Ayubu 21
1 Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 “Thikĩrĩriai wega ciugo ciakwa; rekei ũndũ ũyũ ũtuĩke nĩguo mũkũũhooreria naguo.
Hear ye patiently my words, and let this be your consolation:
3 Ngirĩrĩriai na niĩ njarie, na ndaarĩkia kwaria-rĩ, mũgĩcooke mũũnyũrũrie.
Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock!
4 “Niĩ-rĩ, kaĩ mateta makwa meerekeirio mũndũ? Ngũkĩaga kũremwo nĩ gũkirĩrĩria nĩkĩ?
Did, I, unto man, make my complaint? Wherefore, then, should my spirit not be impatient?
5 Ta ndorai mũgege; mwĩnyiite tũnua twanyu na moko nĩ kũmaka.
Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth!
6 Ndĩciiragia ũhoro ũyũ ngamaka mũno; ngethithimũkwo nĩ mwĩrĩ, ngambĩrĩria kũinaina.
When I call to mind, then am I dismayed, and there seizeth my flesh a shuddering: —
7 Atĩrĩ, andũ arĩa aaganu marekagwo matũũre muoyo nĩkĩ, magakũra o na magakĩrĩrĩria kũgĩa na ũhoti?
Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?
8 Nĩmeonagĩra ciana ciao ikĩgaacĩra kũu marĩ, makoona rũciaro rwao rũkĩĩhaanda mbere ya maitho mao.
Their seed, is established in their sight, along with them, yea their offspring, before their eyes;
9 Mĩciĩ yao ĩikaraga ĩgitĩirwo na ĩtarĩ na guoya; naruo rũthanju rwa Ngai rũtimahũũraga.
Their houses, are at peace, without dread, neither is, the rod of GOD, upon them;
10 Ndegwa ciao itiagaga kũgwatia; ngʼombe ciao iciaraga, na itihunaga.
His bull, covereth, and causeth not aversion, His cow safely calveth, and casteth not her young;
11 Moimagaragia twana twao tũingĩ o ta rũũru; ciana icio ciao ikaina igĩtũrũhaga.
They send forth—like a flock—their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;
12 Nao o ene mainaga makĩhũũraga tũhembe na inanda cia mũgeeto; mekenagia na mũgambo wa mũtũrirũ.
They rejoice aloud as [with] timbrel and lyre, and make merry to the sound of the pipe;
They complete, in prosperity, their days, and, in a moment to hades, they sink down. (Sheol h7585)
14 Na no-o meeraga Mũrungu atĩrĩ, ‘Thiĩ! Tigana na ithuĩ! Tũtikwenda kũmenya njĩra ciaku.
Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.
15 Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩwe ũ, atĩ nĩguo tũmũtungatagĩre? Tũkũgunĩka nakĩ tũngĩmũhooya?’
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?
16 No rĩrĩ, kũgaacĩra kwao gũtirĩ moko-inĩ mao ene, nĩ ũndũ ũcio niĩ njikaraga haraaya na kĩrĩra kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu.
Lo! not in their own hand, is their welfare, The counsel of lawless men, is 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 oft, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out, and their calamity, cometh upon them, Sorrows, apportioneth he in his anger;
18 Nĩ maita maigana matuĩkaga ta nyeki nyũmũ ĩkũhurutwo nĩ rũhuho, o na kana ta maragara marĩa mombũragwo nĩ kĩhuhũkanio?
They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
19 Kuugagwo atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai aigagĩra ciana iherithia rĩa ithe wao.’ No rĩrĩ, nĩ kaba Ngai aherithie mũndũ ũcio we mwene, nĩguo amenye nĩehĩtie!
Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it;
20 Maitho make nĩmeyonere mwanangĩko wake mwene; nĩarekwo akunde mangʼũrĩ ma Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
His own eyes, shall see his misfortune, and, the wrath of the Almighty, shall he drink.
21 Nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, anga no eetangaga ha ũhoro wa andũ ake arĩa agaatiga na thuutha, matukũ make maathira?
For what shall be his pleasure in his house after him, when, the number of his months, is cut in twain?
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?
Is it, to GOD, one can teach knowledge, seeing that, he, shall judge, them who are on high?
23 Nĩ kũrĩ mũndũ ũkuuaga arĩ na hinya wake wothe, arĩ mũgitĩre wega biũ, na arĩ na thayũ,
This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;
24 mwĩrĩ wake ũheetwo irio wega, na mahĩndĩ ma mĩthiimo yake marĩ o maigũ.
His veins, are filled with nourishment, and, the marrow of his bones, is fresh;
25 Mũndũ ũngĩ agakua arĩ na marũrũ ma ngoro, atarĩ aakenera kĩndũ kĩega o na kĩ.
Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune:
26 Makomaga o ro ũndũ ũmwe tĩĩri-inĩ, na eerĩ-rĩ, igunyũ ikamahumbĩra.
Together, in the dust, they lie down, and, the worm, spreadeth a covering over them.
27 “Niĩ nĩnjũũĩ wega ũrĩa mũreciiria, ngamenya mathugunda manyu maakũhĩtĩria namo.
Lo! I know your plans, and the devices, wherewith ye would do me violence!
28 Mũrooria atĩrĩ, ‘Rĩu nyũmba ya mũndũ ũrĩa mũnene ĩkĩrĩ ha, na hema ĩrĩa andũ aaganu maratũũraga-rĩ, ĩkĩrĩ ha?’
For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? And where the dwelling-tent of the lawless?
29 Kaĩ mũtarĩ muoria andũ arĩa mathiiaga ngʼendo? Kaĩ mũtarũmbũyagia ũrĩa mamwĩraga:
Have ye not asked the passers-by in the way? And, their signs, can ye not recognise?
30 atĩ mũndũ ũrĩa mwaganu nĩ aiguagĩrwo tha mũthenya wa mũtino, atĩ nĩahonokagio mũthenya wa mangʼũrĩ?
That, to the day of calamity, is the wicked reserved, to the day of indignant visitation, are they led.
31 Nũũ ũreganaga na mĩtugo ya mũndũ mwaganu maitho-inĩ make? Nũũ ũmũrĩhagia kũringana na maũndũ marĩa aaneka?
Who can declare—to his face—his way? And, what, he, hath done, who shall recompense to him?
32 Atwaragwo mbĩrĩra-inĩ, nayo mbĩrĩra yake ĩkarangagĩrwo.
Yet, he, to the graves, is borne, and, over the tomb, one keepeth watch;
33 Tĩĩri wa gĩtuamba nĩũrĩ mũrĩo harĩ we; andũ othe nĩwe marũmagĩrĩra, na kĩrĩndĩ gĩtangĩtarĩka gĩgathiiaga mbere yake.
Pleasant to him are the mounds of the torrent-bed, —and, after him, doth every man march, as, before him, there were without number.
34 “Mwakĩhota atĩa kũũhooreria na ndeto cia tũhũ? Hatirĩ kĩndũ gĩtigaru harĩ macookio manyu tiga o maheeni!”
How then should ye comfort me with vanity, since, as for your replies, there lurketh, [in them] treachery?
