Job 5
1 “Kpọọ oku ma ị chọọ, ma onyekwanụ ga-aza gị? Ole ndị dị nsọ ị ga-agbakwuru?
Do but call: is there one that will answer thee? and to whom of the saints wilt thou turn thyself?
2 Oke iwe na-egbu onye nzuzu, ekworo na-egbu onye na-enweghị uche.
For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.
3 Mụ onwe m ahụla onye nzuzu ka ọ na-agba mgbọrọgwụ, mana mberede, abụrụ ụlọ ya ọnụ.
I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed.
4 Ụmụ ya na-anọpụ anya site nʼebe nchebe dị, a na-azọpịa ha nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ọ dịkwaghị onye na-anapụta ha.
His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.
5 Onye agụụ na-agụ na-eripịa ihe o wetara nʼubi; ọ na-ewere ihe ubi ndị a ọ bụladị site nʼetiti ogwu; akụnụba ya ka onye akpịrị na-akpọ nkụ ga-achụso.
[He it is] whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.
6 Nʼihi na ọnọdụ ọjọọ adịghị esite nʼala pupụta, ma ọ bụkwanụ nsogbu adịghịkwa esite nʼala walite.
For wrong doth not come forth out of the dust, neither doth trouble grow up out of the ground;
7 Kama, a mụrụ mmadụ nye nsogbu, dịka ire ọkụ si esite nʼọkụ a kwanyere na-amali elu.
But man is born unto trouble, as young birds take up their flight.
8 “Ma ọ bụrụ na m bụ gị, m ga-ekpesara Chineke; ya ka m ga-akọsara ihe niile.
I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
9 Nʼihi na Chineke na-arụ ọrụ ịtụnanya karịrị nghọta, ọrụ ebube nke a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ.
Who doth great things which are unsearchable, marvelous things till they are without number;
10 Ọ bụ ya na-enye elu ụwa mmiri ozuzo, ma na-ezigakwa mmiri nʼubi niile.
Who giveth rain upon the surface of the earth, and sendeth out waters over the face of the fields;
11 Ọ na-ebuli ndị dị ala elu, na-emekwa ka ndị na-eru ụjụ nọ nʼebe a na-echebe ha.
To set up the lowly on high, that those who mourn may rise high to happiness;
12 Ọ na-emebi nzube niile nke ndị aghụghọ, ka aka ha ghara imezu ihe ha zubere.
[But] who frustrateth the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot execute their well-devised counsel;
13 Ọ na-ejide ndị oke amamihe nʼaghụghọ ha niile, mee ka atụmatụ ndị aghụghọ bụrụ ihe e kpochapụrụ.
Who catcheth the wise in their own craftiness; and the advise of the perverse is hastened on headlong;
14 Ọchịchịrị na-abịakwasị ha nʼoge ehihie, nʼetiti ehihie ha na-asọ ìsì dịka ndị nọ nʼọchịchịrị nke abalị;
By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;
15 Ọ na-azọpụta ndị mkpa na-akpa, site na mma agha dị ha nʼọnụ, ọ na-anapụtakwa ha site nʼaka ndị dị ike.
But who saveth from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty, the needy one:
16 Ya mere, ndị ogbenye na-enwe olileanya, ikpe ezighị ezi na-emechikwa ọnụ ya.
And so cometh to the indigent hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 “Ngọzị na-adịrị mmadụ ahụ Chineke na-adọ aka na ntị; ya mere, ajụla ịdọ aka na ntị nke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
Behold, happy is the man whom God admonisheth: despise then not the correction of the Almighty.
18 Nʼihi na ọ na-etihịa mmadụ ahụ ma na-ekechikwa ọnya ha; Ọ na-eti mmadụ ihe, ma aka ya na-agwọkwa.
For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.
19 Ọ ga-anapụta gị site nʼụzọ nsogbu isii, mee ka ihe ọjọọ hapụ irute gị na nsogbu nke asaa.
In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 Ọ ga-echebe gị ka ị hapụ ịnwụ nʼoge ụnwụ; chebekwa gị ka mma agha hapụ ịmetụ gị nʼoge agha.
In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Ị ga-abụ onye a na-echebe site na nkwutọ nke ire ndị ga-ekwutọ gị. Ị gaghị atụkwa egwu mgbe mbibi bịara.
Against the scourge of the tongue shall thou he hidden; and thou needest not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 Ị ga-achị ọchị nʼoge ụnwụ na nʼoge mbibi, ị gaghị atụkwa egwu ajọ anụ ọhịa dị iche iche.
At destruction and famine canst thou laugh; and thou needest not have any fear of the beasts of the earth.
23 Nʼihi na gị na nkume niile dị nʼọhịa ga-agba ndụ, gị na anụ ọhịa ga-anọkwa nʼudo.
For with the stones of the field shalt thou have thy covenant; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Ị ga-amata na ụlọ ikwu gị dị nʼudo; ị ga-agụkọ ihe niile i nwere chọpụta na o nweghị nke na-efu efu.
And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
25 Ị ga-amata na ụmụ gị ga-adị ọtụtụ, matakwa na ụmụ ụmụ gị dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ dịka ahịhịa dị nʼala.
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.
26 Ị ga-aba nʼili gị mgbe i mere nnọọ ezigbo agadi, dịka ọka a ghọrọ mgbe oge ya ruru.
Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home in its season.
27 “Anyị enyochaala ihe a, hụ na ọ bụ eziokwu. Ya mere nụrụ ya, ma jiri ya rụọ ọrụ na ndụ gị.”
Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is: hear it, and do thou note it well for thyself.
