Job 36
1 Elihu gara nʼihu sị:
And Elihu addeth and saith: —
2 “Nyetụ m nwa oge nta, ka m gosi gị na ọ ka dị ọtụtụ ihe e nwere ikwu nyere Chineke.
Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
3 Ana m enweta amamihe m site nʼebe dị anya; aga m enye Onye kere m ezi omume.
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
4 Ya doo gị anya na okwu m abụghị okwu ụgha; onye zuruoke nʼihe ọmụma nọnyeere gị.
For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
5 “Chineke dị ike ma ọ dịghị eleda mmadụ ọbụla anya; ọ dị ike, bụrụkwa onye na-eme ihe ọbụla o zubere ime.
Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
6 Ọ naghị edebe ndị ajọ omume ndụ, kama ọ na-enye ndị a na-akpagbu akpagbu ihe ruuru ha.
He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
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 withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
8 Ma ọ bụrụ na e kechie ụmụ mmadụ nʼagbụ igwe, jirikwa agbụ nke mkpagbu jidesie ha ike,
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
9 ọ na-agwa ha ihe ha mere, na ha sitere na nganga ha mehie.
Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
10 Ọ na-eme ka ha ṅaa ntị nye ntụziaka, na-enyekwa ha iwu ka ha chegharịa site nʼajọ ihe ha na-eme.
And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
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 do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
12 Ma ọ bụrụ na ha egeghị ntị, ha ga-ala nʼiyi site na mma agha, ha ga-anwụ na-enweghị ọmụma ihe.
And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
13 “Ndị ajọ omume na-ebu iro nʼobi ha. Ha adịghị echegharị kpọkuo ya ọ bụladị mgbe o kere ha agbụ.
And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
14 Ha na-anwụ nʼoge okorobịa ha, nʼetiti ndị ikom na-agba akwụna nʼụlọ arụsị dị iche iche.
Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
15 Ma ndị na-ahụsị anya ka ọ na-azọpụta site nʼahụhụ ha; na-agwa ha okwu site na mkpagbu ha.
He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
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.
And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
17 Ma ugbu a, ikpe ọmụma dịịrị ndị ajọ omume na-anyịgbu gị; ikpe ọmụma na ikpe ziri ezi abịakwasịla gị.
And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
18 Lezie anya ka mmadụ ọbụla ghara iji akụnụba rafuo gị; ekwekwala ka ihe ngarị bara ụba wezuga gị nʼọnọdụ gị.
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
19 Akụnụba gị maọbụ ịdị ike gị ha pụrụ ịnapụta gị ka ị ghara ịnọ na mkpagbu?
Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
20 Anọla na-echere ka abalị bịa, mgbe a na-adọkpụrụ ndị ụmụ mmadụ site nʼụlọ ha pụọ.
Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
21 Lezie anya, ka i ghara iche ihu nye ajọ ihe, bụ nke ọ dị ka ị na-ahọrọ karịa mkpagbu.
Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
22 “E buliela Chineke elu nʼike ya, onye bụ onye ozizi dịka ya?
Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
23 Onye họpụtaara ya ụzọ ọ ga-agbaso, maọbụ sị ya ‘I meela ajọ ihe’?
Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
24 Cheta ka i bulie ọrụ aka ya elu, bụ nke ụmụ mmadụ torola site nʼabụ.
Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
25 Mmadụ niile ahụzuola ya; ụmụ mmadụ nọ nʼebe dị anya na-ele ya anya.
All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
26 Lee, Chineke dị ukwuu, karịa nghọta anyị. Ọnụọgụgụ afọ ya karịrị mmadụ ịchọpụta.
Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
27 “Ọ bụ ya na-eme ka ukuru mmiri rigoro nʼelu mgbe anwụ na-acha, nke a na-aghọ mmiri ozuzo nye iyi niile.
When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
28 Igwe ojii na-awụdata mmiri dị nʼime ya mee ka mmiri ozuzo dị ukwuu zokwasị ụmụ mmadụ.
Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
29 Onye pụrụ ịghọta ka o si gbasaa igwe ojii, ka o si ebigbọ site nʼebe obibi ya?
Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
30 Lee, ọ gbasaala amụma ya gburugburu ya na-ekpuchi ebe niile dịkarịsịrị omimi nke oke osimiri.
Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
31 Nke a bụ ụzọ o si achị mba niile na-enyejukwa ha nri afọ.
For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
32 O ji amụma nke egbe eluigwe kpojuo aka ya, ma na-enye ya iwu itida ihe ọbụla ọ chọrọ.
By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
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.
He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
