Job 9
1 Job zara sị:
Then Iob answered, and sayd,
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?
I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
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 I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
4 Amamihe ya dị ukwuu, ike ya sara mbara, onye guzogidere ya ma hapụ imerụ ahụ?
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
5 Ọ na-enugharị ugwu ukwu ma ha adịghị ama nke a, na-akwatụ ha nʼiwe ya.
He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
6 Ọ na-enugharịkwa ụwa site na ntọala ya, mee ka ogidi ya maa jijiji.
Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.
7 Ọ na-agwa anyanwụ okwu mee ka ọ kwụsị ịcha; ọ na-emenyụ ìhè kpakpando na-enye.
He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
8 Naanị ya gbasara mbara eluigwe, ọ na-agakwa ije nʼelu ebili mmiri nke oke osimiri.
Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
9 Ọ bụ ya mere kpakpando Bịaa, na Orion na Pleiades, na kpakpando niile nke ndịda eluigwe.
He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates 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 doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber.
11 Mgbe ọ na-esi nʼakụkụ m agafe, enweghị m ike ịhụ ya, mgbe ọ na-agabiga, adịghị m amata na ọ bụ ya.
Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
12 Ọ bụrụ na ọ pụnara ihe, onye na-akwụsị ya? Onye kwa pụrụ ịjụ ya si, ‘Gịnị ka ị na-eme?’
Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
13 Chineke adịghị eme ka iwe ya laghachi, ọbụladị ndị inyeaka Rehab, ruru ala nʼụkwụ ya.
God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
14 “Onye kwanụ ka m bụ, m ga-eji nwee ike iguzo nʼihu ya ịjụ ya ajụjụ, maọbụ mụ na ya ịrụrịta ụka?
Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with 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 though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
16 A sịkwarị na m kpọọ ya oku, ọ za m, ekwenyeghị m na ọ ga-ege m ntị.
If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.
17 Ọ ga-eji oke ifufe tirie m, meekwa ka ihe mgbu m baa ụba na-enweghị ihe butere ya.
For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
18 Ọ gaghị ekwe ka iku ume m lọghachi kama ọ ga-eji iru ụjụ kpuchie m.
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
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 we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?
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.
If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
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 were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my 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.’
This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
23 Mgbe ịpịa ụtarị wetara ọnwụ mberede, ọ na-achị enweghị olileanya nke ndị na-enweghị ihe ha mere ọchị.
If the scourge should suddenly slay, should God laugh at the punishment 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 giuen into the hand of ye wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he? or who is he?
25 “Ụbọchị ndụ m dị gara gara karịa onye ọgba ọsọ; ha na-agafekwa na-ahụtụghị ọṅụ anya.
My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing.
26 Ha na-agafe dịka ụgbọ mmiri papịrọs, dịka mgbe ugo na-efeda ngwangwa ijide anụ ọ ga-eri.
They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
27 Ọ bụrụ na m sị, ‘Aga m echefu mkpesa m, aga m agbanwe ihu m, nwee ihu ọchị.’
If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
28 Nsogbu m niile ka na-atụ m egwu nʼihi na amara m na ị gaghị ewere m dịka onye aka ya dị ọcha.
Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
29 Ebe m bụrịị onye ikpe mara, nʼihi gịnị ka m ji na-adọgbu onwe m nʼefu?
If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?
30 A sịkwarị na m jiri ncha saa ahụ m werekwa soda saa aka m abụọ,
If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
31 ị ga-enuba m nʼolulu apịtị nke pụrụ ime ka uwe m yi nʼahụ m kpọọ m asị.
Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shall make me filthie.
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 as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
33 A sịkwarị na e nwere onye odozi okwu nʼetiti mụ na gị, onye ga-ebikwasị anyị abụọ aka ya,
Neyther is there any vmpire that might lay his hand vpon vs both.
34 onye ga-ewepụ mkpara Chineke site nʼebe m nọ, ka oke egwu ya gharakwa ịtụ m ọzọ.
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his feare astonish 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 will I speake, and feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.
