Job 18
1 Mgbe ahụ Bildad onye Shua zara sị:
Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
2 “Ruo ole mgbe ka ị ga-ekwubi okwu ndị a ị na-ekwu? Nwee ezi uche ka anyị kparịtaa ụka.
When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.
3 Gịnị mere i ji were anyị dịka anụ ọhịa, gụọ anyị dịka ndị na-enweghị uche nʼanya gị?
For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?
4 Gị onye na-eji iwe adọkasị onwe gị, a ga-ahapụ ụwa nʼihi gị? Ka a ga-enupu oke nkume nʼọnọdụ ha?
Thou, the one that teareth himself to pieces in his anger— shall for thy sake the earth be forsaken, and the rock be moved away out of its place?
5 “A na-afụnyụ oriọna nke onye na-emebi iwu; ire ọkụ ya ga-akwụsịkwa inwu enwu,
Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.
6 ìhè nke dị nʼime ụlọ ikwu ya na-abụ ọchịchịrị, oriọna nke dị nʼakụkụ ya na-anyụkwa.
The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.
7 Ike agakwaghị adị na nzọ ukwu ya; atụmatụ ya onwe ya ga-atụda ya nʼala.
His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
8 Ụkwụ ya na-eduba ya nʼọnya; ọ na-akpagharị na-adaba nʼime oghere.
For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.
9 Ọnya na-ejide ikiri ụkwụ ya, ọnya ahụ na-ejidesi ya ike.
The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.
10 E zobere ya ụdọ ọnya igbudu nʼala, ihe e ji ejide ya na-echere ya nʼụzọ ya.
The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.
11 Ihe egwu na-emenye ya ụjọ nʼakụkụ niile, na-agbasokwa nzọ ụkwụ ya niile.
All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.
12 Ịla nʼiyi na-achọsi ya ike; mbibi nọkwa na njikere na-eche mgbe ọ ga-ada.
His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.
13 Mbibi na-eripịa akụkụ anụ ahụ ya; ọkpara ọnwụ na-eripịa ahụ ya niile.
It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.
14 Esi na nchekwa nke ụlọ ikwu ya dọpụta ya duru ya jekwuru eze nke ihe egwu niile.
Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.
15 Ọkụ na-ebi nʼime ụlọ ikwu ya; a ga-efesasị nkume na-enwu ọkụ nʼebe obibi ya.
It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.
16 Mgbọrọgwụ ya na-akpọ nkụ nʼime ala, alaka ya ga-akpọnwụ nʼelu.
Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.
17 A gaghị echeta echiche ya nʼụwa ọzọ, o nweghị onye ọbụla na-echetakwa aha ya.
His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.
18 A na-esite nʼìhè chụba ya nʼọchịchịrị, otu a kwa, a na-achụpụkwa ya site nʼụwa.
Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.
19 O nweghị ụmụ, o nwekwaghị ụmụ ụmụ nʼetiti ndị ya, ọ dịghị onye fọdụrụ nʼebe o bi na mbụ.
He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.
20 Ọnọdụ ya na-eju ndị si nʼọdịda anyanwụ anya; oke egwu na-ejidekwa ndị si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ nʼihi ya.
Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.
21 Nʼezie, otu a ka ebe obibi nke onye ajọ omume dị, ee, bụ onye ahụ nke na-amaghị Chineke.”
Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.
