Ayubu 22
1 Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
Then 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, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
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, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 “Arakũrũithia na agagũthitanga nĩ ũndũ wa wĩtigĩri Ngai waku?
Will he reprove 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 thy iniquities infinite?
6 Wetirie ũgitĩri kuuma kũrĩ ariũ a thoguo hatarĩ gĩtũmi; nĩwaũrire andũ nguo, ũkĩmatiga njaga.
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Arĩa anogu ndwamaheire maaĩ, na nĩwaimire arĩa ahũtu irio,
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
8 o na gũtuĩka warĩ mũndũ ũrĩ hinya, ũrĩ na mĩgũnda: mũndũ ũheetwo gĩtĩĩo, na watũũraga kuo.
But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
9 Nĩwaingatire atumia a ndigwa matarĩ na kĩndũ, na ũkĩniina hinya wa arĩa matarĩ na maithe.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Nĩkĩo ũthiũrũrũkĩirio nĩ mĩtego, nĩkĩo thĩĩna wa narua ũkũmakagia,
Therefore snares [are] around 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 abundance 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 hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
13 No rĩrĩ, wee ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩ atĩa angĩmenya? No atuanĩre ciira nduma-inĩ ta ĩno?
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can 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 in the circuit of heaven.
15 Ũgũtũũra ũgeraga o njĩra ya tene ĩrĩa andũ aaganu managerera?
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 Nĩmahuririo ihinda rĩao rĩtanakinya, mĩthingi yao ĩgĩthererio nĩ mũiyũro wa maaĩ.
Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
17 Nao meerire Mũrungu atĩrĩ, ‘Tigana na ithuĩ! Mwene-Hinya-Wothe-rĩ, angĩtwĩka atĩa?’
Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty 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 he filled their houses with good [things]: 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 deride them.
20 ‘Ti-itherũ thũ ciitũ nĩnyanange, mwaki nĩũcinĩte ũtonga wao.’
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
21 “Athĩkĩra Ngai ũikare ũrĩ na thayũ nake, ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo ũgaakũrehere ũgaacĩru.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
22 Ĩtĩkĩra ũrutani wa kanua gake, na ũige ciugo ciake ngoro-inĩ yaku.
Receive, I pray thee, the law 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 shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
24 na ũte ngũmba ciaku cia thahabu rũkũngũ-inĩ, na thahabu yaku ya Ofiri ũmĩte na kũu ndwaro-inĩ cia mahiga kũu mũkuru-inĩ,
Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25 hĩndĩ ĩyo ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe agaatuĩka thahabu yaku, na atuĩke betha ĩrĩa njega mũno harĩ we.
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
26 Ti-itherũ, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũkona gĩkeno thĩinĩ wa ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, na nĩũgatiirĩra Ngai ũthiũ waku.
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
27 Nĩũkamũhooya, nake nĩagakũigua, nawe nĩũkahingia mĩĩhĩtwa yaku.
Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
28 Ũrĩa watua wĩkwo nĩguo ũrĩkagwo, naguo ũtheri nĩ ũkaara njĩra-inĩ ciaku.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ angĩ manyiihio, nawe ũkoiga, ‘Nĩmatũũgĩrio!’ Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩakahonokia arĩa makuĩte ngoro.
When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
30 Nĩakahonokia o na ũrĩa ũrĩ na ũcuuke, ahonokio nĩ ũndũ wa ũtheru wa moko maku.”
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
