Ayubu 22
1 Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
2 “Mũndũ aahota kũguna Mũrungu? O na mũndũ mũũgĩ-rĩ, akĩhota kũmũguna?
May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
3 Nĩ gĩkeno kĩrĩkũ ũthingu waku ũngĩrehere Mwene-Hinya-Wothe? Nĩ uumithio ũrĩkũ angĩgĩa naguo angĩkorwo mĩthiĩre yaku ndĩrĩ ũcuuke?
Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?
4 “Arakũrũithia na agagũthitanga nĩ ũndũ wa wĩtigĩri Ngai waku?
Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
5 Githĩ waganu waku ti mũnene? Mehia maku-rĩ, makĩrĩ mũthia?
Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
6 Wetirie ũgitĩri kuuma kũrĩ ariũ a thoguo hatarĩ gĩtũmi; nĩwaũrire andũ nguo, ũkĩmatiga njaga.
For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
7 Arĩa anogu ndwamaheire maaĩ, na nĩwaimire arĩa ahũtu irio,
To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
8 o na gũtuĩka warĩ mũndũ ũrĩ hinya, ũrĩ na mĩgũnda: mũndũ ũheetwo gĩtĩĩo, na watũũraga kuo.
But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
9 Nĩwaingatire atumia a ndigwa matarĩ na kĩndũ, na ũkĩniina hinya wa arĩa matarĩ na maithe.
Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
10 Nĩkĩo ũthiũrũrũkĩirio nĩ mĩtego, nĩkĩo thĩĩna wa narua ũkũmakagia,
Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:
11 nĩkĩo ũtumanĩirwo nĩ nduma, ũkaremwo nĩkuona, na nokĩo mũiyũro wa maaĩ ũkũhubanĩirie.
Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
12 “Githĩ Ngai ndarĩ o kũu igũrũ o igũrũ? O na ta kĩone ũrĩa njata iria irĩ igũrũ mũno itũũgĩrĩte!
Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
13 No rĩrĩ, wee ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩ atĩa angĩmenya? No atuanĩre ciira nduma-inĩ ta ĩno?
But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
14 Matu matumanu nĩmamũhumbĩrĩte, nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndangĩtuona rĩrĩa egũceera kũu igũrũ gacũmbĩrĩ.’
The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
15 Ũgũtũũra ũgeraga o njĩra ya tene ĩrĩa andũ aaganu managerera?
Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
16 Nĩmahuririo ihinda rĩao rĩtanakinya, mĩthingi yao ĩgĩthererio nĩ mũiyũro wa maaĩ.
Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
17 Nao meerire Mũrungu atĩrĩ, ‘Tigana na ithuĩ! Mwene-Hinya-Wothe-rĩ, angĩtwĩka atĩa?’
Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
18 No rĩrĩ, nĩwe waiyũririe nyũmba ciao na indo njega, nĩ ũndũ ũcio niĩ njikaraga haraaya na kĩrĩra kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu.
Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
19 “Andũ arĩa athingu nĩmeyonagĩra mwanangĩko wa acio aaganu, magakena; arĩa matarĩ na ũũru mekĩte mamanyũrũragia makiugaga atĩrĩ:
The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
20 ‘Ti-itherũ thũ ciitũ nĩnyanange, mwaki nĩũcinĩte ũtonga wao.’
Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
21 “Athĩkĩra Ngai ũikare ũrĩ na thayũ nake, ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo ũgaakũrehere ũgaacĩru.
Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
22 Ĩtĩkĩra ũrutani wa kanua gake, na ũige ciugo ciake ngoro-inĩ yaku.
Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.
23 Ũngĩcookerera ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩegũkwamũkĩra; ũngĩeheria waganu kũraya na hema yaku,
If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
24 na ũte ngũmba ciaku cia thahabu rũkũngũ-inĩ, na thahabu yaku ya Ofiri ũmĩte na kũu ndwaro-inĩ cia mahiga kũu mũkuru-inĩ,
Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
25 hĩndĩ ĩyo ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe agaatuĩka thahabu yaku, na atuĩke betha ĩrĩa njega mũno harĩ we.
Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
26 Ti-itherũ, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũkona gĩkeno thĩinĩ wa ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, na nĩũgatiirĩra Ngai ũthiũ waku.
And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
27 Nĩũkamũhooya, nake nĩagakũigua, nawe nĩũkahingia mĩĩhĩtwa yaku.
Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
28 Ũrĩa watua wĩkwo nĩguo ũrĩkagwo, naguo ũtheri nĩ ũkaara njĩra-inĩ ciaku.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
29 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ angĩ manyiihio, nawe ũkoiga, ‘Nĩmatũũgĩrio!’ Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩakahonokia arĩa makuĩte ngoro.
When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
30 Nĩakahonokia o na ũrĩa ũrĩ na ũcuuke, ahonokio nĩ ũndũ wa ũtheru wa moko maku.”
The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
