Job 22
1 Mgbe ahụ, Elifaz onye Teman zara sị:
And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
2 “Mmadụ ọ pụrụ ịbara Chineke uru? Ọ bụladị onye nwere uche ọ pụrụ ịbara Chineke uru?
“Is a man profitable to God, Because a wise man is profitable to himself?
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 a delight to the Mighty One That you are righteous? Is it gain, That you make your ways perfect?
4 “Chineke ọ na-abara gị mba na-ebo gị ebubo nʼihi na ị na-atụ egwu ya?
Because of your reverence Does He reason [with] you? He enters with you into judgment:
5 Ọ bụ na mmebi iwu gị adịghị ukwuu? Mmehie gị o nwere ọgwụgwụ?
Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities.
6 Ị naara ụmụnne gị ihe ebe nʼefu; ị yipụrụ ndị mmadụ uwe ha gbawa ha ọtọ.
For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, And you strip off the garments of the naked.
7 I nyeghị ndị ike gwuru mmiri, i nyeghịkwa ndị agụụ na-agụ ihe oriri.
You do not cause the weary to drink water, And you withhold bread from the hungry.
8 Ọ bụ eziokwu na ị bụ nwoke dị ike na onye nwere ala, bụrụkwa onye a na-asọpụrụ bi nʼala ya,
As for the man of arm—he has the earth, And the accepted of face—he dwells in it.
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, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
10 Ọ bụ ya mere ọnya jiri gbaa gị gburugburu, bụrụkwa ihe mbibi ji eyi gị egwu.
Therefore snares [are] all around you, And sudden fear troubles you.
11 Ọ bụkwa ya mere ọchịchịrị ji gbaa gị gburugburu ka ị ghara ịhụ ụzọ, meekwa ka idee mmiri kpuchie gị.
Or darkness—you do not see, And abundance of waters covers you.
12 “Ọ bụ na Chineke anọghị nʼebe dị elu nke eluigwe? Lee ka ịdị elu nke kpakpando dị elu si dị.
Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
13 Kama ị na-asị, ‘Gịnị ka Chineke maara? Ọ na-esite nʼoke ọchịchịrị dị otu a ekpe ikpe?
And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?
14 Oke ọchịchịrị kpuchiri ya, nke mere na ọ naghị ahụ anyị mgbe ọ na-agagharị nʼebe dị elu nke eluigwe.’
Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He does not see, And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.
15 Ị ga-agbaso ụzọ ochie nke ndị na-eme ihe ọjọọ zoro ije na ya?
Do you observe the path of the age, That men of iniquity have trodden,
16 E bupụrụ ha tupu oge ha eruo. Ntọala ndụ ha ka idee mmiri sachapụrụ
Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.
17 Ha sịrị Chineke, ‘Hapụ anyị aka! Gịnị ka Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-eme anyị?’
Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, And what does the Mighty One do to them?
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 He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked Has been far from me).
19 Ndị ezi omume na-ahụ mbibi ndị dị otu a ma ṅụrịa; ndị aka ha dị ọcha na-akwa ha emo sị:
The righteous see and they rejoice, And the innocent mocks at them:
20 ‘Nʼezie, e bibiela ndị iro anyị, ọkụ erepịala akụnụba ha.’
Surely our substance has not been cut off, And fire has consumed their excellence.
21 “Doo onwe gị nʼokpuru Chineke ka gị na ya nọọ nʼudo, nʼụzọ dị otu a, ọganihu ga-abịara gị.
Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, Thereby your increase [is] good.
22 Gee ntị, nabata ndụmọdụ si ya nʼọnụ, doo okwu ya niile nʼobi gị.
Please receive a law from His mouth, And set His sayings in your heart.
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 the Mighty you are built up, You put iniquity far from your tents.
24 tọgbọ ọkpụrụkpụ ọlaedo gị nʼaja, tụpụkwa ọlaedo nke Ọfịa gị nʼelu nkume dị nʼime ọdọ mmiri nta.
So as to set a defense on the dust, And a covering on a rock of the valleys.
25 Mgbe ahụ, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-abụrụ gị ọlaedo, bụkwara gị ọlaọcha kachasị mma.
And the Mighty has been your defense, And silver [is] strength to you.
26 Nʼezie, mgbe ahụ kwa, ihe nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ga-atọ mkpụrụobi gị ụtọ, ị ga-ewelikwa ihu gị nye Chineke.
For then you delight yourself on the Mighty, And lift up your face to God,
27 Ị ga-ekpe ekpere, ọ ga-azakwa gị ekpere gị, ị ga-emezukwa nkwa i kwere.
You make supplication to Him, And He hears you, And you complete your vows.
28 Ihe i kpebiri ga-emezukwa, ìhè ga-amụkwasị nʼụzọ gị niile.
And you decree a saying, And it is established to you, And light has shone on your ways.
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.
For they have made low, And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.
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.”
He delivers the one [who is] not innocent, Indeed, he has been delivered By the cleanness of your hands.”
