Ayubu 8
1 Nake Bilidadi ũrĩa Mũshuhi agĩcookia, akĩũria atĩrĩ:
But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
2 “Nĩ nginya rĩ ũgũikara ũkĩaragia maũndũ ta macio? Ciugo ciaku no ta inegene rĩa rũhuho rũkĩhurutana.
How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 Mũrungu-rĩ, nĩogomagia ciira wa kĩhooto? Ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩogomagia ũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩ wa ma?
Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 Rĩrĩa ciana ciaku ciamwĩhĩirie-rĩ, nĩacirekereirie iherithio nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma cio.
And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 No rĩrĩ, wee ũngĩcũthĩrĩria Mũrungu na wĩthaithanĩrĩre harĩ Ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
6 ũngĩkorwo ũrĩ mũtheru na mũrũngĩrĩru-rĩ, o na rĩu no arahũke nĩ ũndũ waku nĩguo agũcookie handũ harĩa hakwagĩrĩire.
If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 O na gũtuĩka kĩambĩrĩria gĩaku no kĩoneke kĩrĩ kĩnini, thuutha-inĩ nĩũkagaacĩra mũno.
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 “Ũria ũhoro harĩ njiarwa cia tene, na ũtuĩrie maũndũ marĩa maithe mao meerutire,
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
9 nĩgũkorwo ithuĩ tũraciarirwo o ro ira na tũtirĩ ũndũ tũũĩ, namo matukũ maitũ ma gũikara gũkũ thĩ no ta kĩĩruru.
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow, )
10 Acio githĩ to makũrute na makũhe ũhoro? Acio githĩ to maarie ũhoro marĩ na ũmenyo?
and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 Irura-rĩ, no rĩkũre handũ hatarĩ itomboya? Ithanjĩ-rĩ, no rĩtheereme handũ hatarĩ maaĩ?
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 Rĩngĩkũrĩra handũ hatarĩ maaĩ rĩũmaga narua gũkĩra nyeki, o na rĩtakinyĩte rĩa gũtuuo.
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 Ũcio nĩguo mũthia wa arĩa othe mariganagĩrwo nĩ Mũrungu; ũguo no ta guo mwĩhoko wa arĩa matooĩ Ngai ũthiraga.
Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 Kĩrĩa ehokete no kĩndũ kĩhũthũ; kĩrĩa egiritanagia nakĩo no ta rũrenda rwa mbũmbũĩ.
His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
15 Etiiranagia na rũrenda rwake, naruo rũgatuĩka; akenyiitĩrĩra harĩ ruo, no rũtingĩmũtiirĩrĩra.
He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 Ahaana ta mũtĩ ũitĩrĩirio maaĩ wega ũrĩ riũa-inĩ, ũtambũrũkĩtie thuuna ciaguo mũgũnda-inĩ;
He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 mĩri yaguo ĩĩthiororokeirie kĩhumbu kĩa mahiga, na ĩcaragia ha kwĩgwatĩrĩra rwaro-inĩ rwa mahiga.
His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 No rĩrĩa wakũũrwo harĩa ũraarĩ-rĩ, handũ hau hagakaana mũtĩ ũcio, hakoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ ndirĩ ndakuona.’
If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 Ti-itherũ muoyo waguo ũmaga ũgathira, naho hau tĩĩri-inĩ ũcio hagakũra mĩtĩ ĩngĩ.
For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 “Ti-itherũ Mũrungu ndangĩrega mũndũ ũtarĩ ũcuuke, kana ekĩre moko ma arĩa mekaga ũũru hinya.
God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 Na rĩrĩ, no arĩiyũria kanua gaku mĩtheko, nayo mĩromo yaku yanĩrĩre nĩ gũkena.
even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 Thũ ciaku nĩikahumbwo thoni, nacio hema cia arĩa aaganu itigacooka kuonwo.”
Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.
