Job 38
1 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼoke ifufe gwa Job okwu sị:
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
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—darkening 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 gird your loins as a man, And I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
4 “Ebee ka ị nọ mgbe m tọrọ ntọala ụwa? Gwa m ma ọ bụrụ na ị ghọtara.
Where were you when I founded the earth? Declare, if you have known understanding.
5 Onye kpebiri ihe ụwa ga-aha ka ya? Nʼezie ị maara, onye setịrị ihe ọtụtụ e ji tụọ ya nʼelu ya?
Who placed its measures—if you know? Or who has stretched out a line on it?
6 Nʼelu gịnị ka a tọrọ ntọala ya, onye doro nkume mbụ e ji tọọ ntọala ya?
On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who has cast its cornerstone—
7 Mgbe kpakpando nke isi ụtụtụ zukọrọ bụọ abụ, ụmụ Chineke niile tisikwara mkpu ọṅụ ike?
In the singing together of [the] stars of morning, When all [the] sons of God shout 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,
And He shuts up the sea with doors, In its coming forth, it goes out from the womb.
9 mgbe m yikwasịrị ha igwe ojii dịka uwe, werekwa ọchịchịrị meere ya akwa okike,
In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 mgbe m kpaara ya oke ebe ọ ga-akwụsị, tinye ibo ọnụ ụzọ na mkpọrọ e ji akpọchi ya,
And I measure My statute over it, And place bar 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 say, To here you come, and no more, And a command is placed On the pride of your billows.
12 “O nweela oge i nyere ụtụtụ iwu, maọbụ mee ka chi ọbụbọ maara ọnọdụ ya,
Have you commanded morning since your days? Do you cause the dawn to know its place?
13 ka o jide akụkụ niile nke ụwa aka ma site nʼụwa yọpụ ndị mmebi iwu?
To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,
14 Ụwa na-ewere ụdịdị ya dịka ụrọ a kakwasịrị akara; ụdịdị ya na-egosipụta dịka uwe.
It turns itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
15 A na-eme ka ndị na-emebi iwu ghara inwe ìhè, meekwa ka aka e weliri elu bụrụ nke a nyajiri.
And their light is withheld from the wicked, And the arm lifted up is broken.
16 “I jeruola nʼisi iyi mmiri dị nʼosimiri, ka i jegharịala nʼebe miri emi nke ogbu mmiri?
Have you come to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Have you walked up and down?
17 O nweela onye gosiri gị ọnụ ụzọ ọnwụ? Ka i jirila anya gị hụ ọnụ ụzọ nke onyinyo ọnwụ?
Were the gates of death revealed to you? And do you see the gates of death-shade?
18 Ị ghọtara ịdị ukwu nke ụwa na otu o si gbasapụ? Gwa m, ma ọ bụrụ na ị maara ihe ndị a niile.
You have understanding, Even to the broad places of earth! Declare—if you have known it all.
19 “Olee ụzọ e si aga ebe ìhè bi? Olee ebe ọchịchịrị bi?
Where [is] this—the way light dwells? And darkness, where [is] this—its place?
20 Ị nwere ike iduru ha jee nʼebe ha bi? Ị maara ụzọ e si eje ebe obibi ha?
That you take it to its boundary, And that you understand the paths of its house.
21 Nʼezie ị maara, nʼihi na a mụọla gị tupu e kee ihe ndị a! Ị bikwaala ọtụtụ afọ.
You have known—for then you are born, And the number of your days [are] many!
22 “Ị banyela nʼụlọ niile ebe a na-achịkọba snoo, ka ị hụla ụlọ niile ebe a na-achịkọba mkpụrụ mmiri igwe,
Have you come to the treasure of snow? Indeed, do you see the treasures of hail,
23 nke m chekwara nye oge nsogbu, nʼoge ọgụ na nʼoge agha?
That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict 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?
Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scatters an east wind over the earth.
25 Onye wara ụzọ maka oke mmiri ozuzo, onye kwa waara amụma na egbe eluigwe ụzọ?
Who has divided a conduit for the flood? And a way for the lightning of the voices?
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 rain on a land [with] no man, A wilderness [with] no man in it.
27 ka mmiri ozuzo mee ka ala kpọrọ nkụ nweta mmiri iji mee ka ahịhịa pupụta nʼime ya.
To satisfy a desolate and ruined place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?
28 Mmiri ozuzo o nwere nna? Onye mụrụ igirigi?
Does the rain have a father? Or 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 belly came forth the ice? And the hoarfrost of the heavens, Who has begotten it?
30 nke na-eme ka mmiri kpụkọtaa dịrị ike dịka nkume, meekwa ka ihu ogbu mmiri kpụkọta?
Waters are hidden as a stone, And the face of the deep is captured.
31 “Ị pụrụ ikechi agbụ niile nke Pleiades? Ị pụrụ ịtọpụ ihe nkechikọta Orion?
Do you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Or do you open the cords of Orion?
32 Ị pụrụ ime ka igwe kpakpando pụta nʼoge ha maọbụ dupụta anụ ndọgbu Bịa na ụmụ ya ndị ọzọ?
Do you bring out the twelve signs in [their] season? And do you comfort the Great Bear over her sons?
33 Ị maara iwu na-achị ihe niile dị na mbara eluigwe? Ị pụrụ inye ha ike ịchị ụwa?
Have you known the statutes of the heavens? Or do you appoint Its dominion in the earth?
34 “Ị pụrụ iti mkpu ruo igwe ojii si otu a mee ka idee mmiri kpuchie gị?
Do you lift up your voice to the cloud, And abundance of water covers you?
35 Ị pụrụ izipụ amụma egbe eluigwe nʼụzọ ha? Ha na-asị gị, ‘Ebe a ka anyị nọ’?
Do you send out lightnings, and they go And say to you, Behold us?
36 Onye na-etinye amamihe nʼobi mmadụ, maọbụ na-enye oke ọkpa nghọta?
Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the covered part?
37 Onye nwere amamihe ịgụ igwe ojii niile dị na mbara eluigwe ọnụ? Onye kwa pụrụ ịhulata karama mmiri niile nke eluigwe niile,
Who numbers the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who causes to lie down,
38 mgbe aja dị nʼala siri ike, mgbe ọkpụrụkpụ aja dị nʼala na-akpụkọta nʼahụ ibe ha?
In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
39 “Ọ bụ gị na-achụtara nne ọdụm ihe oriri, mee ka afọ ju ụmụ ọdụm
Do you hunt prey for a lion? And fulfill the desire of young lions?
40 mgbe ha makpuuru nʼime ọgba ha, maọbụ mgbe ha zoro onwe ha na-eche anụ nʼọhịa?
When they bow down in dens—Abide in a thicket for a covert?
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 prepares for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry to God? They wander without food.”
