Job 38
1 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼoke ifufe gwa Job okwu sị:
Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, 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 that darkeneth the counsell by wordes 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.
Girde vp nowe thy loynes like a man: I will demande of thee and declare thou vnto me.
4 “Ebee ka ị nọ mgbe m tọrọ ntọala ụwa? Gwa m ma ọ bụrụ na ị ghọtara.
Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding,
5 Onye kpebiri ihe ụwa ga-aha ka ya? Nʼezie ị maara, onye setịrị ihe ọtụtụ e ji tụọ ya nʼelu ya?
Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it:
6 Nʼelu gịnị ka a tọrọ ntọala ya, onye doro nkume mbụ e ji tọọ ntọala ya?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof:
7 Mgbe kpakpando nke isi ụtụtụ zukọrọ bụọ abụ, ụmụ Chineke niile tisikwara mkpu ọṅụ ike?
When the starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced:
8 “Onye kara akara nye osimiri iwu ebe ọ ga-ejedebe mgbe o nupụtara dịka a ga-asị na o si nʼakpanwa pụta,
Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe:
9 mgbe m yikwasịrị ha igwe ojii dịka uwe, werekwa ọchịchịrị meere ya akwa okike,
When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:
10 mgbe m kpaara ya oke ebe ọ ga-akwụsị, tinye ibo ọnụ ụzọ na mkpọrọ e ji akpọchi ya,
When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,
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 said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues.
12 “O nweela oge i nyere ụtụtụ iwu, maọbụ mee ka chi ọbụbọ maara ọnọdụ ya,
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place,
13 ka o jide akụkụ niile nke ụwa aka ma site nʼụwa yọpụ ndị mmebi iwu?
That it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 Ụwa na-ewere ụdịdị ya dịka ụrọ a kakwasịrị akara; ụdịdị ya na-egosipụta dịka uwe.
It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment.
15 A na-eme ka ndị na-emebi iwu ghara inwe ìhè, meekwa ka aka e weliri elu bụrụ nke a nyajiri.
And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.
16 “I jeruola nʼisi iyi mmiri dị nʼosimiri, ka i jegharịala nʼebe miri emi nke ogbu mmiri?
Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth?
17 O nweela onye gosiri gị ọnụ ụzọ ọnwụ? Ka i jirila anya gị hụ ọnụ ụzọ nke onyinyo ọnwụ?
Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe 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.
Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? tell if thou knowest all this.
19 “Olee ụzọ e si aga ebe ìhè bi? Olee ebe ọchịchịrị bi?
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and where is the place of darkenesse,
20 Ị nwere ike iduru ha jee nʼebe ha bi? Ị maara ụzọ e si eje ebe obibi ha?
That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof?
21 Nʼezie ị maara, nʼihi na a mụọla gị tupu e kee ihe ndị a! Ị bikwaala ọtụtụ afọ.
Knewest thou it, because thou wast then borne, and because the nomber of thy dayes is great?
22 “Ị banyela nʼụlọ niile ebe a na-achịkọba snoo, ka ị hụla ụlọ niile ebe a na-achịkọba mkpụrụ mmiri igwe,
Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seene the treasures of ye haile,
23 nke m chekwara nye oge nsogbu, nʼoge ọgụ na nʼoge agha?
Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell?
24 Kedụ ụzọ e si ejeru ebe a na-anọ ekesasị amụma egbe eluigwe, ebee ka e si ekesasị ifufe ọwụwa anyanwụ nʼelu ụwa?
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth?
25 Onye wara ụzọ maka oke mmiri ozuzo, onye kwa waara amụma na egbe eluigwe ụzọ?
Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? or the way for the lightning of ye thunders,
26 Si otu a mee ka mmiri zokwasị ebe mmadụ na-ebighị, ala ọzara ebe ọ dịghị onye nọ nʼime ya,
To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?
27 ka mmiri ozuzo mee ka ala kpọrọ nkụ nweta mmiri iji mee ka ahịhịa pupụta nʼime ya.
To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
28 Mmiri ozuzo o nwere nna? Onye mụrụ igirigi?
Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe?
29 Site nʼakpanwa onye ka mkpụrụ mmiri si apụta? Onye kwa bụ nne oke oyi nke eluigwe,
Out of whose wombe came the yee? who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?
30 nke na-eme ka mmiri kpụkọtaa dịrị ike dịka nkume, meekwa ka ihu ogbu mmiri kpụkọta?
The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen.
31 “Ị pụrụ ikechi agbụ niile nke Pleiades? Ị pụrụ ịtọpụ ihe nkechikọta Orion?
Canst thou restraine the sweete influences of the Pleiades? or loose the bandes of Orion?
32 Ị pụrụ ime ka igwe kpakpando pụta nʼoge ha maọbụ dupụta anụ ndọgbu Bịa na ụmụ ya ndị ọzọ?
Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sonnes?
33 Ị maara iwu na-achị ihe niile dị na mbara eluigwe? Ị pụrụ inye ha ike ịchị ụwa?
Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth?
34 “Ị pụrụ iti mkpu ruo igwe ojii si otu a mee ka idee mmiri kpuchie gị?
Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?
35 Ị pụrụ izipụ amụma egbe eluigwe nʼụzọ ha? Ha na-asị gị, ‘Ebe a ka anyị nọ’?
Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are?
36 Onye na-etinye amamihe nʼobi mmadụ, maọbụ na-enye oke ọkpa nghọta?
Who hath put wisedome in the reines? or who hath giuen the heart vnderstanding?
37 Onye nwere amamihe ịgụ igwe ojii niile dị na mbara eluigwe ọnụ? Onye kwa pụrụ ịhulata karama mmiri niile nke eluigwe niile,
Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue,
38 mgbe aja dị nʼala siri ike, mgbe ọkpụrụkpụ aja dị nʼala na-akpụkọta nʼahụ ibe ha?
When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?
39 “Ọ bụ gị na-achụtara nne ọdụm ihe oriri, mee ka afọ ju ụmụ ọdụm
Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes,
40 mgbe ha makpuuru nʼime ọgba ha, maọbụ mgbe ha zoro onwe ha na-eche anụ nʼọhịa?
When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite?
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 prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?
