Mĩario ya Elifazu
14:1 Kĩam 36:11Nake Elifazu ũrĩa Mũtemaani agĩcookia, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ:
2“Mũndũ angĩgeria gũkũgwetera koigo kamwe-rĩ, hihi wamũkirĩrĩria?
No rĩrĩ, nũũ ũngĩhota kwĩgirĩrĩria kwaria?
34:3 Gũcook 32:2; Isa 35:3Ririkana ũrĩa wanataara andũ aingĩ,
na ũrĩa wanekĩra moko marĩa maregeru hinya.
44:4 Isa 1:7; Ahib 12:12Ciugo ciaku cianatiirĩrĩra arĩa manahĩngwo makenda kũgũa;
nĩwe wanekĩra maru marĩa magondoku hinya.
5No rĩu-rĩ, nĩũkoretwo nĩ thĩĩna, nawe ũkoorwo nĩ hinya;
ũhũũrĩtwo, nawe ũkanyiitwo nĩ kĩmako.
64:6 Thim 3:26; Kĩam 6:9Githĩ wĩtigĩri Ngai waku tiguo wagĩrĩirwo gũtuĩka ũũmĩrĩru waku,
nayo mĩthiĩre yaku ĩtarĩ ũcuuke-rĩ, githĩ tiyo mwĩhoko waku?
74:7 Thab 41:12; Thim 12:21“Ta wĩcũũranie atĩrĩ: Nĩ mũndũ ũrĩkũ wanathĩĩnĩka atekĩte ũũru?
Nĩ kũ andũ arĩa arũngĩrĩru marĩ maniinwo?
84:8 Atiir 14:18; Agal 6:7Niĩ ũrĩa nyonete-rĩ, nĩ atĩ andũ arĩa marĩmaga ũũru,
na arĩa mahaandaga thĩĩna-rĩ, maũndũ macio no mo magethaga.
94:9 Thaam 15:10; 2Athe 2:8Manangagwo nĩ mĩhũmũ ya Ngai;
makaniinwo nĩ kĩhuhũkanio kĩa marakara make.
10Mĩrũũthi no ĩrume na ĩrarame,
no magego ma mĩrũũthi ĩyo mĩnene nĩmakoinangwo.
114:11 Gũcook 28:41; Thim 30:14Mũrũũthi nĩũkuaga nĩ kwaga gĩa kũguĩma,
nacio ciana cia mũrũũthi wa mũgoma ikahurunjũka.
12“Nĩ kũrĩ kohoro karanginyĩire na hitho,
namo matũ makwa marakaigua gakĩhehanwo.
13Ũtukũ ngĩĩcũũrania ũhoro wa cioneki cia kũmakania,
ũtukũ rĩrĩa andũ makoragwo marĩ toro mũnene,
144:14 Thab 48:6; Hab 3:16ngĩnyiitwo nĩ guoya na kũinaina,
namo mahĩndĩ makwa mothe magĩthingitha.
15O hĩndĩ ĩyo roho ũraahĩtũkĩra o ũthiũ-inĩ wakwa,
nacio njuĩrĩ cia mwĩrĩ wakwa irambarara.
164:16 1Ath 19:12Roho ũcio ũrarũgama,
no ndinahota kũmenya ũrĩa ũratariĩ.
Mbere yakwa hararũgama mũhianĩre wa kĩndũ,
ndĩracooka ndĩraigua gũkĩario na mĩheehũ gũkĩũrio atĩrĩ,
174:17 Ayub 9:2; Thab 18:26‘Mũndũ wa gũkua-rĩ, aahota gũtuĩka mũthingu gũkĩra Ngai?
Mũndũ aahota gũtuĩka mũtheru gũkĩra Mũmũũmbi?
18Angĩkorwo Ngai ndangĩhota kwĩhoka ndungata ciake-rĩ,
na angĩkorwo nĩonaga araika ake marĩ na mahĩtia-rĩ,
194:19 Isa 64:8; Kĩam 2:7githĩ to oone mahĩtia maingĩ mũno ma andũ arĩa matũũraga nyũmba cia ndoro,
acio mĩthingi yao ĩrĩ rũkũngũ-inĩ,
acio mamemendagwo na ihenya gũkĩra kĩĩhuruta!
204:20 Ayub 14:2; Thab 89:47Kuuma rũciinĩ nginya hwaĩ-inĩ moinangagwo tũcunjĩ;
magathira tene na tene matekũrũmbũiyo.
214:21 Joh 8:24; Jer 9:3Githĩ mĩkanda ya hema yao ndĩmunyũrĩtwo,
nĩguo makue matarĩ na ũũgĩ?’
Eliphaz
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?
3Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
4Your words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened faltering knees.
5But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;
it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6Should not your piety be your confidence
and your blameless ways your hope?
7“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
8As I have observed, those who plow evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.
9At the breath of God they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
10The lions may roar and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
11The lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12“A word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper of it.
13Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,
14fear and trembling seized me
and made all my bones shake.
15A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.
16It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
18If God places no trust in his servants,
if he charges his angels with error,
19how much more those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
20Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.
21Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,
so that they die without wisdom?’
