Job 18
1 Mgbe ahụ Bildad onye Shua zara sị:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
2 “Ruo ole mgbe ka ị ga-ekwubi okwu ndị a ị na-ekwu? Nwee ezi uche ka anyị kparịtaa ụka.
How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Gịnị mere i ji were anyị dịka anụ ọhịa, gụọ anyị dịka ndị na-enweghị uche nʼanya gị?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?
4 Gị onye na-eji iwe adọkasị onwe gị, a ga-ahapụ ụwa nʼihi gị? Ka a ga-enupu oke nkume nʼọnọdụ ha?
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5 “A na-afụnyụ oriọna nke onye na-emebi iwu; ire ọkụ ya ga-akwụsịkwa inwu enwu,
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 ìhè nke dị nʼime ụlọ ikwu ya na-abụ ọchịchịrị, oriọna nke dị nʼakụkụ ya na-anyụkwa.
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
7 Ike agakwaghị adị na nzọ ukwu ya; atụmatụ ya onwe ya ga-atụda ya nʼala.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 Ụkwụ ya na-eduba ya nʼọnya; ọ na-akpagharị na-adaba nʼime oghere.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
9 Ọnya na-ejide ikiri ụkwụ ya, ọnya ahụ na-ejidesi ya ike.
A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.
10 E zobere ya ụdọ ọnya igbudu nʼala, ihe e ji ejide ya na-echere ya nʼụzọ ya.
A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 Ihe egwu na-emenye ya ụjọ nʼakụkụ niile, na-agbasokwa nzọ ụkwụ ya niile.
Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.
12 Ịla nʼiyi na-achọsi ya ike; mbibi nọkwa na njikere na-eche mgbe ọ ga-ada.
His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
13 Mbibi na-eripịa akụkụ anụ ahụ ya; ọkpara ọnwụ na-eripịa ahụ ya niile.
It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
14 Esi na nchekwa nke ụlọ ikwu ya dọpụta ya duru ya jekwuru eze nke ihe egwu niile.
That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15 Ọkụ na-ebi nʼime ụlọ ikwu ya; a ga-efesasị nkume na-enwu ọkụ nʼebe obibi ya.
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 Mgbọrọgwụ ya na-akpọ nkụ nʼime ala, alaka ya ga-akpọnwụ nʼelu.
His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.
17 A gaghị echeta echiche ya nʼụwa ọzọ, o nweghị onye ọbụla na-echetakwa aha ya.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.
18 A na-esite nʼìhè chụba ya nʼọchịchịrị, otu a kwa, a na-achụpụkwa ya site nʼụwa.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 O nweghị ụmụ, o nwekwaghị ụmụ ụmụ nʼetiti ndị ya, ọ dịghị onye fọdụrụ nʼebe o bi na mbụ.
He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 Ọnọdụ ya na-eju ndị si nʼọdịda anyanwụ anya; oke egwu na-ejidekwa ndị si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ nʼihi ya.
They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.
21 Nʼezie, otu a ka ebe obibi nke onye ajọ omume dị, ee, bụ onye ahụ nke na-amaghị Chineke.”
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
