Ayubu 23
1 Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
Bvt Iob answered and sayd,
2 “O na ũmũthĩ gũteta gwakwa no kũrũrũ; guoko gwake nĩkũnditũhĩire o na ngĩcaayaga ũguo.
Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,
3 Naarĩ korwo nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ingĩmuona; Naarĩ korwo no hote gũthiĩ kũrĩa aikaraga!
Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
4 Ingĩĩyarĩrĩria harĩ we, njiyũrie kanua gakwa ihooto.
I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 No nyende kũmenya ũrĩa angĩĩnjookeria, ndĩcũũranie ũrĩa angĩnjĩĩra.
I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
6 No anjũkĩrĩre na ũhoti wake mũnene? Aca, ndangĩhatĩrĩria na thitango.
Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
7 Hau-rĩ, mũndũ mũrũngĩrĩru no atware ciira wake mbere yake, na niĩ njohorithio kuuma kũrĩ mũnjiirithia nginya tene.
There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
8 “No rĩrĩ, ingĩthiĩ mwena wa irathĩro, we ndarĩ kuo; ingĩthiĩ mwena wa ithũĩro, ndiramuona.
Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:
9 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa arĩ wĩra-inĩ mwena wa gathigathini, ndimuonaga; rĩrĩa athiĩ mwena wa gũthini, ndimuonaga o na hanini.
If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.
10 Nowe-rĩ, nĩooĩ njĩra ĩrĩa ngeragĩra; aarĩkia kũngeria, ngoima haana o ta thahabu.
But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.
11 Magũrũ makwa moimĩte makinya make thuutha; nũmagĩrĩra njĩra yake itekwahũka na mwena.
My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
12 Niĩ nditiganĩirie maathani ma mĩromo yake; njĩkĩrĩire ciugo cia kanua gake gũkĩra irio ciakwa cia o mũthenya.
Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
13 “No rĩrĩ, arũgamaga arĩ o wiki; nũũ ũngĩhota kũregana nake? Ekaga o ũrĩa ekwenda.
Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.
14 Ahingagia ũndũ ũrĩa anduĩrĩire, na arĩ o na mĩbango mĩingĩ ta ĩyo anjigĩire.
For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.
15 Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩtũmĩte nyiitwo nĩ kĩmako ndĩ mbere yake; ndeciiria maũndũ macio mothe-rĩ, ngamwĩtigĩra.
Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.
16 Mũrungu nĩatũmĩte ngoro yakwa yũrwo nĩ hinya; ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩatũmĩte nyiitwo nĩ guoya.
For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.
17 No rĩrĩ, ndikirĩtio nĩ nduma, ĩĩ nduma ĩyo ndumanu ĩhumbĩrĩte ũthiũ wakwa.
For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
