Job 8
1 Mgbe ahụ, Bildad onye Shua zaghachiri sị:
Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
2 “Ruo ole mgbe ka i ga na-ekwu okwu dị otu a? Okwu ọnụ gị bụ naanị ifufe dị ike.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and [let] like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?
3 Chineke ọ na-ekpe ikpe na-ezighị ezi? Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ọ na-eme ka ihe ziri ezi gbagọọ agbagọ?
Should God pervert justice? or should the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 Mgbe ụmụ gị mehiere megide ya, o weere ha nyefee nʼikpe ọmụma kwesiri mmehie ha.
If thy children have sinned against him, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.
5 Ma ọ bụrụ na i ga-achọsi Chineke ike, rịọ Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile,
If thou wilt earnestly seek for God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 ọ bụrụ na ị bụ onye dị ọcha nʼobi na onye ụzọ ya ziri ezi, ọ bụladị ugbu a, ọ ga-agbachitere gị weghachi gị nʼọnọdụ ịbụ ọgaranya gị.
If thou become pure and upright: surely then will he watch over thee, and restore thy righteous habitation.
7 Ọ bụ ezie, na mmalite gị nwere ike ịdị ala, ma ụbọchị ikpeazụ gị ga-adị elu.
And thy beginning will have been small; because thy latter end will grow up greatly.
8 “Jụọ ọgbọ ndị gara aga ma chọpụta ihe ndị bụ nna ha chọpụtara.
For ask, I pray thee, of an earlier generation, and prepare thyself to [stand by] the research of their fathers; —
9 Nʼihi na anyị onwe anyị bụ ndị a mụrụ naanị ụnyaahụ, ndị ọ dịghị ihe ha maara. Ụbọchị ndụ anyị nʼụwa dịka onyinyo.
For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a [mere] shadow are our days upon earth; —
10 Ọ bụ na ha agaghị agwa gị ma kuziekwara gị ihe? Ọ bụ na ha agaghị esite na nghọta kwuo okwu?
Behold, these will truly teach thee, they will speak unto thee, and out of their very heart will they bring forth words:
11 Ahịhịa papịrọs o nwere ike ito nʼebe apịtị na-adịghị? Ahịhịa riidi ọ ga-eto nʼebe mmiri na-adịghị?
Can the bulrush shoot upward without mire? can the meadow-grass grow up without water?
12 Nʼihi na mgbe ha ka na-etopụta etopụta, mgbe a na-egbubibeghị ha, ha na-ebu ahịhịa ndị ọzọ ụzọ kpọnwụọ.
It is yet in its greenness, not yet cut down, when it withereth before any other grass.
13 Nke a bụ oke ndị na-echefu Chineke, otu a kwa ka olileanya nke onye na-amaghị Chineke si ala nʼiyi.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish:
14 Ihe ọ tụkwasịrị obi bụ ihe na-awa awa; ihe mgbakwasị ụkwụ ya bụ akwụ udide.
[It is he] whose trust will be cut off, and but a spider's web is that in which he confideth.
15 Ọ bụrụ na ọ dabere na ya, ọ ga-etibi; ọ bụrụ na o jide ya aka, ọ ga-adọbikwa.
He leaneth against his house, but it shall not stand: he layeth fast hold on it, but it shall not remain erect.
16 Ọ dị ka ahịhịa ubi a na-agba mmiri nke ọma nʼubi a gbara ogige, nke anwụ na-amụkwasị, nke ome ya na-awasa ruo akụkụ niile nke ogige ahụ.
He is in full vigor before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth.
17 Mgbọrọgwụ ya tụhịrị gburugburu nkume ndị dị nʼubi ahụ, ma na-achọkwa ọnọdụ nʼetiti nkume ndị a.
His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.
18 Ma mgbe e si nʼọnọdụ ya hopu ya, ebe ahụ na-agọnarịkwa ya, na-asị, ‘Ahụtụbeghị m gị.’
But when men destroy him from his place, then will it deny him, saying, I have never seen thee.
19 Nʼezie, ndụ ya na-akpọnwụ, site nʼala ahụ ahịhịa ndị ọzọ na-etopụtakwa.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the [same] dust others will grow up.
20 “Nʼezie Chineke anaghị agbakụta onye ụzọ ya ziri ezi azụ, maọbụ gbaa aka onye ajọ omume ume.
Behold, God will not reject a perfect man, and will not hold fast by their hand the evil-doers:
21 Ọ ga-eme ka ọnụ gị jupụta nʼọchị. Ọ ga-eme ka mkpu ọṅụ si nʼegbugbere ọnụ gị pụta.
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with joyful shouting.
22 Ndị iro gị ka a ga-eyikwasị ihere dị ka uwe, ebe obibi nke ndị na-emebi iwu agaghị adịkwa.”
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
