Job 15
1 Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
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 answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself 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 with which he can do no good?
4 Ma ị na-eleda ezi omume anya na-egbochikwa ịsọpụrụ Chineke.
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
5 Mmehie gị na-eme ka ọnụ gị kwuo okwu ngwangwa; ọ bụkwa ire ndị aghụghọ ka i nwere.
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
6 Ọnụ gị na-ama gị ikpe, ọ bụghị mụ onwe m, egbugbere ọnụ gị na-ekwu okwu megide gị.
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 “Ị bụ mmadụ mbụ a mụrụ? A mụọla gị tupu e kee ugwu niile?
“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
8 Ọ getụla ntị nʼizu nzuzo nke Chineke? Amamihe niile ọ bụ nʼime gị ka ha juru?
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 Gịnị ka ị maara nke anyị na-amaghị? Ụdị nghọta dị aṅaa ka i nwere nke anyị na-enweghị?
What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand 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 grey-headed and the very aged men, much older than your 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 too small for you, even the word that is gentle towards you?
12 Gịnị mere obi gị ji duhie gị, gịnị mekwara anya gị abụọ ji chagharịa,
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
13 nke mere iwe gị jiri dị ọkụ megide Chineke, meekwa ka okwu ọjọọ ndị a niile si nʼọnụ gị pụta?
that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your 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? What is he who 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 puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, 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 less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
17 “Gee m ntị ka m kọwaara gị; kwerekwa ka m gwa gị ihe m hụrụ,
“I will show you, listen to me; 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 by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
19 bụ ndị e nyefere ala ndị a nʼaka ha mgbe ọ dịghị onye ọbịa gabigara nʼetiti ha.
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed amongst 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 writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for 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 sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
22 O nweghị olileanya ịgbanarị ọchịchịrị; mma agha nọ na-echere ya.
He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
23 Ọ na-akpagharị na-achọ ebe nri dịka udele; ọ makwara na ụbọchị ọchịchịrị nọ nso.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows 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.
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They 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.
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
26 O ji ikwesi olu ike, dịka ọta siri ike, na-emegide Chineke.
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields 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 has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
28 ọ ga-ebi nʼobodo e bibiri ebibi, nʼụlọ nke mmadụ na-ekwesighị ibi nʼime ha, ụlọ nke na-adakasị adakasị.
He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were 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 will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
30 Ọ gaghị agbanarị ọchịchịrị, ire ọkụ ga-eme ka ome ya kpọnwụọ, iku ume nke ọnụ Chineke ga-ebufu ya.
He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s 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.
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
32 Tụpụ oge ya eruo, ọ ga-anata ụgwọ ọrụ ya nʼuju, ọzọ, alaka ya ga-akpọnwụ
It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will 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 will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
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 company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents 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 produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
