Job 15
1 Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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?
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Ọ ga-eji okwu na-abaghị uru rụọ ụka, maọbụ kwuo okwu na-enweghị isi?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Ma ị na-eleda ezi omume anya na-egbochikwa ịsọpụrụ Chineke.
Yea, thou castest off fear, 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 uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the 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 own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 “Ị bụ mmadụ mbụ a mụrụ? A mụọla gị tupu e kee ugwu niile?
[Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8 Ọ getụla ntị nʼizu nzuzo nke Chineke? Amamihe niile ọ bụ nʼime gị ka ha juru?
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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 know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?
10 Ndịisi awọ na ndị kara nka nọ nʼetiti anyị, ndị ikom mere agadi karịa nna mụrụ gị.
With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
11 Ọ ga-abụ na nkasiobi Chineke bụrụ gị ihe nta, ka ọ bụ okwu dị nro nke ọ gwara gị?
[Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12 Gịnị mere obi gị ji duhie gị, gịnị mekwara anya gị abụọ ji chagharịa,
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 nke mere iwe gị jiri dị ọkụ megide Chineke, meekwa ka okwu ọjọọ ndị a niile si nʼọnụ gị pụta?
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go 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 clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Ọ bụrụ na Chineke atụkwasịghị ndị nsọ ya obi, ọ bụrụkwa na eluigwe adịghị ọcha nʼanya ya,
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean 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 abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
17 “Gee m ntị ka m kọwaara gị; kwerekwa ka m gwa gị ihe m hụrụ,
I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;
18 bụ ihe ndị amamihe kwuru, ndị na-ezobeghị ihe ha natara nʼaka nna nna ha,
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it: ]
19 bụ ndị e nyefere ala ndị a nʼaka ha mgbe ọ dịghị onye ọbịa gabigara nʼetiti ha.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among 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 travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
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 dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 O nweghị olileanya ịgbanarị ọchịchịrị; mma agha nọ na-echere ya.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23 Ọ na-akpagharị na-achọ ebe nri dịka udele; ọ makwara na ụbọchị ọchịchịrị nọ nso.
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 Nʼihi na ọ na-atụ Chineke aka nʼihu, dokwaa onwe ya imegide Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 O ji ikwesi olu ike, dịka ọta siri ike, na-emegide Chineke.
He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27 “Ọ bụ ezie na abụba kpuchiri ihu ya, abụba nke dị nʼukwu ya na-eme ka anụ ahụ nupụtakwa,
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
28 ọ ga-ebi nʼobodo e bibiri ebibi, nʼụlọ nke mmadụ na-ekwesighị ibi nʼime ha, ụlọ nke na-adakasị adakasị.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
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 upon 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 not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
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.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 Tụpụ oge ya eruo, ọ ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ ya nʼuju, ọzọ, alaka ya ga-akpọnwụ
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 Ọ ga-adị ka osisi vaịnị nke mkpụrụ ya dapụsịrị na-achaghị acha, dịka osisi oliv nke akwụkwọ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ.
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
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 hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 Ha na-atụrụ ihe ọjọọ dịka ime, ma mụọkwa ajọọ omume; naanị aghụghọ ka akpanwa ha na-arụpụta.”
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
