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 ye are the whole people! And 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 have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not 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 become a laughing-stock to my friend, —I who call upon God, that he would answer me! The innocent and upright man is held in derision.
5 Ndị na-enweghị nsogbu na-eleda ndị ọdachi dakwasịrị anya dịka nsogbu si eche ndị ụkwụ ha na-amịchapụ amịchapụ.
To calamity belongeth contempt in the mind of one at ease; It is ready for them that slip with the feet.
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 are in prosperity, And they who provoke God are secure, Who carry their God in their hand.
7 “Ma jụọ ụmụ anụmanụ, ha ga-akụziri gị, maọbụ ụmụ nnụnụ, ha ga-agwa gị.
For ask now the beasts, and they will teach thee; Or the fowls of the air, and they will 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 will instruct thee; And the fishes of the sea will declare unto thee.
9 Olee otu nʼime ihe ndị a nke na-amaghị na ọ bụ aka Onyenwe anyị mere nke a?
Who among all these doth not know That the hand of Jehovah doeth these things?
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?
Doth not the ear prove words, As the mouth tasteth meat?
12 Ọ bụ na-adịghị ahụ amamihe nʼetiti ndị okenye? Ogologo ndụ, ọ dịghị eweta nghọta?
With the aged is wisdom, And with length of days is understanding.
13 “Ọ bụ Chineke nwe amamihe na ike, ndụmọdụ na nghọta bụkwa nke ya.
With Him are wisdom and strength; With Him counsel and understanding.
14 Ihe o tidara enweghị mwugharị ọzọ; mgbapụta adịghị nye onye o tụbara nʼụlọ mkpọrọ.
Lo! he pulleth down, and it shall not be rebuilt; He bindeth a man, and he shall not be set loose.
15 Ọ bụrụ na o gbochie mmiri, ebe niile atakọrọchaa. Ọ bụrụ na o zipụ ha, ha erikpuo ala niile.
Lo! he withholdeth the waters, and they are dried up; He sendeth them forth, and they lay waste the earth.
16 Nʼaka ya ka ike na nzube ihe dị; ndị a ghọgburu na ndị na-aghọgbu bụkwa nke ya.
With him are 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 leadeth counsellors away captive, And judges he maketh fools.
18 Ọ na-atọpụ mkpọrọ igwe ndị eze kere, ma were akwa mgbochi kee ha nʼukwu.
He looseth the authority of kings, And bindeth their loins with a cord.
19 Ọ na-agbawa ndị nchụaja ọtọ chụpụ ha, kwatuokwa ndị ọnọdụ ha sirila ike ogologo oge gara aga.
He leadeth priests away captive, And overthroweth the mighty.
20 Ọ na-emechi ọnụ ndị ndụmọdụ a tụkwasịrị obi, wepụkwa nghọta nke ndị okenye.
He removeth speech from the trusty, And taketh away judgment from the elders.
21 Ọ na-eji ndị ọgaranya eme ihe ọchị, napụkwa ngwa agha nke ndị dị ike.
He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the girdle of the mighty.
22 Ọ na-ekpughe ihe omimi nke ọchịchịrị meekwa ka oke ọchịchịrị pụta ìhè.
He revealeth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth the shadow of death to light.
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 exalteth nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth nations, and leadeth them captive.
24 Ọ na-anapụ ndị ndu nke ụwa amamihe ha, zipụkwa ha ka ha na-awagharị nʼọzara ebe ụzọ na-adịghị.
He taketh away the understanding of the great men of the land, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness, where is no path;
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; He maketh them stagger like a drunken man.
