Job 24
1 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
“Nĩ kĩĩ kĩgiragia Mwene-Hinya-Wothe araarĩrie mahinda ma ciira? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga arĩa mamũũĩ meterere mĩthenya ta ĩyo o tũhũ?
2 There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
Kũrĩ andũ meeheragia mahiga ma mũhaka, na makarĩithia ndũũru cia mahiũ iria maiyĩte.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Moyaga ndigiri ya mwana wa ngoriai, na magakuua ndegwa ya mũtumia wa ndigwa ĩtuĩke ya kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ wao.
4 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Nĩ meeheragia andũ arĩa abatari njĩra-inĩ, na makahatĩrĩria athĩĩni othe a bũrũri magatũma mathiĩ makehithe.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.
O ta njagĩ cia werũ, noguo andũ arĩa athĩĩni marokagĩra wĩra wa kũhaara kĩndũ gĩa kũrĩa; kũu bũrũri ũrĩa ũtagĩaga kĩndũ nĩkuo marutaga irio cia kũhe ciana ciao.
6 They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
Monganagia ngaragatha mĩgũnda-inĩ, na makahaara matigari mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ ya arĩa aaganu.
7 They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
Maraaraga njaga nĩ kwaga nguo; matirĩ kĩndũ gĩa kwĩhumbĩra rĩrĩa kwagĩa heho.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Maconjoragio nĩ mbura ya irĩma-inĩ, nao makenyiitĩrĩra mahiga nĩ ũndũ wa kwaga ha kwĩyũa.
9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Mahuragia mwana wa ngoriai kuuma nyondo-inĩ; nako gakenge ka mũthĩĩni gatahagwo nĩ ũndũ wa thiirĩ.
10 [So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
Mathiiaga njaga nĩ kwaga nguo; makuuaga itĩĩa cia ngano, no magatigwo marĩ o ahũtu.
11 They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Mahihagĩra ndamaiyũ mĩtaro-inĩ; nĩo makinyangaga ihihĩro cia ndibei o magĩkuaga nĩ nyoota.
12 From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
Mũcaayo wa arĩa marakua nĩũraiguuo ũkiuma itũũra inene, nayo mĩoyo ya arĩa agurarie no gũkaya ĩrakaya ĩkĩenda ũteithio. No Ngai gũtirĩ mũndũ aratuĩra ciira nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩka ũũru.
13 These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
“Nĩ kũrĩ andũ arĩa mareganaga na ũtheri, na matiũĩ njĩra ciaguo, o na kana magaikara tũcĩra-inĩ twaguo.
14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa gwatuka-rĩ, mũũragani ookagĩra akooraga athĩĩni na abatari; ningĩ ũtukũ agatuĩka ta mũici.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
Riitho rĩa gĩtharia rĩetagĩrĩra kũgĩe mairia; kĩĩraga atĩrĩ, ‘Gũtirĩ riitho o na rĩmwe rĩngĩnyona,’ na gĩgaikara kĩĩhithĩte ũthiũ.
16 In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
Rĩrĩa kũrĩ nduma-rĩ, nĩguo andũ matuaga nyũmba, no mũthenya magatinda mehingĩire; matiendaga ũndũ wa ũtheri.
17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
Nĩgũkorwo andũ acio othe-rĩ, nduma ĩrĩa ndumanu nĩyo rũciinĩ rwao; magĩaga ũrata na imakania cia nduma.
18 Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
“No rĩrĩ, o nĩ mũhũũyũ ũrĩa ũrerete igũrũ rĩa maaĩ; igai rĩao bũrũri-inĩ nĩ irume, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio gũtirĩ mũndũ ũthiiaga mĩgũnda-inĩ ya mĩthabibũ.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
O ta ũrĩa riũa na ũrugarĩ iniinaga maaĩ ma tharunji-rĩ, ũguo noguo mbĩrĩra ĩhuragia arĩa mehĩtie. (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
Nayo nda ĩrĩa yamaciarire ĩkariganĩrwo nĩo, igunyũ nacio ikamarĩa; andũ arĩa aaganu maticookaga kũririkanwo, no moinangagwo ta mũtĩ.
21 He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
Marĩĩaga indo cia mũtumia thaata na ũrĩa ũtarĩ kaana, na matiiguagĩra mũtumia wa ndigwa tha.
22 Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
No Ngai, nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoti wake, nĩakururagia arĩa marĩ hinya; o na mangĩĩhaanda wega-rĩ, matirĩ na mwĩhoko atĩ nĩmagatũũra muoyo.
23 [God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
We no ametĩkĩrie maikare mahurũkĩte makĩĩiguaga ta matarĩ na ũgwati, no maitho make nĩmacũthagĩrĩria njĩra ciao.
24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
Nĩgũkorwo matũũgagĩrio o kahinda kanini, magacooka makeehera; maikũrũkagio na magakua o ta andũ arĩa angĩ othe; makeeheragio o ta igira cia ngano.
25 And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?
“Akorwo ũguo tiguo gũtariĩ-rĩ, nũũ ũngĩonania atĩ nĩndaheenania, na agĩtue ciugo ciakwa cia tũhũ?”
