Job 22
1 Na Eliphaz el fahk,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2 “Ku oasr sie mwet, finne mwet ma lalmwetmet emeet uh, Su oasr sripa nu sin God?
“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Ku orekma lom fin arulana suwohs, ya ac akwoye God? Kom fin tia oru kutena ma koluk, ya ac ku in kasrel?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
4 Tia ke sripen kom sangeng sin God Pa oru Elan kai kom, ku nununkekom an.
Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgement?
5 Mo, ma ke sripen arulana yokla ma koluk lom; Oayapa ke ma koluk nukewa ma kom oru an.
Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6 Ke kom oru tuh sie mwet lim in akfalyela mani ma el ngisrala sum uh, Oana kom in sarukla nuknuk ma el nukum uh ac oru tuh elan koflufolla.
For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Kom tuh srunga sang kof nimen mwet su totola, Ac sranga pac sang mwe mongo nu selos su masrinsral.
You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8 Kom tuh orekmakin ku lom ac wal lom In eisla acn uh nufon.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honourable man, he lived in it.
9 Kom tia falkin lah kom tia wi kasru katinmas, A kom oayapa pisre ma lun tulik mukaimtal, ac oralos koluk.
You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Ke ma inge sruhf puspis raunikomla ac akola in sruokkomi, Ac inge kom muta in sangeng na lulap.
Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
11 Arulana yokla lohsr ingena, oru kom tia ku in liye, Ac sie sronot lulap afinkomla.
or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
12 “Ya God El tia muta yen fulatlana inkusrao Ac ngeti nu fin itu uh, finne itu uh oan yen fulat?
“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 A kom siyuk, ‘Mea God El etu? Pukunyeng uh okanulla, na El ac nununkekut fuka?’
You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Kom nunku mu pukunyeng matoltol uh kosrala mutal Elan tia liye, Ke El forfor fin acn engyeng uh.
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
15 “Ya kom wotela sum tari mu kom ac fahsrna ke inkanek Ma mwet koluk uh fahsr kac pacl nukewa uh?
Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
16 Meet liki na pacl in misa lalos, Elos pahtkakinyukla tari ke sie sronot.
who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17 Mwet inge mwet pilesru God, Ac elos nunku mu wangin ma El ku in oru nu selos.
who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
18 Sruhk God pa tuh akinsewowoyalos ke kasrpalos — Nga tia ku in kalem ke nunak lun mwet koluk uh.
Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 Mwet wo uh engan, ac mwet wangin mwata elos israsr Ke elos liye lah kalyeiyuk mwet koluk uh.
The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
20 Ma nukewa lun mwet koluk uh kunausyukla, Ac e uh esukak kutena ma su lula.
saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
21 “Inge, Job, akmisye kom nu sin God, Ac nimet oral oana sie mwet lokoalok; Kom fin suk misla, na El ac akinsewowoye kom.
“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
22 Eis mwe luti ma El sot uh; Ac filiya kas lal insiom.
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23 Aok, kom enenu in siskomi, ac foloko nu yurin God, Oru in safla ma koluk nukewa Ma orek in lohm sum an.
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
24 Sisla gold lom an; Sisla nufon gold wowo lom an nu ke kapin infacl paola ingan.
Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir amongst the stones of the brooks.
25 Lela tuh in God Kulana pa gold lom uh, Ac Elan oana silver lom su yolyak oan yurum an.
The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
26 Na kom fah lulalfongi God pacl nukewa, Ac kom fah etu lah mwe insewowo lom nukewa tuku sel me.
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
27 Ke kom pre El ac topuk kom, Ac kom fah liyaung wulela nukewa ma kom orala nu sel an.
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
28 Na ac fah wo ouiyom ke ma nukewa kom oru, Ac kalem ac fah tolak inkanek lom.
You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
29 God El sisya mwet inse fulat, Ac molela mwet pusisel.
When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
30 God El ac fah molikomla fin wangin ma sufal lom, Ac fin pwaye orekma lom.”
He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
