Job 11

1 Mgbe ahụ, Zofa onye Neama zara sị:

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2 “Ọ dịghị nzaghachi dịịrị ọtụtụ okwu niile ndị a? A ga-agụ onye ekwurekwu a dịka onye ikpe na-amaghị?

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

3 Okwu efu gị ndị a ha ga-eme ka mmadụ gba nkịtị? Ọ bụ na ọ dịghị onye ga-abara gị mba mgbe ị na-akwa emo?

Should thy falsehoods make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

4 Ị na-asị Chineke, ‘Okwukwe m enweghị ntụpọ, adịkwa m ọcha nʼanya gị.’

For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.

5 Ọ ga-adị m nnọọ mma ma a si na Chineke ga-ekwu okwu, na ọ ga-asaghe egbugbere ọnụ ya imegide gị.

But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

6 Kpugheere gị ihe nzuzo niile nke amamihe, nʼihi na ezi amamihe nwere akụkụ abụọ. Mara nke a: Chineke echefuola ụfọdụ mmehie gị.

And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thy iniquity [deserveth].

7 “I nwere ike ịchọpụta ihe omimi Chineke? I nwere ike ịnwapụta nsọtụ nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile?

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

8 Ha dị elu karịa eluigwe, gịnị ka ị pụrụ ime? Ha dị ogbu karịa ala ili, gịnị ka ị pụrụ ịma? (Sheol h7585)

[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Ọtụtụ ha dị ogologo karịa ụwa, dị obosara karịa oke osimiri.

The measure of it [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

10 “Ọ bụrụ na ọ bịa tụba gị nʼime ụlọ mkpọrọ, kpọkọta ndị ikpe, onye ga-egbochi ya?

If he shall cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

11 Nʼezie, ya onwe ya na-amata ndị nduhie, mgbe ọ hụrụ ajọ ihe, ọ bụ na ọ dịghị amatakwa ya?

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?

12 Onye nzuzu ga-aghọ onye maara ihe naanị mgbe nwa ịnyịnya ibu ọhịa mụrụ ghọrọ mmadụ.

For vain man would be wise, though man is born [like] a wild ass's colt.

13 “Ma ọ bụrụ na i were obi gị nye ya, setịpụ aka gị abụọ nye ya,

If thou preparest thy heart, and stretchest out thy hands towards him;

14 ọ bụrụ na i wezuga mmehie nke dị gị nʼaka, ghara ikwe ka ihe ọjọọ dịrị nʼụlọ ikwu gị

If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

15 mgbe ahụ, ihere agaghị eme gị iwelite ihu gị, ị ga-eguzokwa chịm na-atụghị egwu.

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yes, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:

16 Nʼezie ị ga-echefukwa nsogbu gị, na-echeta ya dịka mmiri gabigara agabiga.

Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:

17 Ndụ gị ga-amụke karịa etiti ehihie, ọchịchịrị ya ga-adịkwa ka ụtụtụ.

And [thy] age shall be clearer than the noon-day: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

18 Ị ga-anọkwa nʼudo nʼihi na olileanya dị; ị ga-elegharịkwa anya gburugburu gị zuo ike na-atụghị ụjọ.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yes, thou shalt dig [about thee], [and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

19 Ị ga-edina ala na-atụghị egwu onye ọbụla, ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ ga-achọ ịnata amara nʼihu gị.

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yes, many shall make suit to thee.

20 Ma anya ndị na-emebi iwu ga-ada, ha agaghị achọta ụzọ mgbapụ; olileanya ha ga-abụ nkubi ume nke ọnwụ.”

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the expiration of the breath.