Job 30
1 “Ma ugbu a, ha na-akwa m emo bụ ndị bụ ụmụntakịrị nʼebe m nọ, bụ ndị nna ha na-etorughị ndị m na-ezipụ ka ha na nkịta na-eso atụrụ m nọkọta.
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
2 Uru gịnị ka ike aka ha ga-abara m, ebe ọ bụ na ha adịghịkwa ike?
Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.
3 Ha bụ ndị ike gwụrụ site nʼụkọ na agụụ, ha na-agagharị nʼala kpọrọ nkụ na-awagharịkwa nʼime ọzara nʼabalị.
They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground; in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
4 Nʼala ọhịa ka ha na-atụrị ahịhịa nnu, mgbọrọgwụ osisi brum bụkwa nri ha.
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; and the roots of the broom [are] their meat.
5 A chụpụrụ ha site nʼetiti ndị mmadụ ibe ha, a na-etiso ha mkpu dịka ha bụ ndị ohi.
They are driven forth from the midst [of men]; they cry after them as after a thief.
6 A chụpụrụ ha ka ha gaa biri nʼala iyi mmiri na-adịghị. Ha bi nʼetiti ọgba nkume na ọnụ a tụrụ nʼime ala.
In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7 Ha na-eme ụzụ nʼọhịa dịka ụmụ anụmanụ, na-ejikọta onwe ha nʼahịhịa toro nʼokpuru osisi.
Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.
8 Ha bụ ndị e ledara anya, ndị na-enweghị aha, e sitere nʼala ahụ chụpụ ha.
[They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; they were scourged out of the land.
9 “Ma ugbu a, abụrụla m ihe ụmụ okorobịa ji abụ abụ ịkwa emo; abụrụkwala m okwu ha ji anọpụrụ ụbọchị.
And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.
10 Abụ m ihe ịsọ oyi nye ha, ha adịghị abịakwa m nso; ha anaghị egbu oge igbu m asọ mmiri nʼihu.
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11 Ma ugbu a, ebe ọ bụ na Chineke atọpụla eriri ụta m ma kpagbuo m, o nwekwaghị ihe ha na-adịghị eme nʼihu m.
For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.
12 Nʼaka nri m mba ndị a na-ebuso m agha. Ha na-esiri ụkwụ m ọnya, ha na-ewuli mgbidi ha nọchibido m.
Upon my right hand rise the rabble; they thrust aside my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 Ha na-etiwasị ụzọ m, ha kwadoro mmekpa ahụ m. ‘O nweghị onye ga-enyere ya aka,’ ka ha na-ekwu.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, [even] men that have no helper.
14 Ha na-abịakwasị m dịka ndị sitere ebe e tipuru mgbidi; nʼetiti mbibi ya ha na-enu onwe ha enute nʼebe m nọ.
As through a wide breach they come: in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
15 Oke egwu abịakwasịla m; ugwu m adịla ka ihe ifufe buuru, nchekwa m agabigala dịka igwe ojii.
Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
16 “Ugbu a, ndụ m ji nwayọọ nwayọọ na-agabiga; ụbọchị ahụhụ ejidela m.
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 Abalị na-esewasị ọkpụkpụ m, ihe mgbu m nke na-ata ata enweghị ezumike.
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
18 Nʼoke ike ya, Chineke na-adịrị m ka uwe; ọ na-ekechi m dịka olu uwe m.
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment disfigured: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 Ọ na-atụba m nʼime apịtị, mee ka m ghọọ ntụ na aja.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 “Chineke m, anam etiku gị ma ị dịghị aza m; anam eguzo ọtọ, ma naanị anya ka i lere m.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
21 Ị na-emegide m na-enweghị obi ebere; i ji aka gị dị ike megide m.
Thou art turned to be cruel to me: with the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
22 Ị na-ejide m nʼike welie m elu chụba m nʼoke ifufe, ị na-eme ka m bụrụ onye na-akwụfegharị nʼoke ifufe nke mmiri.
Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it]; and thou dissolvest me in the storm.
23 Amara m na ị ga-eweda m ruo ọnwụ; ruo nʼebe e debeere mmadụ niile dị ndụ.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24 “Nʼezie, ọ dịghị onye na-emegide onye e tidara nʼala; mgbe ọ na-eti mkpu nʼọnọdụ nhụju anya ya na-achọ enyemaka.
Surely against a ruinous heap he will not put forth his hand; though [it be] in his destruction, [one may utter] a cry because of these things.
25 Ọ bụ na m akwaghị akwa nʼihi ndị nọ na nsogbu; ọ bụ na mmụọ m erughị ụjụ nʼihi ndị ogbenye?
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 Ma mgbe m lere anya ihe ọma, ihe ọjọọ bịara; mgbe m lere anya ìhè, mgbe ahụ ka ọchịchịrị bịara.
When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 Obi m anaghị ezu ike nʼime m; ụbọchị ahụhụ na-ezute m.
My bowels boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.
28 Ana m agagharị na-eji nji ma ọ bụghị nʼihi oke anwụ. Eguzola m ọtọ nʼọgbakọ ndị mmadụ tikuo ha ka ha nyere m aka.
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29 Abụrụla m nwanne nkịta ọhịa; onye ya na ikwighịkwighị na-esogharị.
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
30 Akpụkpọ ahụ m na-eji nji na-ekpe iwere; anụ ahụ m na-anụ ọkụ dịka ihe a kwanyere ọkụ.
My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 Ụda ụbọ akwara m bụ ụda iru ụjụ; ụda ọja m bụkwa ụda iti mkpu akwa.
Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
