Job 12
1 Mgbe ahụ, Job zara:
Job replied,
2 “Nʼezie, naanị unu bụ ndị maara ihe, unu na amamihe ga-anwụkọ nʼotu.
“You really think you're special people, don't you? Obviously when you die, wisdom will 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 too have insights, and you're no better than me. Doesn't everyone know the things you've said?
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!
But my friends laugh at me because I called on God and he answered me: the innocent man who does right has become an object of derision.
5 Ndị na-enweghị nsogbu na-eleda ndị ọdachi dakwasịrị anya dịka nsogbu si eche ndị ụkwụ ha na-amịchapụ amịchapụ.
People who are comfortable have contempt for those who are in trouble, ready to push over those who are already slipping.
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.
Robbers live in peace, and those who make God angry live in safety, trusting their own strength as their ‘god.’
7 “Ma jụọ ụmụ anụmanụ, ha ga-akụziri gị, maọbụ ụmụ nnụnụ, ha ga-agwa gị.
But if you ask the animals they will teach you, the birds in the sky will tell you;
8 Ma ọ bụkwanụ gwa ala okwu, ọ ga-akụziri gị, maọbụ kwere ka azụ nọ na mmiri kọọrọ gị.
ask the earth and it will teach you, and the fishes in the sea will tell you.
9 Olee otu nʼime ihe ndị a nke na-amaghị na ọ bụ aka Onyenwe anyị mere nke a?
Which of all these doesn't know that the Lord has done this?
10 Nʼaka ya ka ndụ ihe niile e kere eke dị, ya na ndụ ụmụ mmadụ
He gives life to every living thing, life to all humankind.
11 Ọ bụ na ntị adịghị anwale okwu, otu ire si anwale ihe oriri?
The ear distinguishes words just like the palate distinguishes foods.
12 Ọ bụ na-adịghị ahụ amamihe nʼetiti ndị okenye? Ogologo ndụ, ọ dịghị eweta nghọta?
Wisdom to distinguish belongs to the old, and the ability to rightly discriminate belongs to those with long experience.
13 “Ọ bụ Chineke nwe amamihe na ike, ndụmọdụ na nghọta bụkwa nke ya.
God has wisdom and power, counsel and understanding belong to him.
14 Ihe o tidara enweghị mwugharị ọzọ; mgbapụta adịghị nye onye o tụbara nʼụlọ mkpọrọ.
If he tears something down, nobody can rebuild it. If he imprisons someone, nobody can free them.
15 Ọ bụrụ na o gbochie mmiri, ebe niile atakọrọchaa. Ọ bụrụ na o zipụ ha, ha erikpuo ala niile.
If God holds back the waters, everything dries up; if he releases the waters, the earth floods.
16 Nʼaka ya ka ike na nzube ihe dị; ndị a ghọgburu na ndị na-aghọgbu bụkwa nke ya.
He is mighty and victorious; both deceivers and those deceived are subject to him.
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 of their wisdom, he makes judges into fools.
18 Ọ na-atọpụ mkpọrọ igwe ndị eze kere, ma were akwa mgbochi kee ha nʼukwu.
He removes the chains of office from kings and makes them wear loincloths.
19 Ọ na-agbawa ndị nchụaja ọtọ chụpụ ha, kwatuokwa ndị ọnọdụ ha sirila ike ogologo oge gara aga.
He leads priests away stripped of their religious garments, he overthrows the powerful.
20 Ọ na-emechi ọnụ ndị ndụmọdụ a tụkwasịrị obi, wepụkwa nghọta nke ndị okenye.
He takes away the advice of trusted advisors, he removes the discernment of the elders.
21 Ọ na-eji ndị ọgaranya eme ihe ọchị, napụkwa ngwa agha nke ndị dị ike.
He pours scorn upon princes and takes away power from the strong.
22 Ọ na-ekpughe ihe omimi nke ọchịchịrị meekwa ka oke ọchịchịrị pụta ìhè.
He reveals what is hidden in darkness, and brings into the 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 makes nations great and he destroys them; he expands nations and ruins them.
24 Ọ na-anapụ ndị ndu nke ụwa amamihe ha, zipụkwa ha ka ha na-awagharị nʼọzara ebe ụzọ na-adịghị.
He removes the understanding of rulers and makes them wander in the wilderness.
25 Ha na-asọgharị ìsì nʼọchịchịrị na-enweghị ìhè. Ọ na-eme ha ka ha na-adagharị dịka ndị mmanya na-egbu.
They grope around in the dark without a light. He makes them stagger like drunk people.
