Ayubu 36
1 Elihu agĩthiĩ na mbere kwaria, akiuga atĩrĩ:
And Elihu adds and says:
2 “Ngirĩrĩria hanini, na nĩngũkuonia atĩ harĩ maũndũ mangĩ mangiugwo ma gũciirĩrĩra Ngai.
“Honor me a little, and I show you, That yet for God [are] words.
3 Ũmenyo wakwa ndĩũrutĩte kũraihu; niĩ ngũtũũgĩria kĩhooto kĩa ũcio Mũnyũũmbi.
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 Menya wega atĩ ndeto ciakwa ti cia maheeni; ũyũ mũrĩ nake arĩ na ũmenyo mũkinyanĩru.
For my words [are] truly not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
5 “Mũrungu nĩwe mwene hinya, no ndairaga andũ; we nĩ mwene hinya, na nĩarũmagia muoroto wake.
Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
6 Ndatũũragia arĩa aaganu muoyo, no nĩaheaga arĩa anyariire kĩhooto kĩao.
He does not revive the wicked, And appoints the judgment of the poor;
7 Ndeheragia maitho make harĩ arĩa athingu; amaikaragĩria gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene hamwe na athamaki, na akamatũũgĩria nginya tene.
He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, And [from] kings on the throne, And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,
8 No rĩrĩ, andũ mangĩkorwo mohetwo na mĩnyororo, makanyiitio na mĩhĩndo ya mĩnyamaro,
And if prisoners in chains They are captured with cords of affliction,
9 we nĩameeraga ũrĩa mekĩte, atĩ mehĩtie na ũtũrĩka.
Then He declares to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
10 We nĩatũmaga mathikĩrĩrie ũtaaro, na akamaatha merire ũũru wao.
And He uncovers their ear for instruction, And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
11 Mangĩmwathĩkĩra na mamũtungatĩre, megũtũũra matukũ mao marĩa matigaru magaacĩire, na mĩaka yao o maiganĩire.
If they hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
12 No mangĩaga kũigua, nĩmakaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, na makue matarĩ na ũmenyo.
And if they do not listen, They pass away by the dart, And expire without knowledge.
13 “Arĩa matarĩ na Ngai ngoro-inĩ meiigagĩra marakara; o na rĩrĩa aramooha na mĩnyororo, matikayaga mateithio.
And the profane in heart set the face, They do not cry when He has bound them.
14 Makuuaga marĩ ethĩ, magakua hamwe na arũme arĩa maraya ma mahooero-inĩ.
Their soul dies in youth, And their life among the defiled.
15 No arĩa mathĩĩnĩkaga, nĩamakũũraga kuuma thĩĩna-inĩ wao; nĩamaragĩria marĩ mĩnyamaro-inĩ.
He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovers their ear in oppression.
16 “We-rĩ, nĩarakũguucĩrĩria uume magego-inĩ ma mĩnyamaro, agũtware handũ haariĩ hatarĩ na ũkunderu, na agũtware akũhurũkie metha-inĩ yaku ĩiyũrĩte irio iria njega.
And He also moved you from a narrow place [To] a broad place—no constriction under it, And the sitting beyond of your table has been full of fatness.
17 No rĩu-rĩ, ũtitikithĩtio ituĩro rĩrĩa rĩagĩrĩire arĩa aaganu; ituĩro rĩa ciira na kĩhooto nĩcigũkumbatĩte.
And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
18 Wĩmenyerere mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ndakanakũheenererie na ũtonga; ndũgetĩkĩrie ihaki inene rĩkũhĩtithie njĩra.
Lest He move you with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
19 Ũtonga waku o na kana kĩyo gĩaku kĩnene-rĩ, no ikũnyiitĩrĩre nĩguo ndũgatoonye mĩnyamaro-inĩ?
Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.
20 Tiga kwĩrirĩria ũtukũ, nĩguo ũguucũrũrie andũ kuuma kwao mĩciĩ.
Do not desire the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
21 Wĩmenyerere ndũkeerekere ũũru-inĩ, tondũ ũkuoneka taarĩ guo wendete gũkĩra gũthĩĩnĩka.
Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, For you have fixed on this Rather than [on] affliction.
22 “Mũrungu nĩatũgĩrĩtio nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoti wake. Nũũ mũrutani take?
Behold, God sits on high by His power, Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
23 Nũũ ũmwathĩrĩire njĩra ciake, kana akamwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Wee nĩwĩkĩte ũũru’?
Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?
24 Ririkanaga gwĩkĩrĩra wĩra wake, ũrĩa andũ manakumia na rwĩmbo.
Remember that you magnify His work That men have beheld.
25 Andũ othe nĩmawonete; andũ mawĩroragĩra marĩ o kũraya.
All men have looked on it, Man looks attentively from afar.
26 Ĩ Mũrungu ndakĩrĩ mũnene; nĩ mũnene gũkĩra ũmenyi witũ! Mũigana wa mĩaka yake ndũngĩtuĩrĩka.
Behold, God [is] high, And we do not know the number of His years, Indeed, there [is] no searching.
27 “Ambatagia matata ma maaĩ, marĩa macookaga gũtaatĩra tũrũũĩ ta mbura;
When He diminishes droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapor,
28 matu magaita ũigũ wamo, nayo mbura nyingĩ ĩkoirĩra andũ.
Which clouds drop, They distill on man abundantly.
29 Nũũ ũngĩmenya ũrĩa atambũrũkagia matu, kana ũhoro wa marurumĩ marĩa moimaga hema-inĩ yake?
Indeed, do [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
30 Kĩone ũrĩa ahurunjaga rũheni rwake rũkamũthiũrũrũkĩria, agathambia iria kũrĩa kũriku.
Behold, He has spread His light over it, And He has covered the roots of the sea,
31 Ũũ nĩguo aathaga ndũrĩrĩ na akaheana irio nyingĩ.
For He judges peoples by them, He gives food in abundance.
32 Akumbatagĩria rũheni na moko make, na akarwatha rũringe kĩrĩa kĩorotetwo.
By two palms He has covered the light, And lays a charge over it in meeting,
33 Marurumĩ make nĩmanagĩrĩra kĩhuhũkanio kĩrĩa kĩroka; o na ngʼombe nĩimenyithanagia atĩ kũrĩ kĩhuhũkanio kĩroka.
His shout shows it, The livestock also, the rising [storm].”
