Job 12
1 Mgbe ahụ, Job zara:
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Nʼezie, naanị unu bụ ndị maara ihe, unu na amamihe ga-anwụkọ nʼotu.
No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 Ma enwere m mmụọ iche uche dịka unu; abụghị m onye na-erughị eru nʼebe unu nọ. Onye bụ onye na-amaghị ihe ndị a unu na-ekwu?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?
4 “Abụzi m ihe ọchị nʼebe ndị enyi m nọ, nʼagbanyeghị na m kpọkuru Chineke, ọ za, onye ezi omume, onye na-enweghị ịta ụta bụzikwa ihe eji akpa ọchị!
I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
5 Ndị na-enweghị nsogbu na-eleda ndị ọdachi dakwasịrị anya dịka nsogbu si eche ndị ụkwụ ha na-amịchapụ amịchapụ.
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for calamity. It is ready for those whose foot slips.
6 Ụlọ ikwu nke ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe na-adị jụụ; ndị na-akpasu Chineke iwe na-adị nʼudo, bụ ndị na-ebugharị chi ha nʼaka ha.
The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings abundantly.
7 “Ma jụọ ụmụ anụmanụ, ha ga-akụziri gị, maọbụ ụmụ nnụnụ, ha ga-agwa gị.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee.
8 Ma ọ bụkwanụ gwa ala okwu, ọ ga-akụziri gị, maọbụ kwere ka azụ nọ na mmiri kọọrọ gị.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
9 Olee otu nʼime ihe ndị a nke na-amaghị na ọ bụ aka Onyenwe anyị mere nke a?
Who does not know in all these, that the hand of Jehovah has wrought this,
10 Nʼaka ya ka ndụ ihe niile e kere eke dị, ya na ndụ ụmụ mmadụ
in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
11 Ọ bụ na ntị adịghị anwale okwu, otu ire si anwale ihe oriri?
Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
12 Ọ bụ na-adịghị ahụ amamihe nʼetiti ndị okenye? Ogologo ndụ, ọ dịghị eweta nghọta?
With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
13 “Ọ bụ Chineke nwe amamihe na ike, ndụmọdụ na nghọta bụkwa nke ya.
With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
14 Ihe o tidara enweghị mwugharị ọzọ; mgbapụta adịghị nye onye o tụbara nʼụlọ mkpọrọ.
Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again. He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Ọ bụrụ na o gbochie mmiri, ebe niile atakọrọchaa. Ọ bụrụ na o zipụ ha, ha erikpuo ala niile.
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 Nʼaka ya ka ike na nzube ihe dị; ndị a ghọgburu na ndị na-aghọgbu bụkwa nke ya.
With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 Ọ na-anapụ ndị ndụmọdụ ọkwa ha chụpụ ha, ma ndị ikpe ka ọ na-eme ka ha ghọọ ndị nzuzu.
He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes judges fools.
18 Ọ na-atọpụ mkpọrọ igwe ndị eze kere, ma were akwa mgbochi kee ha nʼukwu.
He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.
19 Ọ na-agbawa ndị nchụaja ọtọ chụpụ ha, kwatuokwa ndị ọnọdụ ha sirila ike ogologo oge gara aga.
He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
20 Ọ na-emechi ọnụ ndị ndụmọdụ a tụkwasịrị obi, wepụkwa nghọta nke ndị okenye.
He removes the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
21 Ọ na-eji ndị ọgaranya eme ihe ọchị, napụkwa ngwa agha nke ndị dị ike.
He pours contempt upon rulers, and weakens the strength of the strong.
22 Ọ na-ekpughe ihe omimi nke ọchịchịrị meekwa ka oke ọchịchịrị pụta ìhè.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
23 Ọ na-eme ka mba dị ukwuu, ọ na-emekwa ka ha laa nʼiyi; Ọ na-eme ka mba baa ụba, ma chụsakwaa ha.
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
24 Ọ na-anapụ ndị ndu nke ụwa amamihe ha, zipụkwa ha ka ha na-awagharị nʼọzara ebe ụzọ na-adịghị.
He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 Ha na-asọgharị ìsì nʼọchịchịrị na-enweghị ìhè. Ọ na-eme ha ka ha na-adagharị dịka ndị mmanya na-egbu.
They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.
