Ayubu 9
1 Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia, akiuga atĩrĩ:
Then Job answered,
2 “Ti-itherũ nĩnjũũĩ ũhoro ũcio nĩ wa ma. No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩhota atĩa gũkorwo arĩ mũthingu mbere ya Mũrungu?
“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
3 O na korwo mũndũ enda gũkararania na Ngai-rĩ, ndangĩhota kũmũcookeria kĩũria o na kĩmwe harĩ ciũria ngiri.
If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
4 Ũũgĩ wake nĩ mũingĩ mũno, na ũhoti wake nĩ mũnene. Nũũ wanaregana nake akĩgaacĩra?
God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
5 Eeheragia irĩma itekũmenya, na agacingʼaũrania nĩ kũrakara.
He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
6 Athingithagia thĩ ĩkoima handũ hayo, na akainainia itugĩ ciayo.
He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
7 Aathaga riũa rĩkaaga kũratha; nake agiragĩrĩria ũtheri wa njata.
He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.
8 Nĩwe watambũrũkirie igũrũ arĩ o wiki, na athiiaga agĩkinyangaga makũmbĩ ma iria.
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 Nĩwe Mũũmbi wa njata iria ciĩtagwo Nduba, na Karaũ, na Kĩrĩmĩra, o na ikundi cia njata cia mwena wa gũthini.
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
10 Nĩekaga magegania matangĩmenyeka, na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
He does great things past finding out; yes, marvellous things without number.
11 Rĩrĩa aahĩtũkĩra harĩa ndĩ, ndingĩmuona; o na rĩrĩa aathiĩra harĩa ndĩ ndimenyaga.
Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
12 Angĩgutha kĩndũ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kũmũgiria? Nũũ ũngĩmũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ atĩa ũreka?’
Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 Ngai ndahingagĩrĩria marakara make; o na arĩa maateithagĩrĩria Rahabu nĩmamũinamagĩrĩra.
“God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
14 “Niĩ-rĩ, ndaakĩhota atĩa kũmũkararia? Ingĩruta kũ ciugo cia kũmũcookeria?
How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
15 O na korwo ndihĩtĩtie-rĩ, ndingĩhota kũmũcookeria ũndũ; ũrĩa ingĩĩka no gũthaitha ingĩthaitha Mũnjiirithia anjiguĩre tha.
Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
16 O na ingĩamwĩtire nake anjĩtĩke-rĩ, ndingĩĩtĩkia nĩangĩathikĩrĩirie.
If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
17 We angĩamemendire na kĩhuhũkanio, na aingĩhie ironda ciakwa hatarĩ gĩtũmi.
For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18 Ndarekaga njookererwo nĩ mĩhũmũ, no nĩahatagĩrĩria na mathĩĩna.
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
19 Korwo no ũhoro wa hinya-rĩ, we arĩ hinya mũno! Na korwo no ũhoro wa ciira wa kĩhooto-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩmwĩta?
If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
20 O na korwo ndiahĩtĩtie-rĩ, kanua gakwa no kandue mũhĩtia; korwo ndiarĩ na ũcuuke-rĩ, nĩkangĩanduire mũhĩtia.
Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
21 “O na gũtuĩka ndirĩ na ũcuuke-rĩ, ndikwĩrĩrĩra; muoyo wakwa nĩndĩwagĩire kĩene.
I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.
22 Ũhoro no ũrĩa ũmwe; nĩkĩo ndĩroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Aniinaga arĩa matarĩ ũcuuke o na akaniina arĩa aaganu.’
“It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
23 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ihũũra rĩarehe gĩkuũ kĩa narua, nĩathekagĩrĩra kũũrwo nĩ hinya kwa arĩa matarĩ na mahĩtia.
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
24 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa bũrũri wagĩa moko-inĩ ma andũ aaganu, nĩahingaga aciirithania maitho. Akorwo ti we-rĩ, nũũ wĩkaga ũguo?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
25 “Matukũ makwa marahanyũka gũkĩra mũkinyia-ũhoro; mombũkaga matarĩ na gĩkeno o na kĩnini.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
26 Mahĩtũkaga na ihenya mũno ta tũtarũ twa irura, kana ta nderi igũcuuhũkĩra kĩndũ gĩa kũrĩa.
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
27 Ingiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngũriganĩrwo nĩ mateta makwa, nĩngũtiga gũtukia gĩthiithi, ngene,’
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
28 no ngeetigĩra mĩnyamaro yakwa yothe, nĩgũkorwo nĩnjũũĩ ndũkandua atĩ ndiĩhĩtie.
I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.
29 Kuona atĩ nĩndĩkĩtie gũtuuo mũhĩtia-rĩ, nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma ndĩĩnogie tũhũ?
I will be condemned. Why then do I labour in vain?
30 O na ingĩĩthamba na thabuni, na ndĩĩthambe moko na igata-rĩ,
If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 no ũndikirie irima rĩa gĩcoro nĩgeetha o na nguo ciakwa iithũũre.
yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.
32 “We ti mũndũ ta niĩ atĩ nĩguo ndĩmũcookerie, nĩguo tũngʼethanĩre igooti-inĩ.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgement.
33 Naarĩ korwo nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũngĩtũiguithania, atũigĩrĩre guoko gwake ithuĩ eerĩ,
There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
34 mũndũ wa kũnjehereria rũthanju rwa Ngai, nĩgeetha ndigacooke kũmakio nĩ itebeebania rĩake.
Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
35 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩingĩacooka kwaragia itekũmwĩtigĩra, no ũrĩa ndariĩ rĩu-rĩ, ndingĩhota.
then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
