Ayubu 35
1 Ningĩ Elihu akiuga atĩrĩ:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 “Nĩũgwĩciiria ũhoro ũyũ nĩ wa kĩhooto? Ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩekũnjarĩrĩria atue ndiĩhĩtie.’
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
3 No rĩrĩ, wee no ũramũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Kũrĩ na uumithio ũrĩkũ harĩ niĩ, na ngũgunĩka nakĩ ndaaga kwĩhia?’
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
4 “No nyende gũgũcookeria ũhoro, wee hamwe na arata aku.
I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
5 Ta rora igũrũ wone; ta cũthĩrĩria matu macio marĩ igũrũ rĩaku kũraya mũno.
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
6 Ũngĩĩhia-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio ũngĩhutia Ngai atĩa? Mehia maku mangĩingĩha mũno-rĩ, ũndũ ũcio ũngĩmwĩka atĩa?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Ũngĩkorwo ũrĩ mũthingu-rĩ, ũngĩmũhe kĩĩ, kana nĩ kĩĩ aamũkagĩra kuuma guoko-inĩ gwaku?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
8 Waganu waku ũhutagia o mũndũ tawe, na ũthingu waku ũkahutia o ciana cia andũ.
Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
9 “Andũ makayaga nĩ icooki rĩa kũhinyĩrĩrio; mathaithanaga mateithũrwo guoko-inĩ kwa ũcio ũrĩ hinya mũingĩ.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
10 No gũtirĩ mũndũ uugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai ũrĩa wanyũũmbire arĩ ha, ũrĩa ũheaga mũndũ nyĩmbo ũtukũ,
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
11 ũrĩa ũtũrutaga maũndũ gũkĩra ũrĩa arutaga nyamũ cia werũ-inĩ, o na agatũhe ũũgĩ gũkĩra nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ?’
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
12 Ndacookagia rĩrĩa andũ maakaya nĩ ũndũ wa mwĩtũũgĩrio wa andũ arĩa aaganu.
There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ti-itherũ, Mũrungu ndathikagĩrĩria mathaithana mao ma tũhũ; ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ndarũmbũyagia mathaithana macio.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Githĩ ndakaaga gũthikĩrĩria mũno makĩria rĩrĩa ũkuuga atĩ ndũramuona, na atĩ ciira waku ũrĩ mbere yake, na no nginya ũmweterere,
Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
15 na makĩria ma ũguo ũkoiga atĩ marakara make matiherithanagia na ndarũmbũyagia waganu o na hanini!
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
16 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Ayubu atumũrĩte kanua gake akaaria ũhoro wa tũhũ; nĩarĩĩtie ndeto nyingĩ atarĩ na ũmenyo.”
For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
