Job 36
1 Elihu gara nʼihu sị:
Elihu continued speaking.
2 “Nyetụ m nwa oge nta, ka m gosi gị na ọ ka dị ọtụtụ ihe e nwere ikwu nyere Chineke.
“Be patient with me just a little while longer and let me explain. I still have something to say on God's behalf.
3 Ana m enweta amamihe m site nʼebe dị anya; aga m enye Onye kere m ezi omume.
I will share my extensive knowledge, and I will prove my Creator is in the right.
4 Ya doo gị anya na okwu m abụghị okwu ụgha; onye zuruoke nʼihe ọmụma nọnyeere gị.
I assure you that what I'm saying are not lies, for I am a man whose knowledge is of the highest order.
5 “Chineke dị ike ma ọ dịghị eleda mmadụ ọbụla anya; ọ dị ike, bụrụkwa onye na-eme ihe ọbụla o zubere ime.
God is mighty, but doesn't despise anyone; he is powerful in strength and understanding.
6 Ọ naghị edebe ndị ajọ omume ndụ, kama ọ na-enye ndị a na-akpagbu akpagbu ihe ruuru ha.
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives justice to the oppressed.
7 Ọ dịghị ewepụ anya ya nʼebe ndị ezi omume nọ, kama ọ na-eme ka ha na ndị eze nọkwasị nʼocheeze, bụrụ ndị e buliri elu ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
He always pays attention those who do right, and places them on thrones with kings, honoring them eternally.
8 Ma ọ bụrụ na e kechie ụmụ mmadụ nʼagbụ igwe, jirikwa agbụ nke mkpagbu jidesie ha ike,
If they are bound in chains, tied down by ropes of suffering,
9 ọ na-agwa ha ihe ha mere, na ha sitere na nganga ha mehie.
then he explains to them what they've done—their arrogant sins.
10 Ọ na-eme ka ha ṅaa ntị nye ntụziaka, na-enyekwa ha iwu ka ha chegharịa site nʼajọ ihe ha na-eme.
He makes them pay attention and orders them to stop sinning.
11 Ọ bụrụ na ha erube isi, jekwaara ya ozi, ha ga-abụ ndị ga-ebi oge ndụ ha fọdụrụ nʼakụnụba, biekwa ogologo ndụ ha niile nʼafọ ojuju.
If they listen and do what God says they will live out their lives in happiness.
12 Ma ọ bụrụ na ha egeghị ntị, ha ga-ala nʼiyi site na mma agha, ha ga-anwụ na-enweghị ọmụma ihe.
But if they do not listen they will die a violent death, ignorant of God.
13 “Ndị ajọ omume na-ebu iro nʼobi ha. Ha adịghị echegharị kpọkuo ya ọ bụladị mgbe o kere ha agbụ.
Those who reject God hold on to their bitterness. Even when he disciplines them they do not cry out to him for help.
14 Ha na-anwụ nʼoge okorobịa ha, nʼetiti ndị ikom na-agba akwụna nʼụlọ arụsị dị iche iche.
They die in their youth; their lives end among the male temple prostitutes.
15 Ma ndị na-ahụsị anya ka ọ na-azọpụta site nʼahụhụ ha; na-agwa ha okwu site na mkpagbu ha.
Through suffering God saves those who suffer; he gets their attention through their troubles.
16 “Ọ na-achọsi ike ịnapụta gị site nʼọnụ mkpagbu, baa nʼebe sara mbara, ebe mkpagbu na-adịghị, baa na tebul nke jupụtara na nri dị ezi ụtọ.
God is trying to rescue you from the jaws of trouble to a place of freedom and safety, filling your table full of the very best food.
17 Ma ugbu a, ikpe ọmụma dịịrị ndị ajọ omume na-anyịgbu gị; ikpe ọmụma na ikpe ziri ezi abịakwasịla gị.
But you are preoccupied with the fate of the wicked; judgment and justice fill your mind.
18 Lezie anya ka mmadụ ọbụla ghara iji akụnụba rafuo gị; ekwekwala ka ihe ngarị bara ụba wezuga gị nʼọnọdụ gị.
But be careful that your anger doesn't seduce you into mockery; and don't let the size of the ‘bribe’ lead you into sin.
19 Akụnụba gị maọbụ ịdị ike gị ha pụrụ ịnapụta gị ka ị ghara ịnọ na mkpagbu?
Will your cry for help sustain you when troubles come?
20 Anọla na-echere ka abalị bịa, mgbe a na-adọkpụrụ ndị ụmụ mmadụ site nʼụlọ ha pụọ.
Do not long for the night when people are suddenly taken away.
21 Lezie anya, ka i ghara iche ihu nye ajọ ihe, bụ nke ọ dị ka ị na-ahọrọ karịa mkpagbu.
Watch out that you don't turn to evil! For it's because of this that you are being tested through suffering.
22 “E buliela Chineke elu nʼike ya, onye bụ onye ozizi dịka ya?
Look how much power God has! What teacher is like him?
23 Onye họpụtaara ya ụzọ ọ ga-agbaso, maọbụ sị ya ‘I meela ajọ ihe’?
Who has instructed him what to do? Who can say to him ‘You have done wrong’?
24 Cheta ka i bulie ọrụ aka ya elu, bụ nke ụmụ mmadụ torola site nʼabụ.
Instead you should praise him for what he has done, as people have done in song.
25 Mmadụ niile ahụzuola ya; ụmụ mmadụ nọ nʼebe dị anya na-ele ya anya.
Everyone has seen God's creation, though only from a distance.
26 Lee, Chineke dị ukwuu, karịa nghọta anyị. Ọnụọgụgụ afọ ya karịrị mmadụ ịchọpụta.
See how great God is—more than we can understand! No one can count his years.
27 “Ọ bụ ya na-eme ka ukuru mmiri rigoro nʼelu mgbe anwụ na-acha, nke a na-aghọ mmiri ozuzo nye iyi niile.
He draws up the water and distils it into the dew and the rain.
28 Igwe ojii na-awụdata mmiri dị nʼime ya mee ka mmiri ozuzo dị ukwuu zokwasị ụmụ mmadụ.
The clouds pour down rain, falling plentifully on humankind.
29 Onye pụrụ ịghọta ka o si gbasaa igwe ojii, ka o si ebigbọ site nʼebe obibi ya?
Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out, or how thunder roars from where he lives?
30 Lee, ọ gbasaala amụma ya gburugburu ya na-ekpuchi ebe niile dịkarịsịrị omimi nke oke osimiri.
See how he scatters lightning around him, and covers the depths of the sea in darkness.
31 Nke a bụ ụzọ o si achị mba niile na-enyejukwa ha nri afọ.
By these actions he rules the people, he provides abundant food.
32 O ji amụma nke egbe eluigwe kpojuo aka ya, ma na-enye ya iwu itida ihe ọbụla ọ chọrọ.
He holds lightning in his hands and commands where it should strike.
33 Ịda ụda nke egbe eluigwe na-akọwa ọbịbịa nke oke ifufe mmiri; ọ bụladị ehi na-eme ka a mara na ọ nọ nso.
Thunder declares his presence—even cattle know when a storm is coming.
