Job 22
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
2 Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.
“Mũndũ aahota kũguna Mũrungu? O na mũndũ mũũgĩ-rĩ, akĩhota kũmũguna?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Nĩ gĩkeno kĩrĩkũ ũthingu waku ũngĩrehere Mwene-Hinya-Wothe? Nĩ uumithio ũrĩkũ angĩgĩa naguo angĩkorwo mĩthiĩre yaku ndĩrĩ ũcuuke?
4 Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
“Arakũrũithia na agagũthitanga nĩ ũndũ wa wĩtigĩri Ngai waku?
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
Githĩ waganu waku ti mũnene? Mehia maku-rĩ, makĩrĩ mũthia?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
Wetirie ũgitĩri kuuma kũrĩ ariũ a thoguo hatarĩ gĩtũmi; nĩwaũrire andũ nguo, ũkĩmatiga njaga.
7 Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Arĩa anogu ndwamaheire maaĩ, na nĩwaimire arĩa ahũtu irio,
8 But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
o na gũtuĩka warĩ mũndũ ũrĩ hinya, ũrĩ na mĩgũnda: mũndũ ũheetwo gĩtĩĩo, na watũũraga kuo.
9 Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Nĩwaingatire atumia a ndigwa matarĩ na kĩndũ, na ũkĩniina hinya wa arĩa matarĩ na maithe.
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Nĩkĩo ũthiũrũrũkĩirio nĩ mĩtego, nĩkĩo thĩĩna wa narua ũkũmakagia,
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
nĩkĩo ũtumanĩirwo nĩ nduma, ũkaremwo nĩkuona, na nokĩo mũiyũro wa maaĩ ũkũhubanĩirie.
12 Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
“Githĩ Ngai ndarĩ o kũu igũrũ o igũrũ? O na ta kĩone ũrĩa njata iria irĩ igũrũ mũno itũũgĩrĩte!
13 And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
No rĩrĩ, wee ũroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrungu nĩ atĩa angĩmenya? No atuanĩre ciira nduma-inĩ ta ĩno?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
Matu matumanu nĩmamũhumbĩrĩte, nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndangĩtuona rĩrĩa egũceera kũu igũrũ gacũmbĩrĩ.’
15 Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
Ũgũtũũra ũgeraga o njĩra ya tene ĩrĩa andũ aaganu managerera?
16 Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
Nĩmahuririo ihinda rĩao rĩtanakinya, mĩthingi yao ĩgĩthererio nĩ mũiyũro wa maaĩ.
17 Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
Nao meerire Mũrungu atĩrĩ, ‘Tigana na ithuĩ! Mwene-Hinya-Wothe-rĩ, angĩtwĩka atĩa?’
18 Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
No rĩrĩ, nĩwe waiyũririe nyũmba ciao na indo njega, nĩ ũndũ ũcio niĩ njikaraga haraaya na kĩrĩra kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
“Andũ arĩa athingu nĩmeyonagĩra mwanangĩko wa acio aaganu, magakena; arĩa matarĩ na ũũru mekĩte mamanyũrũragia makiugaga atĩrĩ:
20 Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
‘Ti-itherũ thũ ciitũ nĩnyanange, mwaki nĩũcinĩte ũtonga wao.’
21 Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
“Athĩkĩra Ngai ũikare ũrĩ na thayũ nake, ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo ũgaakũrehere ũgaacĩru.
22 Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
Ĩtĩkĩra ũrutani wa kanua gake, na ũige ciugo ciake ngoro-inĩ yaku.
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
Ũngĩcookerera ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, nĩegũkwamũkĩra; ũngĩeheria waganu kũraya na hema yaku,
24 And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
na ũte ngũmba ciaku cia thahabu rũkũngũ-inĩ, na thahabu yaku ya Ofiri ũmĩte na kũu ndwaro-inĩ cia mahiga kũu mũkuru-inĩ,
25 Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
hĩndĩ ĩyo ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe agaatuĩka thahabu yaku, na atuĩke betha ĩrĩa njega mũno harĩ we.
26 Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God:
Ti-itherũ, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩũkona gĩkeno thĩinĩ wa ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe, na nĩũgatiirĩra Ngai ũthiũ waku.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
Nĩũkamũhooya, nake nĩagakũigua, nawe nĩũkahingia mĩĩhĩtwa yaku.
28 And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
Ũrĩa watua wĩkwo nĩguo ũrĩkagwo, naguo ũtheri nĩ ũkaara njĩra-inĩ ciaku.
29 When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa andũ angĩ manyiihio, nawe ũkoiga, ‘Nĩmatũũgĩrio!’ Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩakahonokia arĩa makuĩte ngoro.
30 [Even] him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
Nĩakahonokia o na ũrĩa ũrĩ na ũcuuke, ahonokio nĩ ũndũ wa ũtheru wa moko maku.”
