Job 9
1 Job zara sị:
Then Job answered:
2 “Nʼezie, amaara m na ihe ndị a bụ eziokwu. Ma mmadụ dị ndụ ọ ga-esi aṅaa gosi na ya bụ onye aka ya dị ọcha nʼihu Chineke?
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3 Ọ bụrụ na Chineke ekpebie ịjụ mmadụ ajụjụ, ebee ka mmadụ ahụ nọ nke nwere ike ịza ọ bụladị otu nʼime ajụjụ dị iche iche Chineke ga-ajụ ya?
If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4 Amamihe ya dị ukwuu, ike ya sara mbara, onye guzogidere ya ma hapụ imerụ ahụ?
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
5 Ọ na-enugharị ugwu ukwu ma ha adịghị ama nke a, na-akwatụ ha nʼiwe ya.
He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
6 Ọ na-enugharịkwa ụwa site na ntọala ya, mee ka ogidi ya maa jijiji.
He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7 Ọ na-agwa anyanwụ okwu mee ka ọ kwụsị ịcha; ọ na-emenyụ ìhè kpakpando na-enye.
He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
8 Naanị ya gbasara mbara eluigwe, ọ na-agakwa ije nʼelu ebili mmiri nke oke osimiri.
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 Ọ bụ ya mere kpakpando Bịaa, na Orion na Pleiades, na kpakpando niile nke ndịda eluigwe.
He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10 Ọ na-arụ ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube nke mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịghọta, ihe ịrịbama nke ọnụ na-enweghị ike ịgụta.
He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
11 Mgbe ọ na-esi nʼakụkụ m agafe, enweghị m ike ịhụ ya, mgbe ọ na-agabiga, adịghị m amata na ọ bụ ya.
Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
12 Ọ bụrụ na ọ pụnara ihe, onye na-akwụsị ya? Onye kwa pụrụ ịjụ ya si, ‘Gịnị ka ị na-eme?’
If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13 Chineke adịghị eme ka iwe ya laghachi, ọbụladị ndị inyeaka Rehab, ruru ala nʼụkwụ ya.
God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
14 “Onye kwanụ ka m bụ, m ga-eji nwee ike iguzo nʼihu ya ịjụ ya ajụjụ, maọbụ mụ na ya ịrụrịta ụka?
How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
15 Nʼagbanyeghị na aka m dị ọcha, apụghị m ịsa ya okwu; kama m ga-arịọ onye ikpe m ka o mere m ebere.
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16 A sịkwarị na m kpọọ ya oku, ọ za m, ekwenyeghị m na ọ ga-ege m ntị.
If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17 Ọ ga-eji oke ifufe tirie m, meekwa ka ihe mgbu m baa ụba na-enweghị ihe butere ya.
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18 Ọ gaghị ekwe ka iku ume m lọghachi kama ọ ga-eji iru ụjụ kpuchie m.
He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19 Ọ bụrụ ihe e ji ike eme, lee na ọ dị ike nke ukwuu! Ọzọ ọ bụrụ nʼikpe ziri ezi, onye pụrụ iguzogide ya.
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20 A sịkwarị na aka m dị ọcha, ọnụ m ga-ama m ikpe; ọ bụrụ na abụ m onye na-enweghị ịta ụta, ọ ga-agụ m nʼonye ikpe mara.
Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 “Ọ bụ ezie na abụ m onye ikpe na-amaghị ejighị m onwe m kpọrọ ihe; nʼezie ana m eleda ndụ m anya.
Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 Otu ihe ahụ ka ọ bụ; nʼihi ya ka m ji asị, ‘Ọ na-ala ndị ezi omume na ndị ajọ omume nʼiyi.’
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 Mgbe ịpịa ụtarị wetara ọnwụ mberede, ọ na-achị enweghị olileanya nke ndị na-enweghị ihe ha mere ọchị.
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 Mgbe ala dabara nʼaka ndị na-emebi iwu, ọ na-ekpuchi ndị ọkaikpe anya. Ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị ya na-eme ya, onye kwanụ bụ onye ahụ na-eme ya?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25 “Ụbọchị ndụ m dị gara gara karịa onye ọgba ọsọ; ha na-agafekwa na-ahụtụghị ọṅụ anya.
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26 Ha na-agafe dịka ụgbọ mmiri papịrọs, dịka mgbe ugo na-efeda ngwangwa ijide anụ ọ ga-eri.
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 Ọ bụrụ na m sị, ‘Aga m echefu mkpesa m, aga m agbanwe ihu m, nwee ihu ọchị.’
If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28 Nsogbu m niile ka na-atụ m egwu nʼihi na amara m na ị gaghị ewere m dịka onye aka ya dị ọcha.
I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29 Ebe m bụrịị onye ikpe mara, nʼihi gịnị ka m ji na-adọgbu onwe m nʼefu?
Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30 A sịkwarị na m jiri ncha saa ahụ m werekwa soda saa aka m abụọ,
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 ị ga-enuba m nʼolulu apịtị nke pụrụ ime ka uwe m yi nʼahụ m kpọọ m asị.
then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32 “Ọ bụghị mmadụ efu dịka m nke m ga-aza ya, ka anyị abụọ kpọrịtaa onwe anyị ikpe nʼụlọikpe.
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33 A sịkwarị na e nwere onye odozi okwu nʼetiti mụ na gị, onye ga-ebikwasị anyị abụọ aka ya,
Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
34 onye ga-ewepụ mkpara Chineke site nʼebe m nọ, ka oke egwu ya gharakwa ịtụ m ọzọ.
Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
35 Mgbe ahụ ka m ga-ekwu okwu na-atụghị ya egwu; ma ka ọ dị ugbu a ọ dịghị ihe m nwere ike ime.
Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
