Ayubu 15
1 Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani akĩũria atĩrĩ:
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 “Mũndũ mũũgĩ no acookie ũhoro na kwĩgereria, kana aiyũrie nda yake na rũhuho ruumĩte na irathĩro?
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
3 No eciirĩrĩre na ciugo cia tũhũ, kana na mĩario ĩtarĩ bata?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 No wee-rĩ, nĩũracambia ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Ngai, na ũkagirĩrĩria ũhoro wa andũ kwĩrutĩra Mũrungu.
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
5 Mehia maku nĩmo mataaraga kanua gaku; nawe ũthuurĩte kwaria na rũrĩmĩ rwa mũndũ mwara.
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Kanua gaku wee mwene nĩko karagũtuĩra ciira, ti gakwa: nayo mĩromo yaku wee mwene ĩkaaria ũira wa gũgũũkĩrĩra.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 “Wee nĩwe mũndũ wa mbere gũciarwo? Wee-rĩ, waciarirwo mbere ya irĩma igĩe ho?
Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Wee nĩũthikagĩrĩria ndundu ya Ngai? Wee wiki-rĩ, nowe ũrigĩtie na ũũgĩ?
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9 Nĩ atĩa ũũĩ ithuĩ tũtooĩ? Nĩ ũmenyo ũrĩkũ ũrĩ naguo ithuĩ tũtarĩ?
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
10 Tũrĩ na athuuri marĩ na mbuĩ na arĩa akũrũ mũno, andũ akũrũ o na gũkĩra thoguo.
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.
11 Ndũiganĩtwo nĩ ũhoorerania wa Mũrungu, o na kana ũhoro ũcio warĩirio na ũhooreri?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
12 Ngoro yaku ĩgũteete nĩkĩ, na nĩ kĩĩ kĩratũma ũikare ũkiunaga maitho,
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
13 nĩguo werekerie marakara maku kũrĩ Mũrungu, o na ũgaitũrũra ciugo ta icio kuuma kanua gaku?
That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
14 “Mũndũ akĩrĩ kĩ, atĩ no ahote gũtuĩka mũtheru, o na mũndũ ũciarĩtwo nĩ mũndũ-wa-nja nake akĩrĩ kĩĩ, atĩ no ahote gũtuĩka mũthingu?
What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Angĩkorwo Ngai ndangĩhota kwĩhoka andũ arĩa ake aamũre-rĩ, na kũngĩkorwo o na igũrũ ti gũtheru maitho-inĩ make-rĩ,
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
16 mũndũ akĩrĩ kĩ atĩ amwĩhoke? Mũndũ nĩ mwaganu na nĩ kĩmaramari, anyuuaga waganu ta maaĩ!
How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
17 “Wee ta thikĩrĩria na nĩngũgũtaarĩria; reke ngwĩre ũrĩa nyonete,
I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare
18 ngwĩre ũrĩa andũ arĩa oogĩ moigĩte, matekũhitha ũndũ o na ũmwe wa ũhoro ũrĩa maaheirwo nĩ maithe mao,
(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;
19 (o acio oiki maaheetwo bũrũri hĩndĩ ĩrĩa gũtaarĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ watuĩkanagia gatagatĩ-inĩ kao):
Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
20 Atĩrĩ, mũndũ mwaganu akoragwo na mĩnyamaro matukũ make mothe. Matukũ mothe ma ũcio ũtarĩ tha-rĩ, maigĩirwo o mĩnyamaro.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21 Aiguaga o mĩgambo ya kũmakania mũno; hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maũndũ mothe moneka ta marĩ mega-rĩ, atunyani makamũtharĩkĩra.
A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 Ndarĩ na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro gĩa gwĩthara kuuma nduma-inĩ; etereirio kũũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
23 Orũũraga agĩcaragia irio, oragie atĩrĩ, ‘Irĩ na kũ?’ Aikaraga amenyete atĩ mũthenya wa nduma ũrĩ o hakuhĩ.
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Mĩnyamaro na ruo rwa ngoro nĩcio imũmakagia; imũtooragia taarĩ mũthamaki wĩhaarĩirie kũmũtharĩkĩra,
Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 nĩ ũndũ ainainagĩria Mũrungu ngundi, na akangʼathĩria Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
26 akamũguthũkĩra angʼathĩtie, arĩ na ngo yake mata ya hinya.
He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27 “O na gũtuĩka ũthiũ wake nĩ mũnoru, na njohero yake ĩkaneneha nĩ kũnora-rĩ,
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
28 agaatũũraga matũũra maanangĩku, na aikarage nyũmba itatũũragwo nĩ mũndũ, nyũmba itigairie o kũmomoka ituĩke ihumbu cia mahiga.
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
29 Ndagacooka gũkorwo arĩ mũtongu, naguo ũtonga wake ndũgatũũra, o na kana indo ciake itheereme kũu bũrũri-inĩ.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 Ndakahota kũũrĩra nduma; rũrĩrĩmbĩ nĩrũkahoohia thuuna ciake, nayo mĩhũmũ ya kanua ka Ngai nĩĩkamweheria.
He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God’s] mouth shall he go away.
31 Nĩatige kwĩheenia na ũndũ wa kwĩhoka maũndũ ma tũhũ, nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ kĩndũ makaamũrehere.
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
32 Ihinda rĩake rĩtanakinya-rĩ, nĩakarĩhio mũigana wake wothe, na honge ciake itikarura.
It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
33 Agaatuĩka ta mũthabibũ ũhũrũrĩtwo thabibũ ciaguo itarĩ njĩru, ahaane ta mũtamaiyũ ũraita kĩro kĩaguo.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.
34 Nĩgũkorwo andũ a thiritũ ya arĩa matooĩ Ngai matũũraga marĩ thaata, na mwaki nĩũgaacina hema cia arĩa mendete mahaki.
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 Magĩaga nda cia mathĩĩna, na magaciara waganu; nda ciao ithugundaga o maheeni.”
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
