Job 9
1 Then Job answered,
Job zara sị:
2 “Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
“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?
3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
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?
4 God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
Amamihe ya dị ukwuu, ike ya sara mbara, onye guzogidere ya ma hapụ imerụ ahụ?
5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
Ọ na-enugharị ugwu ukwu ma ha adịghị ama nke a, na-akwatụ ha nʼiwe ya.
6 He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
Ọ na-enugharịkwa ụwa site na ntọala ya, mee ka ogidi ya maa jijiji.
7 He commands the sun and it does not rise, and seals up the stars.
Ọ na-agwa anyanwụ okwu mee ka ọ kwụsị ịcha; ọ na-emenyụ ìhè kpakpando na-enye.
8 He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
Naanị ya gbasara mbara eluigwe, ọ na-agakwa ije nʼelu ebili mmiri nke oke osimiri.
9 He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
Ọ bụ ya mere kpakpando Bịaa, na Orion na Pleiades, na kpakpando niile nke ndịda eluigwe.
10 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
Ọ na-arụ ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube nke mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịghọta, ihe ịrịbama nke ọnụ na-enweghị ike ịgụta.
11 Behold, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He passes on also, but I do not perceive him.
Mgbe ọ na-esi nʼakụkụ m agafe, enweghị m ike ịhụ ya, mgbe ọ na-agabiga, adịghị m amata na ọ bụ ya.
12 Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
Ọ bụrụ na ọ pụnara ihe, onye na-akwụsị ya? Onye kwa pụrụ ịjụ ya si, ‘Gịnị ka ị na-eme?’
13 “God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
Chineke adịghị eme ka iwe ya laghachi, ọbụladị ndị inyeaka Rehab, ruru ala nʼụkwụ ya.
14 How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
“Onye kwanụ ka m bụ, m ga-eji nwee ike iguzo nʼihu ya ịjụ ya ajụjụ, maọbụ mụ na ya ịrụrịta ụka?
15 Though I were righteous, yet I would not answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
Nʼagbanyeghị na aka m dị ọcha, apụghị m ịsa ya okwu; kama m ga-arịọ onye ikpe m ka o mere m ebere.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he listened to my voice.
A sịkwarị na m kpọọ ya oku, ọ za m, ekwenyeghị m na ọ ga-ege m ntị.
17 For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Ọ ga-eji oke ifufe tirie m, meekwa ka ihe mgbu m baa ụba na-enweghị ihe butere ya.
18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Ọ gaghị ekwe ka iku ume m lọghachi kama ọ ga-eji iru ụjụ kpuchie m.
19 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
Ọ bụrụ ihe e ji ike eme, lee na ọ dị ike nke ukwuu! Ọzọ ọ bụrụ nʼikpe ziri ezi, onye pụrụ iguzogide ya.
20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
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.
21 I am blameless. I do not respect myself. I despise my life.
“Ọ bụ ezie na abụ m onye ikpe na-amaghị ejighị m onwe m kpọrọ ihe; nʼezie ana m eleda ndụ m anya.
22 “It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
Otu ihe ahụ ka ọ bụ; nʼihi ya ka m ji asị, ‘Ọ na-ala ndị ezi omume na ndị ajọ omume nʼiyi.’
23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Mgbe ịpịa ụtarị wetara ọnwụ mberede, ọ na-achị enweghị olileanya nke ndị na-enweghị ihe ha mere ọchị.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
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?
25 “Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
“Ụbọchị ndụ m dị gara gara karịa onye ọgba ọsọ; ha na-agafekwa na-ahụtụghị ọṅụ anya.
26 They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Ha na-agafe dịka ụgbọ mmiri papịrọs, dịka mgbe ugo na-efeda ngwangwa ijide anụ ọ ga-eri.
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
Ọ bụrụ na m sị, ‘Aga m echefu mkpesa m, aga m agbanwe ihu m, nwee ihu ọchị.’
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.
Nsogbu m niile ka na-atụ m egwu nʼihi na amara m na ị gaghị ewere m dịka onye aka ya dị ọcha.
29 I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
Ebe m bụrịị onye ikpe mara, nʼihi gịnị ka m ji na-adọgbu onwe m nʼefu?
30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
A sịkwarị na m jiri ncha saa ahụ m werekwa soda saa aka m abụọ,
31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.
ị ga-enuba m nʼolulu apịtị nke pụrụ ime ka uwe m yi nʼahụ m kpọọ m asị.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
“Ọ bụghị mmadụ efu dịka m nke m ga-aza ya, ka anyị abụọ kpọrịtaa onwe anyị ikpe nʼụlọikpe.
33 There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
A sịkwarị na e nwere onye odozi okwu nʼetiti mụ na gị, onye ga-ebikwasị anyị abụọ aka ya,
34 Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
onye ga-ewepụ mkpara Chineke site nʼebe m nọ, ka oke egwu ya gharakwa ịtụ m ọzọ.
35 then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
Mgbe ahụ ka m ga-ekwu okwu na-atụghị ya egwu; ma ka ọ dị ugbu a ọ dịghị ihe m nwere ike ime.
