Job 8
1 Mgbe ahụ, Bildad onye Shua zaghachiri sị:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered 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 will you say these things? How long will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3 Chineke ọ na-ekpe ikpe na-ezighị ezi? Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ọ na-eme ka ihe ziri ezi gbagọọ agbagọ?
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 Mgbe ụmụ gị mehiere megide ya, o weere ha nyefee nʼikpe ọmụma kwesiri mmehie ha.
Your children have sinned against him; we know this, for he gave them into the hand of their sins.
5 Ma ọ bụrụ na i ga-achọsi Chineke ike, rịọ Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile,
But suppose you diligently sought God and presented your request 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 you are pure and upright, then he would surely stir himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
7 Ọ bụ ezie, na mmalite gị nwere ike ịdị ala, ma ụbọchị ikpeazụ gị ga-adị elu.
Even though your beginning was small, still your final condition would be much greater.
8 “Jụọ ọgbọ ndị gara aga ma chọpụta ihe ndị bụ nna ha chọpụtara.
Please ask the former generations, and give your attention to what our ancestors learned.
9 Nʼihi na anyị onwe anyị bụ ndị a mụrụ naanị ụnyaahụ, ndị ọ dịghị ihe ha maara. Ụbọchị ndụ anyị nʼụwa dịka onyinyo.
(We were only born yesterday and know nothing because our days on earth are 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 they not teach you and tell you? Will they not speak words from their hearts?
11 Ahịhịa papịrọs o nwere ike ito nʼebe apịtị na-adịghị? Ahịhịa riidi ọ ga-eto nʼebe mmiri na-adịghị?
Can papyrus grow without a marsh? Can reeds 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 they are still green and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
13 Nke a bụ oke ndị na-echefu Chineke, otu a kwa ka olileanya nke onye na-amaghị Chineke si ala nʼiyi.
So also are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
14 Ihe ọ tụkwasịrị obi bụ ihe na-awa awa; ihe mgbakwasị ụkwụ ya bụ akwụ udide.
His confidence will break apart, and his trust is as weak as 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 leans on his house, but it will not support him; he takes hold of it, but it does not stand.
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.
Under the sun he is green, and his shoots go out over his entire garden.
17 Mgbọrọgwụ ya tụhịrị gburugburu nkume ndị dị nʼubi ahụ, ma na-achọkwa ọnọdụ nʼetiti nkume ndị a.
His roots are wrapped about the heaps of stone; they look for good places among the rocks.
18 Ma mgbe e si nʼọnọdụ ya hopu ya, ebe ahụ na-agọnarịkwa ya, na-asị, ‘Ahụtụbeghị m gị.’
But if this person is destroyed out of his place, then that place will deny him and say, 'I never saw you.'
19 Nʼezie, ndụ ya na-akpọnwụ, site nʼala ahụ ahịhịa ndị ọzọ na-etopụtakwa.
See, this is the “joy” of such a person's behavior; other plants will sprout out of the same soil in his place.
20 “Nʼezie Chineke anaghị agbakụta onye ụzọ ya ziri ezi azụ, maọbụ gbaa aka onye ajọ omume ume.
See, God will not cast away an innocent man; neither will he take the hand of evildoers.
21 Ọ ga-eme ka ọnụ gị jupụta nʼọchị. Ọ ga-eme ka mkpu ọṅụ si nʼegbugbere ọnụ gị pụta.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
22 Ndị iro gị ka a ga-eyikwasị ihere dị ka uwe, ebe obibi nke ndị na-emebi iwu agaghị adịkwa.”
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
