Ayubu 41
1 “No ũhote kũguucũrũria nyamũ ĩrĩa ĩĩtagwo Leviathani na ndwano, kana wohe rũrĩmĩ rwayo na mũkanda?
But will you catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?
2 No ũhote kũmĩtoonyia rũrigi iniũrũ, kana ũmĩtũrĩkanie rũthĩa na ndwano?
Or will you fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?
3 No ĩtinde ĩgĩgũthaitha ũmĩiguĩre tha? No ĩkwarĩrie na ciugo cia ũhooreri?
Will he address you with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant?
4 No ĩrĩkanĩre nawe ũthiĩ nayo, ĩtũũre ĩrĩ ngombo yaku nginya tene?
And will he make a covenant with you? and will you take him for a perpetual servant?
5 No ũhote kũmĩhooreria ta nyoni, kana ũmĩoherere handũ nĩguo airĩtu aku mamĩmeemagie?
And will you play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?
6 Onjoria no mamĩkũũranie na indo ciao? No mamĩgayanie kũrĩ onjorithia?
And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phoenicians share him?
7 No ũhote gũtheecanga rũũa rwayo na mĩcengi, kana ũtheecange mũtwe wayo na mĩcengi ĩrĩa ĩtegaga thamaki?
And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither [shall they carry] his head in fishing vessels.
8 Ũngĩmĩhutia na guoko, ũngĩtũũra ũririkanaga kĩgiano kĩu, na ndũngĩgacookera!
But you shall lay your hand upon him [once], remembering the war that is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more.
9 Mwĩrĩgĩrĩro wa atĩ no ũmĩtoorie nĩ kwĩheenia; o kũmĩona tu nĩkũiganĩte gũtũma mũndũ amake, orwo nĩ hinya.
Hast you not seen him? and have you not wondered at the things said [of him]?
10 Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũrĩ ũcamba mũiganu wa kũmĩarahũra. Nũũ ũngĩkĩhota kwĩĩndiiria niĩ?
Do you not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me?
11 Nũũ ũngĩnandũra kĩndũ atĩ nĩguo ndĩmũrĩhe? Kĩndũ gĩothe kĩrĩ rungu rwa igũrũ nĩ gĩakwa.
Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven is mine?
12 “Ndikwaga kwaria ũhoro wa ciĩga ciayo, o na wa hinya wayo, na wa ũthaka wayo.
I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist.
13 Nũũ ũngĩhota kũmĩaũra nguo yayo ya igũrũ? Nũũ ũngĩmĩkuhĩrĩria amĩĩkĩre matamu?
Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breastplate?
14 Nũũ ũngĩũmĩrĩria kũmĩathamia kanua, kau kaiyũrĩte magego ma kũmakania?
Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth.
15 Mũgongo wayo ũrĩ na ngo ciĩiganĩrĩire mĩhari, ikomanĩire ikanyiitana;
His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a smyrite stone.
16 o ĩmwe ĩnyiitanĩte na ĩrĩa ĩngĩ, ũũ atĩ gũtirĩ rĩera rĩngĩtoonyera gatagatĩ ga cio.
One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air can’t come between them.
17 Igwatanĩtio hamwe irĩ nũmu; inyiitanĩte hamwe ũndũ itangĩtigithũkana.
They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and can’t be separated.
18 Gũtiiha kwayo kũmenũkagia ũtheri; maitho mayo nĩ ta mĩrũri ya rũciinĩ gũgĩthererũka.
At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star.
19 Imũrĩ cia mwaki ciumaga kanua-inĩ kayo; ĩrathũkagia thandĩ cia mwaki.
Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.
20 Ĩrutaga ndogo na maniũrũ taarĩ nyũngũ ĩratherũka ĩhagĩrĩtwo igũrũ rĩa mwaki wa ithanjĩ.
Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals.
21 Mĩhũmũ yayo ĩgwatagia makara mwaki, naruo rũrĩrĩmbĩ rũkoima kanua kayo.
His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
22 Ngingo-inĩ yayo nĩho hinya wayo ũkoragwo, ũrĩa ũmakagia kĩrĩa gĩothe gĩtũnganaga nayo.
And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs.
23 Mĩgũtha ya nyama ciayo nĩmĩnyiitanu mũno; nĩ mĩrũmu ũũ atĩ ndĩngĩenyenyeka.
The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved.
24 Ngoro yayo yũmĩte ta ihiga, ĩkooma ta ihiga rĩa gũthĩa rĩa na thĩ.
His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil.
25 Rĩrĩa yarahũka, arĩa marĩ hinya nĩmamakaga; mooraga ĩtanamahũũra.
And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.
26 Gũtirĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rũngĩmĩĩka ũndũ, o na kana itimũ, kana mũguĩ, kana mĩcengi.
If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either with] the spear or the breast-plate.
27 Harĩ Leviathani-rĩ, kĩgera no ta nyeki nyũmũ, nakĩo gĩcango no ta gĩcunjĩ kĩbuthu kĩa mũtĩ.
For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.
28 Mĩguĩ ndĩngĩtũma yũre; mahiga ma kĩgũtha no ta mũũngũ harĩ yo.
The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass.
29 Harĩ yo njũgũma no ta gacunjĩ ka rũnyeki rũmũ; ĩthekagĩrĩra kũbĩrĩrĩka gwa itimũ.
Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.
30 Nda yayo nĩ ta rũgĩo rũrĩ na mageca; ĩtigaga ngururo ndaka-inĩ ta cia ngaari iria ikonyoraga ngano.
His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense [quantity of] clay.
31 Ĩtũmaga iria kũrĩa kũriku gũtherũke ta nyũngũ, na ĩkoiruga iria ta nyũngũ ya maguta ma kwĩhaka.
He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,
32 Harĩa yagerera ĩtigaga mũhari ũkũhenia; mũndũ no eciirie atĩ ndia ĩrĩ na mbuĩ.
and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as [his] range.
33 Gũtirĩ kĩndũ kĩngĩigananio nayo gũkũ thĩ; nĩ kĩũmbe gĩtarĩ guoya.
There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels.
34 Ĩnyũrũragia kĩrĩa gĩothe gĩĩtũũgagĩria; nĩyo mũthamaki wa kĩrĩa gĩothe gĩĩtĩĩaga.”
He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters.
