Ayubu 5
1 “Wenda gwĩtana, ĩtana, no rĩrĩ, nũũ ũngĩgwĩtĩka? Nĩ ũrĩkũ wa arĩa atheru ũngĩũrĩra kũrĩ we?
Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Rũngʼathio rũũragaga kĩrimũ, naguo ũiru ũkooraga mũndũ ũrĩa mũkĩĩgu.
For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
3 Niĩ mwene nĩnyonete kĩrimũ gĩkĩgĩa na mĩri, no-o rĩmwe nyũmba yakĩo ĩkĩrumwo.
I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
4 Ciana ciake nĩiraihanĩrĩirie na ũgitĩri, ihatĩrĩirio igooti-inĩ itarĩ na mũndũ wa gũciciirĩrĩra.
His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue them.
5 Ũrĩa mũhũtu arĩĩaga magetha make, amoyaga o na marĩ mĩigua-inĩ, nao arĩa anyootu makahũmagĩra ũtonga wao.
The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
6 Nĩgũkorwo hatĩka ndĩkunũkaga kuuma thĩ, kana thĩĩna ũkamera tĩĩri-inĩ.
For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 No rĩrĩ, mũndũ aciaragwo arĩ wa kuonaga thĩĩna, o ta ũrĩa na ma thandĩ cia mwaki irathũkaga na igũrũ.
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
8 “No rĩrĩ, korwo nĩ niĩ ingĩthaitha Mũrungu; ingĩneana ciira wakwa kũrĩ we.
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—
9 We ekaga maũndũ ma magegania marĩa mataangĩmenyeka, na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.
10 Nĩwe uuragĩria thĩ mbura; na nĩwe ũrehagĩra bũrũri maaĩ.
He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
11 Arĩa menyiihagia nĩwe ũmatũũgagĩria, nao arĩa marĩ na kĩeha moyagwo na igũrũ makagitĩrwo.
He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
12 Nĩwe ũthaatagia mĩbango ya arĩa marĩ waara, nĩgeetha moko mao matikagĩe na ũhootani.
He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
13 Nĩanyiitaga arĩa oogĩ waara-inĩ wao, namo mathugunda ma arĩa oingumania akaameheria biũ.
He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
14 Nduma ĩmakoraga kũrĩ o mũthenya; mũthenya barigici makahambataga taarĩ ũtukũ.
They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.
15 Nĩahonokagia arĩa abatari kuuma kũrĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ tũnua-inĩ twao; amahonokagia moko-inĩ ma arĩa marĩ hinya.
But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
16 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio athĩĩni makagĩa na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro, naguo ciira ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto ũgatumia kanua.
So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
17 “Kũrathimwo nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũrũngagwo nĩ Ngai; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndũkamene irũithia rĩa Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 Nĩgũkorwo nĩaguraranagia, no rĩrĩ, acookaga akooha nguraro ĩyo wega; nĩatiihanagia, no moko make no mo mahonanagia.
For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
19 Nĩagagũteithũra harĩ mĩtino ĩtandatũ; o na ĩrĩ mũgwanja-rĩ, gũtirĩ ũũru ũgaagũkora.
He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.
20 Hĩndĩ ya ngʼaragu nĩagagũkũũra kuuma kũrĩ gĩkuũ, ningĩ hĩndĩ ya mbaara agũkũũre ndũkooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
21 Nĩũkagitĩrwo harĩ rũcamiũ rwa rũrĩmĩ, na ndũgetigĩra hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mwanangĩko ũgooka.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 Nĩũgathekerera mwanangĩko na ngʼaragu, na ndũgetigĩra nyamũ cia gũkũ thĩ.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth.
23 Nĩgũkorwo nĩũkagĩa na kĩrĩkanĩro na mahiga ma werũ-inĩ, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka itũũre irĩ na thayũ nawe.
For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24 Nawe ũikarage ũũĩ atĩ hema yaku nĩ ngitĩre; nawe nĩũkooya ithabu rĩa indo ciaku ũkore hatirĩ kĩndũ kĩũrĩte.
You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
25 Nĩũkamenya atĩ ciana ciaku nĩikaingĩha, nacio njiaro ciaku cingĩhe o ta nyeki ya gũkũ thĩ.
You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.
26 Ũgaathiĩ mbĩrĩra-inĩ ũrĩ o na hinya, ũhaana ta itĩĩa cia ngano ĩgethetwo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
27 “Nĩtũtuĩrĩtie ũhoro ũyũ, na nĩ wa ma. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio kĩũigue na ũũmenye wee mwene.”
See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”
