Ayubu 8
1 Nake Bilidadi ũrĩa Mũshuhi agĩcookia, akĩũria atĩrĩ:
Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, 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? and [let] like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?
3 Mũrungu-rĩ, nĩogomagia ciira wa kĩhooto? Ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩogomagia ũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩ wa ma?
Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 Rĩrĩa ciana ciaku ciamwĩhĩirie-rĩ, nĩacirekereirie iherithio nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma cio.
If thy children have sinned against him, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.
5 No rĩrĩ, wee ũngĩcũthĩrĩria Mũrungu na wĩthaithanĩrĩre harĩ Ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe,
If thou wilt earnestly seek for God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 ũngĩkorwo ũrĩ mũtheru na mũrũngĩrĩru-rĩ, o na rĩu no arahũke nĩ ũndũ waku nĩguo agũcookie handũ harĩa hakwagĩrĩire.
If thou become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.
7 O na gũtuĩka kĩambĩrĩria gĩaku no kĩoneke kĩrĩ kĩnini, thuutha-inĩ nĩũkagaacĩra mũno.
And thy beginning will have been small; because thy latter end will grow up greatly.
8 “Ũria ũhoro harĩ njiarwa cia tene, na ũtuĩrie maũndũ marĩa maithe mao meerutire,
For ask, I pray thee, of an earlier generation, and prepare thyself to [stand by] the research of their 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 but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a [mere] shadow are our days upon earth; —
10 Acio githĩ to makũrute na makũhe ũhoro? Acio githĩ to maarie ũhoro marĩ na ũmenyo?
Behold, these will truly teach thee, they will speak unto thee, and out of their very heart will they bring forth words:
11 Irura-rĩ, no rĩkũre handũ hatarĩ itomboya? Ithanjĩ-rĩ, no rĩtheereme handũ hatarĩ maaĩ?
Can the bulrush shoot upward without mire? can the meadow-grass grow up without water?
12 Rĩngĩkũrĩra handũ hatarĩ maaĩ rĩũmaga narua gũkĩra nyeki, o na rĩtakinyĩte rĩa gũtuuo.
It is yet in its greenness, not yet cut down, when it withereth before any other grass.
13 Ũcio nĩguo mũthia wa arĩa othe mariganagĩrwo nĩ Mũrungu; ũguo no ta guo mwĩhoko wa arĩa matooĩ Ngai ũthiraga.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish:
14 Kĩrĩa ehokete no kĩndũ kĩhũthũ; kĩrĩa egiritanagia nakĩo no ta rũrenda rwa mbũmbũĩ.
[It is he] whose trust will be cut off, and but a spider's web is that in which he confideth.
15 Etiiranagia na rũrenda rwake, naruo rũgatuĩka; akenyiitĩrĩra harĩ ruo, no rũtingĩmũtiirĩrĩra.
He leaneth against his house, but it shall not stand: he layeth fast hold on it, but it shall not remain erect.
16 Ahaana ta mũtĩ ũitĩrĩirio maaĩ wega ũrĩ riũa-inĩ, ũtambũrũkĩtie thuuna ciaguo mũgũnda-inĩ;
He is in full vigor before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth.
17 mĩri yaguo ĩĩthiororokeirie kĩhumbu kĩa mahiga, na ĩcaragia ha kwĩgwatĩrĩra rwaro-inĩ rwa mahiga.
His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.
18 No rĩrĩa wakũũrwo harĩa ũraarĩ-rĩ, handũ hau hagakaana mũtĩ ũcio, hakoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ ndirĩ ndakuona.’
But when men destroy him from his place, then will it deny him, saying, I have never seen thee.
19 Ti-itherũ muoyo waguo ũmaga ũgathira, naho hau tĩĩri-inĩ ũcio hagakũra mĩtĩ ĩngĩ.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the [same] dust others will grow up.
20 “Ti-itherũ Mũrungu ndangĩrega mũndũ ũtarĩ ũcuuke, kana ekĩre moko ma arĩa mekaga ũũru hinya.
Behold, God will not reject a perfect man, and will not hold fast by their hand the evil-doers:
21 Na rĩrĩ, no arĩiyũria kanua gaku mĩtheko, nayo mĩromo yaku yanĩrĩre nĩ gũkena.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with joyful shouting.
22 Thũ ciaku nĩikahumbwo thoni, nacio hema cia arĩa aaganu itigacooka kuonwo.”
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
