Job 15
1 Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
2 “Onye maara ihe ọ ga-eji okwu na-abaghị uru zaghachi? Ọ ga-emeju afọ ya nʼifufe na-ekpo ọkụ nke si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ?
Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
3 Ọ ga-eji okwu na-abaghị uru rụọ ụka, maọbụ kwuo okwu na-enweghị isi?
Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
4 Ma ị na-eleda ezi omume anya na-egbochikwa ịsọpụrụ Chineke.
Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 Mmehie gị na-eme ka ọnụ gị kwuo okwu ngwangwa; ọ bụkwa ire ndị aghụghọ ka i nwere.
For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
6 Ọnụ gị na-ama gị ikpe, ọ bụghị mụ onwe m, egbugbere ọnụ gị na-ekwu okwu megide gị.
Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
7 “Ị bụ mmadụ mbụ a mụrụ? A mụọla gị tupu e kee ugwu niile?
Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
8 Ọ getụla ntị nʼizu nzuzo nke Chineke? Amamihe niile ọ bụ nʼime gị ka ha juru?
Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
9 Gịnị ka ị maara nke anyị na-amaghị? Ụdị nghọta dị aṅaa ka i nwere nke anyị na-enweghị?
What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
10 Ndịisi awọ na ndị kara nka nọ nʼetiti anyị, ndị ikom mere agadi karịa nna mụrụ gị.
With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
11 Ọ ga-abụ na nkasiobi Chineke bụrụ gị ihe nta, ka ọ bụ okwu dị nro nke ọ gwara gị?
Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
12 Gịnị mere obi gị ji duhie gị, gịnị mekwara anya gị abụọ ji chagharịa,
Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
13 nke mere iwe gị jiri dị ọkụ megide Chineke, meekwa ka okwu ọjọọ ndị a niile si nʼọnụ gị pụta?
That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
14 “Gịnị ka mmadụ efu bụ, ọ ga-eji dị ọcha nʼobi, gịnị ka mmadụ nwanyị mụrụ bụ, na ha nwere ike ị bụ ndị ezi omume?
What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
15 Ọ bụrụ na Chineke atụkwasịghị ndị nsọ ya obi, ọ bụrụkwa na eluigwe adịghị ọcha nʼanya ya,
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
16 ọ ga-esi aṅaa tụkwasị mmadụ efu onye rụrụ arụ obi, bụ onye na-aṅụ ajọ omume dịka mmiri.
How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
17 “Gee m ntị ka m kọwaara gị; kwerekwa ka m gwa gị ihe m hụrụ,
I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
18 bụ ihe ndị amamihe kwuru, ndị na-ezobeghị ihe ha natara nʼaka nna nna ha,
Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
19 bụ ndị e nyefere ala ndị a nʼaka ha mgbe ọ dịghị onye ọbịa gabigara nʼetiti ha.
To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
20 Ụbọchị ndụ ya niile, onye ajọ omume na-ata ahụhụ mmekpa ahụ, bụ nke e debere ogologo afọ nye nwoke ahụ na-eme ihe ike.
The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
21 Ụzụ na-eweta oke egwu na-eju ya ntị, mgbe ọ dị ka ihe niile na-aga nke ọma, ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe na-abịakwasị ya.
A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
22 O nweghị olileanya ịgbanarị ọchịchịrị; mma agha nọ na-echere ya.
He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
23 Ọ na-akpagharị na-achọ ebe nri dịka udele; ọ makwara na ụbọchị ọchịchịrị nọ nso.
He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
24 Ahụhụ na mkpagbu na-eme ka ọ tụọ oke egwu, nsogbu na-abịakwasị ya dịka eze nke nọ na njikere ibuso ndị iro ya agha.
Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
25 Nʼihi na ọ na-atụ Chineke aka nʼihu, dokwaa onwe ya imegide Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
For he hath stretched out his hand against GOD, and made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
26 O ji ikwesi olu ike, dịka ọta siri ike, na-emegide Chineke.
Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
27 “Ọ bụ ezie na abụba kpuchiri ihu ya, abụba nke dị nʼukwu ya na-eme ka anụ ahụ nupụtakwa,
Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
28 ọ ga-ebi nʼobodo e bibiri ebibi, nʼụlọ nke mmadụ na-ekwesighị ibi nʼime ha, ụlọ nke na-adakasị adakasị.
Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
29 Ma ọ gaghị aga nʼihu ị bụ ọgaranya, akụ ya agaghị adịgidekwa. Ihe o nwere agakwaghị agbasapụ nʼala niile ahụ.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
30 Ọ gaghị agbanarị ọchịchịrị, ire ọkụ ga-eme ka ome ya kpọnwụọ, iku ume nke ọnụ Chineke ga-ebufu ya.
He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.
31 Ka onye dị otu a hapụ ịghọgbu onwe ya site nʼịtụkwasị uche nʼihe efu, nʼihi na ọ dịghị ụgwọ ọrụ ọbụla ọ ga-enweta.
He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
32 Tụpụ oge ya eruo, ọ ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ ya nʼuju, ọzọ, alaka ya ga-akpọnwụ
His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
33 Ọ ga-adị ka osisi vaịnị nke mkpụrụ ya dapụsịrị na-achaghị acha, dịka osisi oliv nke akwụkwọ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ.
God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.
34 Nʼihi na ndị na-amaghị Chineke ga-adị ka nwanyị aga, ọkụ ga-erepịa ụlọ ikwu niile nke ndị hụrụ iri ngarị nʼanya.
For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
35 Ha na-atụrụ ihe ọjọọ dịka ime, ma mụọkwa ajọọ omume; naanị aghụghọ ka akpanwa ha na-arụpụta.”
For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
