Ayubu 38
1 Nake Jehova agĩcookeria Ayubu ũhoro arĩ kĩhuhũkanio-inĩ, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ:
And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
2 “Nũũ ũyũ ũrekĩra kĩrĩra gĩakwa nduma na ciugo itarĩ na ũmenyo?
Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
3 Wĩhotore ta mũndũ mũrũme; nĩngũkũũria ciũria, nawe ũkĩnjookerie.
Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
4 “Warĩ kũ rĩrĩa ndaakire mũthingi wa thĩ? Njĩĩra akorwo ũrĩ na ũũgĩ wa kũmenya.
Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
5 Nũũ wathimire mũigana wayo? Ti-itherũ wee nĩũũĩ! Nũũ watambũrũkirie rũrigi rwa gũthima igũrũ rĩayo?
By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?
6 Mĩthingi yayo yahandirwo igũrũ rĩa kĩĩ, kana nũũ wahaandire ihiga rĩayo rĩa koine,
On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,
7 hĩndĩ ĩrĩa njata cia rũciinĩ ciainire hamwe, na araika othe makĩanĩrĩra nĩ gũkena?
When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?
8 “Nũũ wahingĩrĩirie iria na mĩrango rĩrĩa rĩatumũkire kuuma nda,
Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;
9 rĩrĩa ndatuire matu nguo ciarĩo, na ngĩrĩoha nduma nene ta taama warĩo,
When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
10 rĩrĩa ndarĩkĩrĩire mĩhaka, na ngĩrĩhingĩra na mĩrango yarĩo, na ngĩĩkĩra mĩgĩĩko handũ hayo,
Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
11 rĩrĩa ndoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Ũkinyage o haha na ndũkanahakĩre; makũmbĩ maku macio metĩĩi-rĩ, hau nĩho marĩĩkinyaga’?
And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
12 “Kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria-rĩ, ũrĩ waathana atĩ rũciinĩ rũgĩe ho, kana ũkĩonereria ũtheri wa rũciinĩ harĩa ũkuumĩrĩra,
Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;
13 nĩguo ũhote kũnyiita thĩ na mĩthia yaguo, nao arĩa aaganu maribaribwo moime kuo?
So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?
14 Thĩ ĩhaanaga ta rĩũmba rĩhũrĩtwo mũhũũri; mũonekere wayo ũtariĩ ta mũhianĩre wa nguo.
It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;
15 Andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmaimagwo ũtheri wao, na guoko kwao kũrĩa kuoetwo na igũrũ gũkoinwo.
And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
16 “Ũrĩ wathiĩ rũgendo nginya kũrĩa iria rĩtherũkagĩra, kana ũgaceera itwe-inĩ cia ndia kũrĩa kũriku mũno?
Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?
17 Ũrĩ wonio ihingo cia gĩkuũ? Ũrĩ wona ihingo cia kĩĩruru gĩa gĩkuũ?
Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?
18 Ũrĩ wamenya ũnene wa wariĩ wa thĩ? Njĩĩra akorwo nĩũũĩ maũndũ macio mothe.
Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.
19 “Njĩra ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa ũtheri ũtũũraga nĩĩrĩkũ? Nayo nduma ĩikaraga kũ?
Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
20 No ũcitware gwacio? Nĩũũĩ tũcĩra twa gũthiĩ kũrĩa itũũraga?
So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?
21 Ti-itherũ wee nĩũũĩ, nĩgũkorwo warĩ mũciare! Wee-rĩ, nĩũtũũrĩte mĩaka mĩingĩ!
No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.
22 “Ũrĩ watoonya makũmbĩ kũrĩa tharunji ĩigĩtwo, kana ũkĩona makũmbĩ kũrĩa mbura ya mbembe ĩigĩtwo,
Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,
23 o icio njigĩte nĩ ũndũ wa mahinda ma thĩĩna, ngaciiga nĩ ũndũ wa matukũ ma mbaara na ma kũrũa.
Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?
24 Njĩra ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa ũtheri ũgayanagĩrio nĩĩrĩkũ, kana ya gũthiĩ kũrĩa rũhuho rwa irathĩro rũhurunjagĩrwo gũkũ thĩ?
Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?
25 Nũũ wenjagĩra mbura ya kĩboboto mũtaro wa kũgerera, kana agatemera mbura ya marurumĩ njĩra,
By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;
26 nĩguo mbura yure bũrũri ũtatũũraga mũndũ, na yure werũ kũrĩa gũtarĩ mũndũ,
Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;
27 nĩguo ĩhũũnagie kũu gũtiganĩrie gũgakira ihooru, na ĩtũme kũmere nyeki?
To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?
28 Mbura nĩĩrĩ ithe? Nũũ mũciari wa matata ma ime?
Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?
29 Tharunji yumaga nda ya ũ? Nũũ ũciaraga mbaa ĩrĩa yumaga igũrũ,
Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?
30 rĩrĩa maaĩ momaga ta ihiga, rĩrĩa maaĩ marĩa marĩ igũrũ wa iria magwatana?
The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
31 “Wee-rĩ, wahota kuohania njata iria thaka cia Kĩrĩmĩra? Wahota kuohora mĩkanda ya njata iria ciĩtagwo Karaũ?
Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?
32 Wahota kuumagaragia njata iria ciĩtagwo Mazarothu o mahinda maacio maakinya, kana wahota gũtongoria Nduba na ciana ciayo?
Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?
33 Nĩũũĩ mawatho ma igũrũ? No ũhote kũhaanda wathani wa Ngai ũrũme gũkũ thĩ?
Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?
34 “Wahota kwanĩrĩra nginya mũgambo waku ũkinye matu-inĩ nĩguo kuure wĩhumbĩre na kĩguũ kĩa maaĩ?
Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?
35 Wee nĩwe ũtũmaga heni ithiĩ na njĩra ciacio? Nĩikũrehagĩra ũhoro igakwĩra atĩ, ‘Tũrĩ haha’?
Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?
36 Nũũ waheire ngoro ũũgĩ, kana akĩhe meciiria ũmenyo?
Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
37 Nũũ ũrĩ na ũũgĩ wa gũtara matu? Nũũ ũngĩhota kũinamia ndigithũ cia maaĩ cia igũrũ
By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
38 rĩrĩa rũkũngũ rwatondora, nayo ndoro ĩkooma ĩkanyiitana?
When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?
39 “Nĩwe ũguĩmagĩra mũrũũthi wa mũgoma wone gĩa kũrĩa, kana nĩwe ũniinagĩra mĩrũũthi ngʼaragu
Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,
40 rĩrĩa ĩkomereire imamo-inĩ ciayo, kana rĩrĩa ĩikaraga yoheirie nyamũ ihinga-inĩ?
When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?
41 Nũũ ũheaga ihuru irio rĩrĩa tũcui twarĩo tũgũkaĩra Mũrungu tũkĩũrũũraga nĩ kwaga irio?
Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?
