Ayubu 22
1 Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 “Mũndũ aahota kũguna Mũrungu? O na mũndũ mũũgĩ-rĩ, akĩhota kũmũguna?
Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
3 Nĩ gĩkeno kĩrĩkũ ũthingu waku ũngĩrehere Mwene-Hinya-Wothe? Nĩ uumithio ũrĩkũ angĩgĩa naguo angĩkorwo mĩthiĩre yaku ndĩrĩ ũcuuke?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 “Arakũrũithia na agagũthitanga nĩ ũndũ wa wĩtigĩri Ngai waku?
Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
5 Githĩ waganu waku ti mũnene? Mehia maku-rĩ, makĩrĩ mũthia?
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
6 Wetirie ũgitĩri kuuma kũrĩ ariũ a thoguo hatarĩ gĩtũmi; nĩwaũrire andũ nguo, ũkĩmatiga njaga.
For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
7 Arĩa anogu ndwamaheire maaĩ, na nĩwaimire arĩa ahũtu irio,
Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 o na gũtuĩka warĩ mũndũ ũrĩ hinya, ũrĩ na mĩgũnda: mũndũ ũheetwo gĩtĩĩo, na watũũraga kuo.
But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
9 Nĩwaingatire atumia a ndigwa matarĩ na kĩndũ, na ũkĩniina hinya wa arĩa matarĩ na maithe.
Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Nĩkĩo ũthiũrũrũkĩirio nĩ mĩtego, nĩkĩo thĩĩna wa narua ũkũmakagia,
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11 nĩkĩo ũtumanĩirwo nĩ nduma, ũkaremwo nĩkuona, na nokĩo mũiyũro wa maaĩ ũkũhubanĩirie.
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
12 “Githĩ Ngai ndarĩ o kũu igũrũ o igũrũ? O na ta kĩone ũrĩa njata iria irĩ igũrũ mũno itũũgĩrĩte!
Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
13 No rĩrĩ, wee ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩ atĩa angĩmenya? No atuanĩre ciira nduma-inĩ ta ĩno?
And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
14 Matu matumanu nĩmamũhumbĩrĩte, nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndangĩtuona rĩrĩa egũceera kũu igũrũ gacũmbĩrĩ.’
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
15 Ũgũtũũra ũgeraga o njĩra ya tene ĩrĩa andũ aaganu managerera?
Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
16 Nĩmahuririo ihinda rĩao rĩtanakinya, mĩthingi yao ĩgĩthererio nĩ mũiyũro wa maaĩ.
Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
17 Nao meerire Mũrungu atĩrĩ, ‘Tigana na ithuĩ! Mwene-Hinya-Wothe-rĩ, angĩtwĩka atĩa?’
Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
18 No rĩrĩ, nĩwe waiyũririe nyũmba ciao na indo njega, nĩ ũndũ ũcio niĩ njikaraga haraaya na kĩrĩra kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu.
Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 “Andũ arĩa athingu nĩmeyonagĩra mwanangĩko wa acio aaganu, magakena; arĩa matarĩ na ũũru mekĩte mamanyũrũragia makiugaga atĩrĩ:
The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20 ‘Ti-itherũ thũ ciitũ nĩnyanange, mwaki nĩũcinĩte ũtonga wao.’
Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
21 “Athĩkĩra Ngai ũikare ũrĩ na thayũ nake, ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo ũgaakũrehere ũgaacĩru.
Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22 Ĩtĩkĩra ũrutani wa kanua gake, na ũige ciugo ciake ngoro-inĩ yaku.
Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
23 Ũngĩcookerera ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩegũkwamũkĩra; ũngĩeheria waganu kũraya na hema yaku,
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
24 na ũte ngũmba ciaku cia thahabu rũkũngũ-inĩ, na thahabu yaku ya Ofiri ũmĩte na kũu ndwaro-inĩ cia mahiga kũu mũkuru-inĩ,
And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
25 hĩndĩ ĩyo ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe agaatuĩka thahabu yaku, na atuĩke betha ĩrĩa njega mũno harĩ we.
Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
26 Ti-itherũ, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũkona gĩkeno thĩinĩ wa ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, na nĩũgatiirĩra Ngai ũthiũ waku.
Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God:
27 Nĩũkamũhooya, nake nĩagakũigua, nawe nĩũkahingia mĩĩhĩtwa yaku.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
28 Ũrĩa watua wĩkwo nĩguo ũrĩkagwo, naguo ũtheri nĩ ũkaara njĩra-inĩ ciaku.
And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ angĩ manyiihio, nawe ũkoiga, ‘Nĩmatũũgĩrio!’ Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩakahonokia arĩa makuĩte ngoro.
When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
30 Nĩakahonokia o na ũrĩa ũrĩ na ũcuuke, ahonokio nĩ ũndũ wa ũtheru wa moko maku.”
[Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
