Ayubu 15
1 Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani akĩũria atĩrĩ:
And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,
2 “Mũndũ mũũgĩ no acookie ũhoro na kwĩgereria, kana aiyũrie nda yake na rũhuho ruumĩte na irathĩro?
Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?
3 No eciirĩrĩre na ciugo cia tũhũ, kana na mĩario ĩtarĩ bata?
Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
4 No wee-rĩ, nĩũracambia ũhoro wa gwĩtigĩra Ngai, na ũkagirĩrĩria ũhoro wa andũ kwĩrutĩra Mũrungu.
Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.
5 Mehia maku nĩmo mataaraga kanua gaku; nawe ũthuurĩte kwaria na rũrĩmĩ rwa mũndũ mwara.
For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
6 Kanua gaku wee mwene nĩko karagũtuĩra ciira, ti gakwa: nayo mĩromo yaku wee mwene ĩkaaria ũira wa gũgũũkĩrĩra.
It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.
7 “Wee nĩwe mũndũ wa mbere gũciarwo? Wee-rĩ, waciarirwo mbere ya irĩma igĩe ho?
Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?
8 Wee nĩũthikagĩrĩria ndundu ya Ngai? Wee wiki-rĩ, nowe ũrigĩtie na ũũgĩ?
Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?
9 Nĩ atĩa ũũĩ ithuĩ tũtooĩ? Nĩ ũmenyo ũrĩkũ ũrĩ naguo ithuĩ tũtarĩ?
What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
10 Tũrĩ na athuuri marĩ na mbuĩ na arĩa akũrũ mũno, andũ akũrũ o na gũkĩra thoguo.
With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.
11 Ndũiganĩtwo nĩ ũhoorerania wa Mũrungu, o na kana ũhoro ũcio warĩirio na ũhooreri?
Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?
12 Ngoro yaku ĩgũteete nĩkĩ, na nĩ kĩĩ kĩratũma ũikare ũkiunaga maitho,
Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;
13 nĩguo werekerie marakara maku kũrĩ Mũrungu, o na ũgaitũrũra ciugo ta icio kuuma kanua gaku?
So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your 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 may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
15 Angĩkorwo Ngai ndangĩhota kwĩhoka andũ arĩa ake aamũre-rĩ, na kũngĩkorwo o na igũrũ ti gũtheru maitho-inĩ make-rĩ,
Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;
16 mũndũ akĩrĩ kĩ atĩ amwĩhoke? Mũndũ nĩ mwaganu na nĩ kĩmaramari, anyuuaga waganu ta maaĩ!
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
17 “Wee ta thikĩrĩria na nĩngũgũtaarĩria; reke ngwĩre ũrĩa nyonete,
Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:
18 ngwĩre ũrĩa andũ arĩa oogĩ moigĩte, matekũhitha ũndũ o na ũmwe wa ũhoro ũrĩa maaheirwo nĩ maithe mao,
(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;
19 (o acio oiki maaheetwo bũrũri hĩndĩ ĩrĩa gũtaarĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ watuĩkanagia gatagatĩ-inĩ kao):
For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them: )
20 Atĩrĩ, mũndũ mwaganu akoragwo na mĩnyamaro matukũ make mothe. Matukũ mothe ma ũcio ũtarĩ tha-rĩ, maigĩirwo o mĩnyamaro.
The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
21 Aiguaga o mĩgambo ya kũmakania mũno; hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maũndũ mothe moneka ta marĩ mega-rĩ, atunyani makamũtharĩkĩra.
A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:
22 Ndarĩ na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro gĩa gwĩthara kuuma nduma-inĩ; etereirio kũũragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
23 Orũũraga agĩcaragia irio, oragie atĩrĩ, ‘Irĩ na kũ?’ Aikaraga amenyete atĩ mũthenya wa nduma ũrĩ o hakuhĩ.
He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
24 Mĩnyamaro na ruo rwa ngoro nĩcio imũmakagia; imũtooragia taarĩ mũthamaki wĩhaarĩirie kũmũtharĩkĩra,
He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:
25 nĩ ũndũ ainainagĩria Mũrungu ngundi, na akangʼathĩria Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,
26 akamũguthũkĩra angʼathĩtie, arĩ na ngo yake mata ya hinya.
Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,
27 “O na gũtuĩka ũthiũ wake nĩ mũnoru, na njohero yake ĩkaneneha nĩ kũnora-rĩ,
Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;
28 agaatũũraga matũũra maanangĩku, na aikarage nyũmba itatũũragwo nĩ mũndũ, nyũmba itigairie o kũmomoka ituĩke ihumbu cia mahiga.
And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.
29 Ndagacooka gũkorwo arĩ mũtongu, naguo ũtonga wake ndũgatũũra, o na kana indo ciake itheereme kũu bũrũri-inĩ.
He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
30 Ndakahota kũũrĩra nduma; rũrĩrĩmbĩ nĩrũkahoohia thuuna ciake, nayo mĩhũmũ ya kanua ka Ngai nĩĩkamweheria.
He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
31 Nĩatige kwĩheenia na ũndũ wa kwĩhoka maũndũ ma tũhũ, nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ kĩndũ makaamũrehere.
Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.
32 Ihinda rĩake rĩtanakinya-rĩ, nĩakarĩhio mũigana wake wothe, na honge ciake itikarura.
His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.
33 Agaatuĩka ta mũthabibũ ũhũrũrĩtwo thabibũ ciaguo itarĩ njĩru, ahaane ta mũtamaiyũ ũraita kĩro kĩaguo.
He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.
34 Nĩgũkorwo andũ a thiritũ ya arĩa matooĩ Ngai matũũraga marĩ thaata, na mwaki nĩũgaacina hema cia arĩa mendete mahaki.
For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.
35 Magĩaga nda cia mathĩĩna, na magaciara waganu; nda ciao ithugundaga o maheeni.”
Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.
