Job 5
1 “Kpọọ oku ma ị chọọ, ma onyekwanụ ga-aza gị? Ole ndị dị nsọ ị ga-agbakwuru?
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 Oke iwe na-egbu onye nzuzu, ekworo na-egbu onye na-enweghị uche.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.
3 Mụ onwe m ahụla onye nzuzu ka ọ na-agba mgbọrọgwụ, mana mberede, abụrụ ụlọ ya ọnụ.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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 safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any 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.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
6 Nʼihi na ọnọdụ ọjọọ adịghị esite nʼala pupụta, ma ọ bụkwanụ nsogbu adịghịkwa esite nʼala walite.
For affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring 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 the sparks fly upward.
8 “Ma ọ bụrụ na m bụ gị, m ga-ekpesara Chineke; ya ka m ga-akọsara ihe niile.
But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Nʼihi na Chineke na-arụ ọrụ ịtụnanya karịrị nghọta, ọrụ ebube nke a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ.
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
10 Ọ bụ ya na-enye elu ụwa mmiri ozuzo, ma na-ezigakwa mmiri nʼubi niile.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 Ọ na-ebuli ndị dị ala elu, na-emekwa ka ndị na-eru ụjụ nọ nʼebe a na-echebe ha.
So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety.
12 Ọ na-emebi nzube niile nke ndị aghụghọ, ka aka ha ghara imezu ihe ha zubere.
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 Ọ na-ejide ndị oke amamihe nʼaghụghọ ha niile, mee ka atụmatụ ndị aghụghọ bụrụ ihe e kpochapụrụ.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 Ọchịchịrị na-abịakwasị ha nʼoge ehihie, nʼetiti ehihie ha na-asọ ìsì dịka ndị nọ nʼọchịchịrị nke abalị;
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
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 he saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 Ya mere, ndị ogbenye na-enwe olileanya, ikpe ezighị ezi na-emechikwa ọnụ ya.
So the poor hath 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 correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening 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 maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 Ọ ga-anapụta gị site nʼụzọ nsogbu isii, mee ka ihe ọjọọ hapụ irute gị na nsogbu nke asaa.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, 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 shall redeem 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.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou 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 dearth thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid 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 thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; 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 thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy fold, 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.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Ị ga-aba nʼili gị mgbe i mere nnọọ ezigbo agadi, dịka ọka a ghọrọ mgbe oge ya ruru.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in 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.”
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
