Ayubu 18
1 Ningĩ Bilidadi ũrĩa Mũshuhi agĩcookia, akĩũria atĩrĩ:
Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,
2 “Ũrĩĩtiga kwaria mĩario ĩno rĩ? Gĩa na ũũgĩ nĩguo o na ithuĩ tũhote kwaria.
“How long will you go on talking, hunting for the right words to say? Talk sense if you want us to reply!
3 Nĩ kĩĩ kĩratũma ũtuone tũhaana ta ngʼombe, na tũgatuuo irimũ maitho-inĩ maku?
Do you think we're dumb animals? Do we look stupid to you?
4 Wee ũrehanyũrũra nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ũrakarĩte-rĩ, thĩ no ĩthaamwo nĩ ũndũ waku? Kana no nginya ndwaro cia mahiga cieherio harĩa itũire?
You tear yourself apart with your anger. Do you think the earth has to be abandoned, or the mountains moved, just because of you?
5 “Tawa wa mũndũ mwaganu nĩmũhorie; rũrĩrĩmbĩ rwa mwaki wake nĩrũtigĩte gwakana.
It's certain that the life of the wicked will end like a lamp that is snuffed out—their flame will shine no more.
6 Ũtheri ũrĩa ũrĩ thĩinĩ wa hema yake ũtuĩkĩte nduma; naguo tawa ũrĩa ũrĩ hakuhĩ nake ũkahora.
The light in their home goes out, the lamp hanging above is extinguished.
7 Hinya wa mũkinyũkĩrie wake nĩmũhũthie; namo mathugunda make makamũgũithia thĩ.
Instead of taking strong strides they stumble, and their own plans cause them to fall.
8 Makinya make mamũikagia wabu-inĩ, nake akoorũraga thĩinĩ wa marima mayo.
Their own feet trip them up and they are caught in a net; as they walk along they fall into a pit.
9 Mũtego ũmũnyiitĩire ndiira-inĩ ya kũgũrũ; mũtego ũgakĩmũrũmia biũ.
A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens around them.
10 Ahithĩirwo kĩana kĩa rũrigi tĩĩri-inĩ, akaambĩrwo mũtego njĩra-inĩ yake.
A noose is hidden on the ground for them; a rope is stretched across the path to trip them.
11 Imakania imuumagĩrĩra na mĩena yothe, na ikamũtengʼeragia harĩa hothe aagerera.
Terrors scare the wicked, coming at them from every side, chasing them, biting at their heels.
12 Mũtino nĩũmũhũũtĩire; mwanangĩko wetereire agwe.
Hunger robs them of strength; disaster waits for them when they fall.
13 Mũtino ũrĩĩaga icunjĩ cia gĩkonde gĩake; narĩo irigithathi rĩa gĩkuũ rĩgatambuuranga ciĩga ciake.
Disease devours their skin; deadly disease consumes their limbs.
14 Aguucĩtio, akarutwo ũgitĩri-inĩ wa hema yake, na agatwarwo kũrĩ mũthamaki wa imakania.
They are torn from the homes they trusted in and taken to the king of terrors.
15 Mwaki nĩguo ũtũũraga hema-inĩ yake; ũbiriti ũgwakana nĩũhurunjĩtwo gĩikaro gĩake.
People they don't know will live in their homes; sulfur will be scattered where they used to live.
16 Mĩri yake yũmagĩra tĩĩri-inĩ, nacio honge ciake ikahooha na igũrũ.
They wither away, roots below and branches above;
17 Kĩririkano gĩake nĩ gĩgaathira thĩ; ndarĩ rĩĩtwa bũrũri-inĩ.
the memory of them fades from the earth; nobody remembers their names any more.
18 Akaarutũrũrwo ũtheri-inĩ atwarwo nduma-inĩ na nĩakaingatwo oime thĩ ĩno.
They are thrown out of light into darkness, driven from the world.
19 Ndarĩ ciana kana njiaro thĩinĩ wa andũ ao, o na ndarĩ mũndũ wake ũgaatigara kũrĩa aatũũraga.
They have no children or descendants among their people, and no survivors where they used to live.
20 Andũ a mwena wa ithũĩro nĩmakagegio nĩ maũndũ marĩa mamũkorete; andũ a mwena wa irathĩro manyiitwo nĩ kĩmako.
People of the west are appalled at what happens to them. People of the east are shocked.
21 Ti-itherũ ũguo nĩguo gĩikaro kĩa mũndũ mwaganu gũkahaana; kũndũ kwa mũndũ ũrĩa ũtooĩ Mũrungu-rĩ, gwake kũhaana ũguo.”
This is what happens to the homes of the wicked, to the places of those who reject God.”
