Job 9
1 Job zara sị:
Then Job answered and said,
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 know it to be so of a truth: but how should man be just with 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 he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one time out 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 hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
5 Ọ na-enugharị ugwu ukwu ma ha adịghị ama nke a, na-akwatụ ha nʼiwe ya.
Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: who overturneth them in his anger.
6 Ọ na-enugharịkwa ụwa site na ntọala ya, mee ka ogidi ya maa jijiji.
Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble.
7 Ọ na-agwa anyanwụ okwu mee ka ọ kwụsị ịcha; ọ na-emenyụ ìhè kpakpando na-enye.
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Naanị ya gbasara mbara eluigwe, ọ na-agakwa ije nʼelu ebili mmiri nke oke osimiri.
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Ọ bụ ya mere kpakpando Bịaa, na Orion na Pleiades, na kpakpando niile nke ndịda eluigwe.
Who maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Ọ na-arụ ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube nke mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịghọta, ihe ịrịbama nke ọnụ na-enweghị ike ịgụta.
Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, 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.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive 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, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest thou?
13 Chineke adịghị eme ka iwe ya laghachi, ọbụladị ndị inyeaka Rehab, ruru ala nʼụkwụ ya.
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under 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 much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason 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.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16 A sịkwarị na m kpọọ ya oku, ọ za m, ekwenyeghị m na ọ ga-ege m ntị.
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet I would not believe that he had hearkened 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 breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 Ọ gaghị ekwe ka iku ume m lọghachi kama ọ ga-eji iru ụjụ kpuchie m.
He will not allow me to take my breath, but filleth 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 I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
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 justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, that also shall prove me perverse.
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 perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise 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 thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect 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 shall slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial 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 covereth the faces of its judges; if not, where, and who is he?
25 “Ụbọchị ndụ m dị gara gara karịa onye ọgba ọsọ; ha na-agafekwa na-ahụtụghị ọṅụ anya.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 Ha na-agafe dịka ụgbọ mmiri papịrọs, dịka mgbe ugo na-efeda ngwangwa ijide anụ ọ ga-eri.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27 Ọ bụrụ na m sị, ‘Aga m echefu mkpesa m, aga m agbanwe ihu m, nwee ihu ọchị.’
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
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 am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 Ebe m bụrịị onye ikpe mara, nʼihi gịnị ka m ji na-adọgbu onwe m nʼefu?
If I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
30 A sịkwarị na m jiri ncha saa ahụ m werekwa soda saa aka m abụọ,
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 ị ga-enuba m nʼolulu apịtị nke pụrụ ime ka uwe m yi nʼahụ m kpọọ m asị.
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor 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, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33 A sịkwarị na e nwere onye odozi okwu nʼetiti mụ na gị, onye ga-ebikwasị anyị abụọ aka ya,
Neither is there any mediator between us, that might 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 take away his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify 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 would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
