Ayubu 8
1 Nake Bilidadi ũrĩa Mũshuhi agĩcookia, akĩũria atĩrĩ:
Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,
2 “Nĩ nginya rĩ ũgũikara ũkĩaragia maũndũ ta macio? Ciugo ciaku no ta inegene rĩa rũhuho rũkĩhurutana.
How long wilt thou speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of thy mouth [be] abundant in words?
3 Mũrungu-rĩ, nĩogomagia ciira wa kĩhooto? Ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩogomagia ũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩ wa ma?
Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
4 Rĩrĩa ciana ciaku ciamwĩhĩirie-rĩ, nĩacirekereirie iherithio nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma cio.
If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.
5 No rĩrĩ, wee ũngĩcũthĩrĩria Mũrungu na wĩthaithanĩrĩre harĩ Ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
6 ũngĩkorwo ũrĩ mũtheru na mũrũngĩrĩru-rĩ, o na rĩu no arahũke nĩ ũndũ waku nĩguo agũcookie handũ harĩa hakwagĩrĩire.
If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.
7 O na gũtuĩka kĩambĩrĩria gĩaku no kĩoneke kĩrĩ kĩnini, thuutha-inĩ nĩũkagaacĩra mũno.
Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.
8 “Ũria ũhoro harĩ njiarwa cia tene, na ũtuĩrie maũndũ marĩa maithe mao meerutire,
For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:
9 nĩgũkorwo ithuĩ tũraciarirwo o ro ira na tũtirĩ ũndũ tũũĩ, namo matukũ maitũ ma gũikara gũkũ thĩ no ta kĩĩruru.
(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )
10 Acio githĩ to makũrute na makũhe ũhoro? Acio githĩ to maarie ũhoro marĩ na ũmenyo?
shall not these teach thee, and report [to thee], and bring out words from [their] heart?
11 Irura-rĩ, no rĩkũre handũ hatarĩ itomboya? Ithanjĩ-rĩ, no rĩtheereme handũ hatarĩ maaĩ?
Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
12 Rĩngĩkũrĩra handũ hatarĩ maaĩ rĩũmaga narua gũkĩra nyeki, o na rĩtakinyĩte rĩa gũtuuo.
When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
13 Ũcio nĩguo mũthia wa arĩa othe mariganagĩrwo nĩ Mũrungu; ũguo no ta guo mwĩhoko wa arĩa matooĩ Ngai ũthiraga.
Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
14 Kĩrĩa ehokete no kĩndũ kĩhũthũ; kĩrĩa egiritanagia nakĩo no ta rũrenda rwa mbũmbũĩ.
For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.
15 Etiiranagia na rũrenda rwake, naruo rũgatuĩka; akenyiitĩrĩra harĩ ruo, no rũtingĩmũtiirĩrĩra.
If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
16 Ahaana ta mũtĩ ũitĩrĩirio maaĩ wega ũrĩ riũa-inĩ, ũtambũrũkĩtie thuuna ciaguo mũgũnda-inĩ;
For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.
17 mĩri yaguo ĩĩthiororokeirie kĩhumbu kĩa mahiga, na ĩcaragia ha kwĩgwatĩrĩra rwaro-inĩ rwa mahiga.
He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.
18 No rĩrĩa wakũũrwo harĩa ũraarĩ-rĩ, handũ hau hagakaana mũtĩ ũcio, hakoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ ndirĩ ndakuona.’
If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,
19 Ti-itherũ muoyo waguo ũmaga ũgathira, naho hau tĩĩri-inĩ ũcio hagakũra mĩtĩ ĩngĩ.
that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.
20 “Ti-itherũ Mũrungu ndangĩrega mũndũ ũtarĩ ũcuuke, kana ekĩre moko ma arĩa mekaga ũũru hinya.
For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
21 Na rĩrĩ, no arĩiyũria kanua gaku mĩtheko, nayo mĩromo yaku yanĩrĩre nĩ gũkena.
But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
22 Thũ ciaku nĩikahumbwo thoni, nacio hema cia arĩa aaganu itigacooka kuonwo.”
But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
