Ayubu 21
1 Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
Then Job answered, and said:
2 “Thikĩrĩriai wega ciugo ciakwa; rekei ũndũ ũyũ ũtuĩke nĩguo mũkũũhooreria naguo.
Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
3 Ngirĩrĩriai na niĩ njarie, na ndaarĩkia kwaria-rĩ, mũgĩcooke mũũnyũrũrie.
Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.
4 “Niĩ-rĩ, kaĩ mateta makwa meerekeirio mũndũ? Ngũkĩaga kũremwo nĩ gũkirĩrĩria nĩkĩ?
Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
5 Ta ndorai mũgege; mwĩnyiite tũnua twanyu na moko nĩ kũmaka.
Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth.
6 Ndĩciiragia ũhoro ũyũ ngamaka mũno; ngethithimũkwo nĩ mwĩrĩ, ngambĩrĩria kũinaina.
As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Atĩrĩ, andũ arĩa aaganu marekagwo matũũre muoyo nĩkĩ, magakũra o na magakĩrĩrĩria kũgĩa na ũhoti?
Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?
8 Nĩmeonagĩra ciana ciao ikĩgaacĩra kũu marĩ, makoona rũciaro rwao rũkĩĩhaanda mbere ya maitho mao.
Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children’s children in their sight.
9 Mĩciĩ yao ĩikaraga ĩgitĩirwo na ĩtarĩ na guoya; naruo rũthanju rwa Ngai rũtimahũũraga.
Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
10 Ndegwa ciao itiagaga kũgwatia; ngʼombe ciao iciaraga, na itihunaga.
Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
11 Moimagaragia twana twao tũingĩ o ta rũũru; ciana icio ciao ikaina igĩtũrũhaga.
Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
12 Nao o ene mainaga makĩhũũraga tũhembe na inanda cia mũgeeto; mekenagia na mũgambo wa mũtũrirũ.
They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. (Sheol h7585)
14 Na no-o meeraga Mũrungu atĩrĩ, ‘Thiĩ! Tigana na ithuĩ! Tũtikwenda kũmenya njĩra ciaku.
Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩwe ũ, atĩ nĩguo tũmũtungatagĩre? Tũkũgunĩka nakĩ tũngĩmũhooya?’
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
16 No rĩrĩ, kũgaacĩra kwao gũtirĩ moko-inĩ mao ene, nĩ ũndũ ũcio niĩ njikaraga haraaya na kĩrĩra kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu.
Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
17 “Na rĩrĩ, nĩ maita maigana tawa wa arĩa aaganu ũhoragio? Nĩ maita maigana makoragwo nĩ mũtino, na nĩ maita maigana Ngai amagayagĩra ruo nĩ kũmarakarĩra?
How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
18 Nĩ maita maigana matuĩkaga ta nyeki nyũmũ ĩkũhurutwo nĩ rũhuho, o na kana ta maragara marĩa mombũragwo nĩ kĩhuhũkanio?
They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
19 Kuugagwo atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai aigagĩra ciana iherithia rĩa ithe wao.’ No rĩrĩ, nĩ kaba Ngai aherithie mũndũ ũcio we mwene, nĩguo amenye nĩehĩtie!
God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
20 Maitho make nĩmeyonere mwanangĩko wake mwene; nĩarekwo akunde mangʼũrĩ ma Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 Nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, anga no eetangaga ha ũhoro wa andũ ake arĩa agaatiga na thuutha, matukũ make maathira?
For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
22 “Nĩ kũrĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe ũngĩhota kũruta Mũrungu atĩ nĩguo agĩe na ũmenyo, kuona atĩ Mũrungu nĩwe ũtuanagĩra ciira, o na agatuĩra arĩa atũũgĩirie mũno?
Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?
23 Nĩ kũrĩ mũndũ ũkuuaga arĩ na hinya wake wothe, arĩ mũgitĩre wega biũ, na arĩ na thayũ,
One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
24 mwĩrĩ wake ũheetwo irio wega, na mahĩndĩ ma mĩthiimo yake marĩ o maigũ.
His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 Mũndũ ũngĩ agakua arĩ na marũrũ ma ngoro, atarĩ aakenera kĩndũ kĩega o na kĩ.
But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
26 Makomaga o ro ũndũ ũmwe tĩĩri-inĩ, na eerĩ-rĩ, igunyũ ikamahumbĩra.
And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
27 “Niĩ nĩnjũũĩ wega ũrĩa mũreciiria, ngamenya mathugunda manyu maakũhĩtĩria namo.
Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me.
28 Mũrooria atĩrĩ, ‘Rĩu nyũmba ya mũndũ ũrĩa mũnene ĩkĩrĩ ha, na hema ĩrĩa andũ aaganu maratũũraga-rĩ, ĩkĩrĩ ha?’
For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 Kaĩ mũtarĩ muoria andũ arĩa mathiiaga ngʼendo? Kaĩ mũtarũmbũyagia ũrĩa mamwĩraga:
Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.
30 atĩ mũndũ ũrĩa mwaganu nĩ aiguagĩrwo tha mũthenya wa mũtino, atĩ nĩahonokagio mũthenya wa mangʼũrĩ?
Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
31 Nũũ ũreganaga na mĩtugo ya mũndũ mwaganu maitho-inĩ make? Nũũ ũmũrĩhagia kũringana na maũndũ marĩa aaneka?
Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 Atwaragwo mbĩrĩra-inĩ, nayo mbĩrĩra yake ĩkarangagĩrwo.
He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
33 Tĩĩri wa gĩtuamba nĩũrĩ mũrĩo harĩ we; andũ othe nĩwe marũmagĩrĩra, na kĩrĩndĩ gĩtangĩtarĩka gĩgathiiaga mbere yake.
He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.
34 “Mwakĩhota atĩa kũũhooreria na ndeto cia tũhũ? Hatirĩ kĩndũ gĩtigaru harĩ macookio manyu tiga o maheeni!”
How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth?
