Job 38
1 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼoke ifufe gwa Job okwu sị:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
2 “Onye bụ onye a nke ji okwu ihe ọmụma na-adịghị na ya na-eme ka atụmatụ m ghara ịpụta ìhè?
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Ugbu a, jikere onwe gị dịka dimkpa nʼihi na enwere m ajụjụ m ga-ajụ gị nke m chọrọ ka i nye m ọsịsa ha.
Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
4 “Ebee ka ị nọ mgbe m tọrọ ntọala ụwa? Gwa m ma ọ bụrụ na ị ghọtara.
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
5 Onye kpebiri ihe ụwa ga-aha ka ya? Nʼezie ị maara, onye setịrị ihe ọtụtụ e ji tụọ ya nʼelu ya?
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 Nʼelu gịnị ka a tọrọ ntọala ya, onye doro nkume mbụ e ji tọọ ntọala ya?
On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
7 Mgbe kpakpando nke isi ụtụtụ zukọrọ bụọ abụ, ụmụ Chineke niile tisikwara mkpu ọṅụ ike?
while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 “Onye kara akara nye osimiri iwu ebe ọ ga-ejedebe mgbe o nupụtara dịka a ga-asị na o si nʼakpanwa pụta,
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
9 mgbe m yikwasịrị ha igwe ojii dịka uwe, werekwa ọchịchịrị meere ya akwa okike,
when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
10 mgbe m kpaara ya oke ebe ọ ga-akwụsị, tinye ibo ọnụ ụzọ na mkpọrọ e ji akpọchi ya,
when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
11 mgbe m sịrị, ‘Ruo ebe a ka ị ga-asọrute, ị gaghị agabiga ya, nʼebe a ka a ga-akwụsị ebili mmiri mpako gị’?
and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
12 “O nweela oge i nyere ụtụtụ iwu, maọbụ mee ka chi ọbụbọ maara ọnọdụ ya,
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
13 ka o jide akụkụ niile nke ụwa aka ma site nʼụwa yọpụ ndị mmebi iwu?
that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
14 Ụwa na-ewere ụdịdị ya dịka ụrọ a kakwasịrị akara; ụdịdị ya na-egosipụta dịka uwe.
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
15 A na-eme ka ndị na-emebi iwu ghara inwe ìhè, meekwa ka aka e weliri elu bụrụ nke a nyajiri.
Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
16 “I jeruola nʼisi iyi mmiri dị nʼosimiri, ka i jegharịala nʼebe miri emi nke ogbu mmiri?
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
17 O nweela onye gosiri gị ọnụ ụzọ ọnwụ? Ka i jirila anya gị hụ ọnụ ụzọ nke onyinyo ọnwụ?
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 Ị ghọtara ịdị ukwu nke ụwa na otu o si gbasapụ? Gwa m, ma ọ bụrụ na ị maara ihe ndị a niile.
Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
19 “Olee ụzọ e si aga ebe ìhè bi? Olee ebe ọchịchịrị bi?
Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
20 Ị nwere ike iduru ha jee nʼebe ha bi? Ị maara ụzọ e si eje ebe obibi ha?
so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
21 Nʼezie ị maara, nʼihi na a mụọla gị tupu e kee ihe ndị a! Ị bikwaala ọtụtụ afọ.
Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
22 “Ị banyela nʼụlọ niile ebe a na-achịkọba snoo, ka ị hụla ụlọ niile ebe a na-achịkọba mkpụrụ mmiri igwe,
Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
23 nke m chekwara nye oge nsogbu, nʼoge ọgụ na nʼoge agha?
which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
24 Kedụ ụzọ e si ejeru ebe a na-anọ ekesasị amụma egbe eluigwe, ebee ka e si ekesasị ifufe ọwụwa anyanwụ nʼelu ụwa?
In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
25 Onye wara ụzọ maka oke mmiri ozuzo, onye kwa waara amụma na egbe eluigwe ụzọ?
Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
26 Si otu a mee ka mmiri zokwasị ebe mmadụ na-ebighị, ala ọzara ebe ọ dịghị onye nọ nʼime ya,
to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
27 ka mmiri ozuzo mee ka ala kpọrọ nkụ nweta mmiri iji mee ka ahịhịa pupụta nʼime ya.
to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
28 Mmiri ozuzo o nwere nna? Onye mụrụ igirigi?
Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 Site nʼakpanwa onye ka mkpụrụ mmiri si apụta? Onye kwa bụ nne oke oyi nke eluigwe,
From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
30 nke na-eme ka mmiri kpụkọtaa dịrị ike dịka nkume, meekwa ka ihu ogbu mmiri kpụkọta?
when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
31 “Ị pụrụ ikechi agbụ niile nke Pleiades? Ị pụrụ ịtọpụ ihe nkechikọta Orion?
Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
32 Ị pụrụ ime ka igwe kpakpando pụta nʼoge ha maọbụ dupụta anụ ndọgbu Bịa na ụmụ ya ndị ọzọ?
Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
33 Ị maara iwu na-achị ihe niile dị na mbara eluigwe? Ị pụrụ inye ha ike ịchị ụwa?
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
34 “Ị pụrụ iti mkpu ruo igwe ojii si otu a mee ka idee mmiri kpuchie gị?
Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
35 Ị pụrụ izipụ amụma egbe eluigwe nʼụzọ ha? Ha na-asị gị, ‘Ebe a ka anyị nọ’?
Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Onye na-etinye amamihe nʼobi mmadụ, maọbụ na-enye oke ọkpa nghọta?
Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?
37 Onye nwere amamihe ịgụ igwe ojii niile dị na mbara eluigwe ọnụ? Onye kwa pụrụ ịhulata karama mmiri niile nke eluigwe niile,
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
38 mgbe aja dị nʼala siri ike, mgbe ọkpụrụkpụ aja dị nʼala na-akpụkọta nʼahụ ibe ha?
when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
39 “Ọ bụ gị na-achụtara nne ọdụm ihe oriri, mee ka afọ ju ụmụ ọdụm
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
40 mgbe ha makpuuru nʼime ọgba ha, maọbụ mgbe ha zoro onwe ha na-eche anụ nʼọhịa?
when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
41 Onye na-edoziri ugolọma ihe oriri ya, mgbe ụmụ ya na-etiku Chineke mkpu agụ, mgbe ha na-akpagharị na-achọ ihe oriri?
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
