Job 8
1 Mgbe ahụ, Bildad onye Shua zaghachiri sị:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, 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 such things? How long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Chineke ọ na-ekpe ikpe na-ezighị ezi? Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ọ na-eme ka ihe ziri ezi gbagọọ agbagọ?
Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?
4 Mgbe ụmụ gị mehiere megide ya, o weere ha nyefee nʼikpe ọmụma kwesiri mmehie ha.
As thy children sinned against him, He hath given them up to their transgression.
5 Ma ọ bụrụ na i ga-achọsi Chineke ike, rịọ Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile,
But if thou wilt seek early to 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 wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;
7 Ọ bụ ezie, na mmalite gị nwere ike ịdị ala, ma ụbọchị ikpeazụ gị ga-adị elu.
So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.
8 “Jụọ ọgbọ ndị gara aga ma chọpụta ihe ndị bụ nna ha chọpụtara.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by 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 of yesterday and know nothing, Since our days upon the earth are but a shadow; )
10 Ọ bụ na ha agaghị agwa gị ma kuziekwara gị ihe? Ọ bụ na ha agaghị esite na nghọta kwuo okwu?
Will not they instruct thee, and tell thee, And utter words from their understanding?
11 Ahịhịa papịrọs o nwere ike ito nʼebe apịtị na-adịghị? Ahịhịa riidi ọ ga-eto nʼebe mmiri na-adịghị?
“Can the paper-reed grow up without mire? Can the bulrush grow without water?
12 Nʼihi na mgbe ha ka na-etopụta etopụta, mgbe a na-egbubibeghị ha, ha na-ebu ahịhịa ndị ọzọ ụzọ kpọnwụọ.
While it is yet in its greenness, and is not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
13 Nke a bụ oke ndị na-echefu Chineke, otu a kwa ka olileanya nke onye na-amaghị Chineke si ala nʼiyi.
Such is the fate of all who forget God; So perisheth the hope of the ungodly.
14 Ihe ọ tụkwasịrị obi bụ ihe na-awa awa; ihe mgbakwasị ụkwụ ya bụ akwụ udide.
His confidence shall come to nought, And his trust shall prove a spider's web.
15 Ọ bụrụ na ọ dabere na ya, ọ ga-etibi; ọ bụrụ na o jide ya aka, ọ ga-adọbikwa.
He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; He shall lay fast hold on it, but it shall not endure.
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 green before the sun, And his branches shoot forth over his garden;
17 Mgbọrọgwụ ya tụhịrị gburugburu nkume ndị dị nʼubi ahụ, ma na-achọkwa ọnọdụ nʼetiti nkume ndị a.
His roots are entwined about the heap, And he seeth the place of stones;
18 Ma mgbe e si nʼọnọdụ ya hopu ya, ebe ahụ na-agọnarịkwa ya, na-asị, ‘Ahụtụbeghị m gị.’
When he shall be destroyed from his place, It shall deny him, saying, 'I never saw thee.'
19 Nʼezie, ndụ ya na-akpọnwụ, site nʼala ahụ ahịhịa ndị ọzọ na-etopụtakwa.
Lo! such is the joy of his course! And others shall spring up from his place”
20 “Nʼezie Chineke anaghị agbakụta onye ụzọ ya ziri ezi azụ, maọbụ gbaa aka onye ajọ omume ume.
Behold, God will not cast away an upright man; Nor will he help the evil-doers.
21 Ọ ga-eme ka ọnụ gị jupụta nʼọchị. Ọ ga-eme ka mkpu ọṅụ si nʼegbugbere ọnụ gị pụta.
While he filleth thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with gladness,
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 dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought.
