Mĩario ya Ayubu
13:1 Jer 15:10Thuutha wa matukũ macio, Ayubu agĩtumũra kanua, akĩruma mũthenya ũrĩa aaciarirwo. 2Akiuga atĩrĩ:
33:3 Koh 4:2; 6:3; Math 26:24“Mũthenya ũrĩa niĩ ndaciarirwo ũroora,
o na ũtukũ ũcio kwerirwo atĩrĩ, ‘Mũtumia nĩaciara mwana wa kahĩĩ!’
4Mũthenya ũcio-rĩ, ũrotuĩka o nduma;
Ngai arĩ igũrũ aroaga kũũrũmbũiya;
mũthenya ũcio ũroaga gũthererwo nĩ ũtheri.
53:5 Ayub 10:21; Jer 2:6; 13:6Mũthenya ũcio ũrokĩĩnyiitĩrwo nĩ nduma nene na kĩĩruru gĩa gĩkuũ;
ũrohumbĩrwo nĩ itu;
nduma ĩrotooria ũtheri waguo.
6Ũtukũ ũcio-rĩ, ũronyiitwo nĩ nduma ndumanu;
ũroaga gũtaranĩrio na mĩthenya ĩrĩa ĩngĩ ya mwaka,
o na kana ũtarwo harĩ mweri o na ũrĩkũ.
73:7 Thab 20:5; Jer 51:48Ũtukũ ũcio ũrothaata;
o na gũtikanoigwo ngemi ũtukũ ũcio.
83:8 Kĩam 1:21; Thab 74:14Arĩa marumaga mĩthenya maroruma mũthenya ũcio,
o acio moĩ kwarahũra nyamũ ĩrĩa ĩĩtagwo Leviathani.
93:9 Ayub 41:8; Ahib 3:4Njata ciaguo cia rũciinĩ irotuĩka nduma;
ũroeterera ũtheri na wage kũwona,
o na ũroaga kuona ruoro rũgĩtema,
10nĩ ũndũ ndũigana kũhinga mĩrango ya nda ya maitũ,
na ndũigana kũgirĩrĩria maitho makwa kuona thĩĩna.
11“Ndaagire gũkua ngĩciarwo nĩkĩ?
Ndaagire gũkua ngiuma nda nĩkĩ?
12Ndaamũkĩrirwo maru-inĩ nĩkĩ?
Ndaamũkĩrirwo nyondo-inĩ atĩ nĩguo nyongithio nĩkĩ?
133:13 Ayub 17:13; Isa 8:22Nĩgũkorwo rĩu ingĩkomete ndĩ na thayũ;
rĩu ingĩrĩ toro hurũkĩte
143:14 Isa 14:9; Nahu 3:7hamwe na athamaki na aheani kĩrĩra a gũkũ thĩ
arĩa meeyakĩire kũndũ kũrĩa kwanangĩku rĩngĩ,
15o hamwe na aathani arĩa maarĩ na thahabu,
o arĩa maiyũrĩtie nyũmba ciao betha.
163:16 Thab 58:8Ningĩ-rĩ, nĩ kĩĩ kĩagiririe thikwo tĩĩri-inĩ ta kĩhuno
o na kana ta gakenge karĩa gatoonire ũtheri wa riũa?
17Kũu andũ arĩa aaganu nĩmatigĩte kũnyamarĩka,
na kũu arĩa anogu nĩmahurũkĩte.
183:18 Isa 51:14; Kĩam 15:13Kũu-rĩ, mĩgwate o nayo nĩĩkenagĩra kwaraha kwayo;
nĩĩtigĩte kũigua kĩgũthũko kĩa nyabaara ya ngombo.
19Andũ arĩa anini na arĩa anene othe marĩ kuo,
nayo ngombo nĩĩrekereirio kuuma kũrĩ mũmĩathi.
203:20 1Sam 1:10; Ezek 27:30-31“Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga andũ arĩa marĩ na mĩnyamaro maheo ũtheri,
naguo muoyo ũkaheo arĩa marĩ na ruo rwa ngoro,
213:21 Kũg 9:6; Thim 2:4o acio meriragĩria gĩkuũ na gĩtingĩũka,
o arĩa magĩcaragia gũkĩra kĩndũ kĩa goro kĩrĩa kĩhithe,
22acio maiyũragwo nĩ gĩkeno
magakena maakinya mbĩrĩra?
233:23 Thim 4:19; Thab 88:8Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmaga muoyo ũheo mũndũ ũũrĩte njĩra,
o ũcio mũhingĩrĩrie nĩ Ngai?
243:24 Thab 5:1; 1Sam 1:15Nĩ ũndũ handũ ha ndĩe irio, no kuumwo nyumagwo nĩ ngoro;
nakuo gũcaaya gwakwa gũitĩkaga ta maaĩ.
253:25 Ayub 7:9; Hos 13:3Ũndũ ũrĩa ndeetigagĩra nĩũngorete;
ũndũ ũrĩa wamakagia mũno nĩguo ũnginyĩrĩire.
263:26 Isa 48:22; Ayub 7:4, 14Ndionaga thayũ, o na kana ngahoorera;
ndionaga ũhurũko, no mĩnyamaro.”
Job Speaks
1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2He said:
3“May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
4That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
5May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more;
may a cloud settle over it;
may blackness overwhelm it.
6That night—may thick darkness seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.
7May that night be barren;
may no shout of joy be heard in it.
8May those who curse days3:8 Or curse the sea curse that day,
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
9May its morning stars become dark;
may it wait for daylight in vain
and not see the first rays of dawn,
10for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
to hide trouble from my eyes.
11“Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?
12Why were there knees to receive me
and breasts that I might be nursed?
13For now I would be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest
14with kings and rulers of the earth,
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
15with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.
16Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never saw the light of day?
17There the wicked cease from turmoil,
and there the weary are at rest.
18Captives also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
19The small and the great are there,
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
20“Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,
21to those who long for death that does not come,
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22who are filled with gladness
and rejoice when they reach the grave?
23Why is life given to a man
whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?
24For sighing has become my daily food;
my groans pour out like water.
25What I feared has come upon me;
what I dreaded has happened to me.
26I have no peace, no quietness;
I have no rest, but only turmoil.”
