Ayubu 3
1 Thuutha wa matukũ macio, Ayubu agĩtumũra kanua, akĩruma mũthenya ũrĩa aaciarirwo.
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
2 Akiuga atĩrĩ:
saying,
3 “Mũthenya ũrĩa niĩ ndaciarirwo ũroora, o na ũtukũ ũcio kwerirwo atĩrĩ, ‘Mũtumia nĩaciara mwana wa kahĩĩ!’
Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they said, Behold a boy!
4 Mũthenya ũcio-rĩ, ũrotuĩka o nduma; Ngai arĩ igũrũ aroaga kũũrũmbũiya; mũthenya ũcio ũroaga gũthererwo nĩ ũtheri.
Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.
5 Mũthenya ũcio ũrokĩĩnyiitĩrwo nĩ nduma nene na kĩĩruru gĩa gĩkuũ; ũrohumbĩrwo nĩ itu; nduma ĩrotooria ũtheri waguo.
But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;
6 Ũtukũ ũcio-rĩ, ũronyiitwo nĩ nduma ndumanu; ũroaga gũtaranĩrio na mĩthenya ĩrĩa ĩngĩ ya mwaka, o na kana ũtarwo harĩ mweri o na ũrĩkũ.
let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.
7 Ũtukũ ũcio ũrothaata; o na gũtikanoigwo ngemi ũtukũ ũcio.
But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.
8 Arĩa marumaga mĩthenya maroruma mũthenya ũcio, o acio moĩ kwarahũra nyamũ ĩrĩa ĩĩtagwo Leviathani.
But let him that curses that day curse it, [even] he that is ready to attack the great whale.
9 Njata ciaguo cia rũciinĩ irotuĩka nduma; ũroeterera ũtheri na wage kũwona, o na ũroaga kuona ruoro rũgĩtema,
Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain [dark], and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:
10 nĩ ũndũ ndũigana kũhinga mĩrango ya nda ya maitũ, na ndũigana kũgirĩrĩria maitho makwa kuona thĩĩna.
because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for [so] it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.
11 “Ndaagire gũkua ngĩciarwo nĩkĩ? Ndaagire gũkua ngiuma nda nĩkĩ?
For why died I not in the belly? and [why] did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?
12 Ndaamũkĩrirwo maru-inĩ nĩkĩ? Ndaamũkĩrirwo nyondo-inĩ atĩ nĩguo nyongithio nĩkĩ?
and why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?
13 Nĩgũkorwo rĩu ingĩkomete ndĩ na thayũ; rĩu ingĩrĩ toro hurũkĩte
Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest,
14 hamwe na athamaki na aheani kĩrĩra a gũkũ thĩ arĩa meeyakĩire kũndũ kũrĩa kwanangĩku rĩngĩ,
with kings [and] councillors of the earth, who gloried in [their] swords;
15 o hamwe na aathani arĩa maarĩ na thahabu, o arĩa maiyũrĩtie nyũmba ciao betha.
or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Ningĩ-rĩ, nĩ kĩĩ kĩagiririe thikwo tĩĩri-inĩ ta kĩhuno o na kana ta gakenge karĩa gatoonire ũtheri wa riũa?
or [I should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.
17 Kũu andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmatigĩte kũnyamarĩka, na kũu arĩa anogu nĩmahurũkĩte.
There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.
18 Kũu-rĩ, mĩgwate o nayo nĩĩkenagĩra kwaraha kwayo; nĩĩtigĩte kũigua kĩgũthũko kĩa nyabaara ya ngombo.
And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice.
19 Andũ arĩa anini na arĩa anene othe marĩ kuo, nayo ngombo nĩĩrekereirio kuuma kũrĩ mũmĩathi.
The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord.
20 “Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga andũ arĩa marĩ na mĩnyamaro maheo ũtheri, naguo muoyo ũkaheo arĩa marĩ na ruo rwa ngoro,
For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to those souls which are in griefs?
21 o acio meriragĩria gĩkuũ na gĩtingĩũka, o arĩa magĩcaragia gũkĩra kĩndũ kĩa goro kĩrĩa kĩhithe,
who desire death, and obtain it not, digging [for it] as [for] treasures;
22 acio maiyũragwo nĩ gĩkeno magakena maakinya mbĩrĩra?
and would be very joyful if they should gain it?
23 Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga muoyo ũheo mũndũ ũũrĩte njĩra, o ũcio mũhingĩrĩrie nĩ Ngai?
Death [is] rest to [such] a man, for God has hedged him in.
24 Nĩ ũndũ handũ ha ndĩe irio, no kuumwo nyumagwo nĩ ngoro; nakuo gũcaaya gwakwa gũitĩkaga ta maaĩ.
For my groaning comes before my food, and I weep being beset with terror.
25 Ũndũ ũrĩa ndeetigagĩra nĩũngorete; ũndũ ũrĩa wamakagia mũno nĩguo ũnginyĩrĩire.
For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I had feared has befallen me.
26 Ndionaga thayũ, o na kana ngahoorera; ndionaga ũhurũko, no mĩnyamaro.”
I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest; yet wrath came upon me.
