Ayubu 36
1 Elihu agĩthiĩ na mbere kwaria, akiuga atĩrĩ:
And Elihu added and said: —
2 “Ngirĩrĩria hanini, na nĩngũkuonia atĩ harĩ maũndũ mangĩ mangiugwo ma gũciirĩrĩra Ngai.
Restrain thyself for me a little, and I will shew thee, that, yet—for GOD, there is justification,
3 Ũmenyo wakwa ndĩũrutĩte kũraihu; niĩ ngũtũũgĩria kĩhooto kĩa ũcio Mũnyũũmbi.
I will bring my knowledge from afar, and, to my Maker, will I attribute righteousness.
4 Menya wega atĩ ndeto ciakwa ti cia maheeni; ũyũ mũrĩ nake arĩ na ũmenyo mũkinyanĩru.
For, of a truth—not false, are my words, One of competent knowledge, is with thee.
5 “Mũrungu nĩwe mwene hinya, no ndairaga andũ; we nĩ mwene hinya, na nĩarũmagia muoroto wake.
Lo! GOD, is mighty, yet will he not despise, Mighty in vigour of mind;
6 Ndatũũragia arĩa aaganu muoyo, no nĩaheaga arĩa anyariire kĩhooto kĩao.
He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;
7 Ndeheragia maitho make harĩ arĩa athingu; amaikaragĩria gĩtĩ kĩa ũnene hamwe na athamaki, na akamatũũgĩria nginya tene.
He will not withdraw—from a righteous one—his eyes, —but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.
8 No rĩrĩ, andũ mangĩkorwo mohetwo na mĩnyororo, makanyiitio na mĩhĩndo ya mĩnyamaro,
But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,
9 we nĩameeraga ũrĩa mekĩte, atĩ mehĩtie na ũtũrĩka.
Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions—that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;
10 We nĩatũmaga mathikĩrĩrie ũtaaro, na akamaatha merire ũũru wao.
Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said—that they should turn from iniquity.
11 Mangĩmwathĩkĩra na mamũtungatĩre, megũtũũra matukũ mao marĩa matigaru magaacĩire, na mĩaka yao o maiganĩire.
If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;
12 No mangĩaga kũigua, nĩmakaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, na makue matarĩ na ũmenyo.
But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
13 “Arĩa matarĩ na Ngai ngoro-inĩ meiigagĩra marakara; o na rĩrĩa aramooha na mĩnyororo, matikayaga mateithio.
Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.
14 Makuuaga marĩ ethĩ, magakua hamwe na arũme arĩa maraya ma mahooero-inĩ.
Their soul should die in youth, and their life, among the unclean.
15 No arĩa mathĩĩnĩkaga, nĩamakũũraga kuuma thĩĩna-inĩ wao; nĩamaragĩria marĩ mĩnyamaro-inĩ.
He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover—in oppression—their ear.
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.
Yea he might even have allured thee—out of the mouth of straitness, [into] a wide space—no narrowness there, —and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.
17 No rĩu-rĩ, ũtitikithĩtio ituĩro rĩrĩa rĩagĩrĩire arĩa aaganu; ituĩro rĩa ciira na kĩhooto nĩcigũkumbatĩte.
But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
18 Wĩmenyerere mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ndakanakũheenererie na ũtonga; ndũgetĩkĩrie ihaki inene rĩkũhĩtithie njĩra.
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
19 Ũtonga waku o na kana kĩyo gĩaku kĩnene-rĩ, no ikũnyiitĩrĩre nĩguo ndũgatoonye mĩnyamaro-inĩ?
Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Tiga kwĩrirĩria ũtukũ, nĩguo ũguucũrũrie andũ kuuma kwao mĩciĩ.
Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.
21 Wĩmenyerere ndũkeerekere ũũru-inĩ, tondũ ũkuoneka taarĩ guo wendete gũkĩra gũthĩĩnĩka.
Beware, do not turn unto iniquity, For, this, thou hast chosen rather than affliction.
22 “Mũrungu nĩatũgĩrĩtio nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoti wake. Nũũ mũrutani take?
Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?
23 Nũũ ũmwathĩrĩire njĩra ciake, kana akamwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Wee nĩwĩkĩte ũũru’?
Who enjoined on him his way? and who ever said, Thou hast wrought perversity?
24 Ririkanaga gwĩkĩrĩra wĩra wake, ũrĩa andũ manakumia na rwĩmbo.
Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung;
25 Andũ othe nĩmawonete; andũ mawĩroragĩra marĩ o kũraya.
Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.
26 Ĩ Mũrungu ndakĩrĩ mũnene; nĩ mũnene gũkĩra ũmenyi witũ! Mũigana wa mĩaka yake ndũngĩtuĩrĩka.
Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!
27 “Ambatagia matata ma maaĩ, marĩa macookaga gũtaatĩra tũrũũĩ ta mbura;
For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;
28 matu magaita ũigũ wamo, nayo mbura nyingĩ ĩkoirĩra andũ.
With which the clouds flow down, They drop on man in abundance.
29 Nũũ ũngĩmenya ũrĩa atambũrũkagia matu, kana ũhoro wa marurumĩ marĩa moimaga hema-inĩ yake?
But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
30 Kĩone ũrĩa ahurunjaga rũheni rwake rũkamũthiũrũrũkĩria, agathambia iria kũrĩa kũriku.
Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
31 Ũũ nĩguo aathaga ndũrĩrĩ na akaheana irio nyingĩ.
For, by those things, he executeth judgment on peoples, He giveth food in abundance:
32 Akumbatagĩria rũheni na moko make, na akarwatha rũringe kĩrĩa kĩorotetwo.
Upon both hands, he putteth a covering of lightning, and layeth command upon it against an assailant:
33 Marurumĩ make nĩmanagĩrĩra kĩhuhũkanio kĩrĩa kĩroka; o na ngʼombe nĩimenyithanagia atĩ kũrĩ kĩhuhũkanio kĩroka.
His rolling thunder telleth concerning him, —The cattle, even, concerning him that is coming up.
