ gba nkịtị? Ọ bụ na ọ dịghị onye ga-abara gị mba mgbe ị na-akwa emo?
4 And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'
Ị na-asị Chineke, ‘Okwukwe m enweghị ntụpọ, adịkwa m ọcha nʼanya gị.’
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
Ọ ga-adị m nnọọ mma ma a si na Chineke ga-ekwu okwu, na ọ ga-asaghe egbugbere ọnụ ya imegide gị.
6 And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
Kpugheere gị ihe nzuzo niile nke amamihe, nʼihi na ezi amamihe nwere akụkụ abụọ. Mara nke a: Chineke echefuola ụfọdụ mmehie gị.
7 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
“I nwere ike ịchọpụta ihe omimi Chineke? I nwere ike ịnwapụta nsọtụ nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile?
Ha dị elu karịa eluigwe, gịnị ka ị pụrụ ime? Ha dị ogbu karịa ala ili, gịnị ka ị pụrụ ịma? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
Ọtụtụ ha dị ogologo karịa ụwa, dị obosara karịa oke osimiri.
10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
“Ọ bụrụ na ọ bịa tụba gị nʼime ụlọ mkpọrọ, kpọkọta ndị ikpe, onye ga-egbochi ya?
11 For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
Nʼezie, ya onwe ya na-amata ndị nduhie, mgbe ọ hụrụ ajọ ihe, ọ bụ na ọ dịghị amatakwa ya?
12 And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
Onye nzuzu ga-aghọ onye maara ihe naanị mgbe nwa ịnyịnya ibu ọhịa mụrụ ghọrọ mmadụ.
13 If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
“Ma ọ bụrụ na i were obi gị nye ya, setịpụ aka gị abụọ nye ya,
14 If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
ọ bụrụ na i wezuga mmehie nke dị gị nʼaka, ghara ikwe ka ihe ọjọọ dịrị nʼụlọ ikwu gị
15 For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.
mgbe ahụ, ihere agaghị eme gị iwelite ihu gị, ị ga-eguzokwa chịm na-atụghị egwu.
16 For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
Nʼezie ị ga-echefukwa nsogbu gị, na-echeta ya dịka mmiri gabigara agabiga.
17 And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.
Ndụ gị ga-amụke karịa etiti ehihie, ọchịchịrị ya ga-adịkwa ka ụtụtụ.
18 And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,
Ị ga-anọkwa nʼudo nʼihi na olileanya dị; ị ga-elegharịkwa anya gburugburu gị zuo ike na-atụghị ụjọ.
19 And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
Ị ga-edina ala na-atụghị egwu onye ọbụla, ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ ga-achọ ịnata amara nʼihu gị.
20 And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
Ma anya ndị na-emebi iwu ga-ada, ha agaghị achọta ụzọ mgbapụ; olileanya ha ga-abụ nkubi ume nke ọnwụ.”
