Ayubu 13
1 “Atĩrĩrĩ, maitho makwa nĩmonete maũndũ macio mothe, matũ makwa nĩmamaiguĩte na magataũkĩrwo nĩmo.
Lo, mine eye has seen all this, mine ear has heard and understood it.
2 Ũrĩa mũũĩ o na niĩ nĩnjũũĩ; mũtirĩ oogĩ kũngĩra.
What all of you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
3 No niĩ ndĩrenda kwaria na Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, na ngerirĩria gũciira na Mũrungu.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 No inyuĩ-rĩ, mũranjigĩrĩra ndeto cia maheeni; inyuothe mũrĩ athondekani a tũhũ!
But all of you are forgers of lies, all of you are all physicians of no value.
5 Naarĩ korwo mwakira ki! Ũndũ ũcio ũngĩtuĩka ũũgĩ harĩ inyuĩ.
O that all of you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6 Na rĩrĩ, thikĩrĩriai kĩhooto gĩakwa; iguai gũthaithana kwa mĩromo yakwa.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Kaĩ mũngĩaria ũũru mũkĩarĩrĩria Mũrungu? Kaĩ mũngĩaria maheeni igũrũ rĩake?
Will all of you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Kaĩ mũngĩmuonia kĩmenyano? Kaĩ mũgũciirĩrĩra Mũrungu?
Will all of you accept his person? will all of you contend for God?
9 Angĩmũtuĩria inyuĩ-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio no ũtuĩke mwega? No mũmũheenie ta ũrĩa mũngĩheenia mũndũ?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocks another, do all of you so mock him?
10 Ti-itherũ no amũrũithie mũngĩtuĩka a kuonania kĩmenyano na hitho.
He will surely reprove you, if all of you do secretly accept persons.
11 Hĩ, riiri wake ndũngĩmũmakia? Mũtingĩnyiitwo nĩ guoya nĩ ũndũ wake?
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
12 Mĩario yanyu ya ũũgĩ nĩ thimo hũthũ o ta mũhu; ihooto cianyu no ta kwĩgitĩra na rĩũmba.
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
13 “Kirai ki, mũreke njarie; o ũrĩa ndĩrĩona-rĩ, rekei nyone.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
14 Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma ndĩtoonyie ũgwati-inĩ na ngaiga muoyo wakwa moko-inĩ makwa?
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
15 O na angĩnjũraga-rĩ, niĩ nowe ndĩrĩĩhokaga; na ti-itherũ nĩ ngatetera mĩthiĩre yakwa hau mbere yake.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16 Ti-itherũ, ũndũ ũyũ noguo ũgaatuĩka wa kũũhonokia, nĩgũkorwo mũndũ ũtooĩ Ngai ndangĩũmĩrĩria gũũka mbere yake!
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17 Thikĩrĩriai wega ũhoro wakwa; matũ manyu nĩmakĩigue ũrĩa nguuga.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
18 Ti-itherũ nĩhaarĩirie ciira wakwa, na nĩnjũũĩ nĩ nguoneka ndĩ wa kĩhooto.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
19 Nĩ kũrĩ mũndũ ũngĩhota gũũthitanga? Angĩkorwo nĩ kũrĩ-rĩ, no gũkira ngũkira ngue.
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the spirit.
20 “Wee Ngai, ta kĩĩhe o maũndũ maya meerĩ, na ndigũcooka gũkwĩhitha:
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from you.
21 Atĩrĩ, eheria guoko gwaku, gũikare kũraya na niĩ, na ũtige kũũmakia na imakania ciaku.
Withdraw your hand far from me: and let not your dread make me afraid.
22 Ningĩ ũnjĩte na nĩngwĩtĩka, kana ũkĩreke njarie, nawe ũnjookerie.
Then call you, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer you me.
23 Nĩ mahĩtia na mehia maigana niĩ njĩkĩte? Nyonia ihĩtia na rĩĩhia rĩakwa.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Ũraahitha ũthiũ waku nĩkĩ, na ũkandua thũ yaku?
Wherefore hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?
25 Nĩũngĩnyamaria ithangũ rĩrahurutwo nĩ rũhuho? Nĩũgũtengʼerania na maragara momũ?
Will you break a leaf driven back and forth? and will you pursue the dry stubble?
26 Nĩgũkorwo nĩ wandĩkĩte maũndũ marũrũ ma kũnjũkĩrĩra, na ũkaangaĩra igai rĩa mehia ma ũnini wakwa.
For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
27 Wohaga magũrũ makwa na mĩnyororo; ũrangagĩra njĩra ciakwa ciothe na ũndũ wa gũcora njoro makinya ma magũrũ makwa.
You put my feet also in the stocks, and look narrowly unto all my paths; you set a print upon the heels of my feet.
28 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũndũ amocaga ta kĩndũ kĩbuthĩte, agathira ta nguo ĩrĩĩtwo nĩ memenyi.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth eaten.
