Job 22
1 Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded and said,
2 “Mmadụ ọ pụrụ ịbara Chineke uru? Ọ bụladị onye nwere uche ọ pụrụ ịbara Chineke uru?
“How can anyone be of help to God? Even wise people are only helpful to themselves.
3 O nwere ọṅụ ọ ga-enye Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ma a sị na ị bụ onye ezi omume? Uru gịnị ka ọ ga-enweta ma ọ bụrụ na ụzọ gị niile enweghị ịta ụta?
Is it any benefit to the Almighty if you're a good person? What does he gain if you do what's right?
4 “Chineke ọ na-abara gị mba na-ebo gị ebubo nʼihi na ị na-atụ egwu ya?
Does he correct you and bring charges against you because of your reverence?
5 Ọ bụ na mmebi iwu gị adịghị ukwuu? Mmehie gị o nwere ọgwụgwụ?
No: it's because you're so wicked! Your sins are never-ending!
6 Ị naara ụmụnne gị ihe ebe nʼefu; ị yipụrụ ndị mmadụ uwe ha gbawa ha ọtọ.
For no reason at all you took your brother's clothing as a security for a debt, and left them stripped naked.
7 I nyeghị ndị ike gwuru mmiri, i nyeghịkwa ndị agụụ na-agụ ihe oriri.
You refused water to the thirsty; you denied food to the hungry.
8 Ọ bụ eziokwu na ị bụ nwoke dị ike na onye nwere ala, bụrụkwa onye a na-asọpụrụ bi nʼala ya,
Is it because the land belongs to the powerful, and only the privileged have a right to live there?
9 Ị na-agbaba ụmụ nwanyị di ha nwụrụ aka, zipụ ha, Ị na-anyaji ogwe aka nke ụmụ na-enweghị nna.
You have sent widows away empty-handed; you have crushed the outstretched arms of orphans, begging for help.
10 Ọ bụ ya mere ọnya jiri gbaa gị gburugburu, bụrụkwa ihe mbibi ji eyi gị egwu.
That's why you're surrounded by traps to catch you, and why you suddenly panic in terror.
11 Ọ bụkwa ya mere ọchịchịrị ji gbaa gị gburugburu ka ị ghara ịhụ ụzọ, meekwa ka idee mmiri kpuchie gị.
That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.
12 “Ọ bụ na Chineke anọghị nʼebe dị elu nke eluigwe? Lee ka ịdị elu nke kpakpando dị elu si dị.
Doesn't God live in highest heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
13 Kama ị na-asị, ‘Gịnị ka Chineke maara? Ọ na-esite nʼoke ọchịchịrị dị otu a ekpe ikpe?
But you ask, ‘What does God know? How can he see and judge what happens in down here in darkness?
14 Oke ọchịchịrị kpuchiri ya, nke mere na ọ naghị ahụ anyị mgbe ọ na-agagharị nʼebe dị elu nke eluigwe.’
Thick clouds cover him so he can't see anything as he walks around in heaven.’
15 Ị ga-agbaso ụzọ ochie nke ndị na-eme ihe ọjọọ zoro ije na ya?
Why do you insist on following the traditional thinking of the wicked?
16 E bupụrụ ha tupu oge ha eruo. Ntọala ndụ ha ka idee mmiri sachapụrụ
They were taken before their time; all they had built was washed away.
17 Ha sịrị Chineke, ‘Hapụ anyị aka! Gịnị ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-eme anyị?’
They had told God, ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 Ma ọ bụ ya ji ihe dị mma dị iche iche mejupụta ụlọ ha, ya mere ana m ewezuga onwe m site na ndụmọdụ ndị na-emebi iwu.
And yet he was the one who had filled their homes with good things—but I don't accept their way of thinking.
19 Ndị ezi omume na-ahụ mbibi ndị dị otu a ma ṅụrịa; ndị aka ha dị ọcha na-akwa ha emo sị:
Those who do right rejoice when they see the destruction of the wicked, and the innocent mock them,
20 ‘Nʼezie, e bibiela ndị iro anyị, ọkụ erepịala akụnụba ha.’
saying, ‘Our enemies are destroyed, and fire has burned up all that's left of them.’
21 “Doo onwe gị nʼokpuru Chineke ka gị na ya nọọ nʼudo, nʼụzọ dị otu a, ọganihu ga-abịara gị.
Come back to God and be reconciled to him, and you'll be prosperous again.
22 Gee ntị, nabata ndụmọdụ si ya nʼọnụ, doo okwu ya niile nʼobi gị.
Listen to what he tells you and keep his words in mind.
23 Ọ bụrụ na ịlaghachikwute Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ọ ga-eweghachi gị nʼọnọdụ gị; ọ bụrụ na iwezuga ihe mmebi iwu mee ka ọ dị anya site nʼebe ụlọ ikwu gị dị,
If you return to God you will be restored. If you renounce your sinful life
24 tọgbọ ọkpụrụkpụ ọlaedo gị nʼaja, tụpụkwa ọlaedo nke Ọfịa gị nʼelu nkume dị nʼime ọdọ mmiri nta.
and give up your love of money and desire for possessions,
25 Mgbe ahụ, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-abụrụ gị ọlaedo, bụkwara gị ọlaọcha kachasị mma.
then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver.
26 Nʼezie, mgbe ahụ kwa, ihe nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-atọ mkpụrụobi gị ụtọ, ị ga-ewelikwa ihu gị nye Chineke.
Then you will find delight in the Almighty, and be able to face him without feeling ashamed.
27 Ị ga-ekpe ekpere, ọ ga-azakwa gị ekpere gị, ị ga-emezukwa nkwa i kwere.
You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will keep your promises to him.
28 Ihe i kpebiri ga-emezukwa, ìhè ga-amụkwasị nʼụzọ gị niile.
Whatever you decide to do will be successful, and wherever you go, light will shine on you.
29 Mgbe a na-eweda ndị mmadụ ala, ọ bụrụkwa na ị sị, ‘Bulienụ ha elu,’ mgbe ahụ ọ ga-azọpụta ndị e wedara nʼala.
When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God will save them.
30 Ọ ga-azọpụta ọ bụladị onye ahụ nke aka ya na-adịghị ọcha, bụ onye nke a ga-azọpụta site nʼịdị ọcha nke aka gị.”
God saves those who are innocent, and you will be saved if you do what is right.”
