Ayubu 23
1 Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
Then answered Job, and said,
2 “O na ũmũthĩ gũteta gwakwa no kũrũrũ; guoko gwake nĩkũnditũhĩire o na ngĩcaayaga ũguo.
Even now is my complaint bitter: my suffering is heavier than my groans.
3 Naarĩ korwo nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ingĩmuona; Naarĩ korwo no hote gũthiĩ kũrĩa aikaraga!
Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
4 Ingĩĩyarĩrĩria harĩ we, njiyũrie kanua gakwa ihooto.
I would put in order before him my cause, and my mouth would I fill with arguments.
5 No nyende kũmenya ũrĩa angĩĩnjookeria, ndĩcũũranie ũrĩa angĩnjĩĩra.
I should know the words which he might answer me, and understand what he might say unto me.
6 No anjũkĩrĩre na ũhoti wake mũnene? Aca, ndangĩhatĩrĩria na thitango.
Would he with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge.
7 Hau-rĩ, mũndũ mũrũngĩrĩru no atware ciira wake mbere yake, na niĩ njohorithio kuuma kũrĩ mũnjiirithia nginya tene.
There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.
8 “No rĩrĩ, ingĩthiĩ mwena wa irathĩro, we ndarĩ kuo; ingĩthiĩ mwena wa ithũĩro, ndiramuona.
But, lo, I go eastward—and he is not there; and to the west— and I cannot perceive him;
9 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa arĩ wĩra-inĩ mwena wa gathigathini, ndimuonaga; rĩrĩa athiĩ mwena wa gũthini, ndimuonaga o na hanini.
When he doth great things at the north, I behold him not; he hideth himself in the south—and I see him not.
10 Nowe-rĩ, nĩooĩ njĩra ĩrĩa ngeragĩra; aarĩkia kũngeria, ngoima haana o ta thahabu.
But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold.
11 Magũrũ makwa moimĩte makinya make thuutha; nũmagĩrĩra njĩra yake itekwahũka na mwena.
On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.
12 Niĩ nditiganĩirie maathani ma mĩromo yake; njĩkĩrĩire ciugo cia kanua gake gũkĩra irio ciakwa cia o mũthenya.
From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.
13 “No rĩrĩ, arũgamaga arĩ o wiki; nũũ ũngĩhota kũregana nake? Ekaga o ũrĩa ekwenda.
But he is unchangeably one, and who can turn him? And what his will desireth, even that he doth.
14 Ahingagia ũndũ ũrĩa anduĩrĩire, na arĩ o na mĩbango mĩingĩ ta ĩyo anjigĩire.
For he will bring to completion what hath been destined for me: and like these hath he many other things with him.
15 Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩtũmĩte nyiitwo nĩ kĩmako ndĩ mbere yake; ndeciiria maũndũ macio mothe-rĩ, ngamwĩtigĩra.
Therefore am I terrified at his presence: I will reflect, and be in dread of him.
16 Mũrungu nĩatũmĩte ngoro yakwa yũrwo nĩ hinya; ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩatũmĩte nyiitwo nĩ guoya.
Still God hath made timid my heart, and the Almighty hath terrified me;
17 No rĩrĩ, ndikirĩtio nĩ nduma, ĩĩ nduma ĩyo ndumanu ĩhumbĩrĩte ũthiũ wakwa.
Because I was not destroyed before this darkness, and because he hath not hidden from my face [this] gloom.
