1“Wenda gwĩtana, ĩtana, no rĩrĩ, nũũ ũngĩgwĩtĩka?
Nĩ ũrĩkũ wa arĩa atheru ũngĩũrĩra kũrĩ we?
25:2 Thim 12:16; Agal 5:26Rũngʼathio rũũragaga kĩrimũ,
naguo ũiru ũkooraga mũndũ ũrĩa mũkĩĩgu.
35:3 Thab 37:35; Thim 3:33Niĩ mwene nĩnyonete kĩrimũ gĩkĩgĩa na mĩri,
no-o rĩmwe nyũmba yakĩo ĩkĩrumwo.
4Ciana ciake nĩiraihanĩrĩirie na ũgitĩri,
ihatĩrĩirio igooti-inĩ itarĩ na mũndũ wa gũciciirĩrĩra.
55:5 Alaw 26:16; Mik 6:15Ũrĩa mũhũtu arĩĩaga magetha make,
amoyaga o na marĩ mĩigua-inĩ,
nao arĩa anyootu makahũmagĩra ũtonga wao.
6Nĩgũkorwo hatĩka ndĩkunũkaga kuuma thĩ,
kana thĩĩna ũkamera tĩĩri-inĩ.
75:7 Kĩam 3:17; Thab 51:5No rĩrĩ, mũndũ aciaragwo arĩ wa kuonaga thĩĩna,
o ta ũrĩa na ma thandĩ cia mwaki irathũkaga na igũrũ.
8“No rĩrĩ, korwo nĩ niĩ ingĩthaitha Mũrungu;
ingĩneana ciira wakwa kũrĩ we.
95:9 Gũcook 29:29; Arom 11:33We ekaga maũndũ ma magegania marĩa mataangĩmenyeka,
na akaringa ciama itangĩtarĩka.
105:10 Math 5:45; Jer 14:22Nĩwe uuragĩria thĩ mbura;
na nĩwe ũrehagĩra bũrũri maaĩ.
11Arĩa menyiihagia nĩwe ũmatũũgagĩria,
nao arĩa marĩ na kĩeha moyagwo na igũrũ makagitĩrwo.
125:12 Neh 4:15; Jer 19:7Nĩwe ũthaatagia mĩbango ya arĩa marĩ waara,
nĩgeetha moko mao matikagĩe na ũhootani.
135:13 Ayub 37:24; 1Akor 3:19Nĩanyiitaga arĩa oogĩ waara-inĩ wao,
namo mathugunda ma arĩa oingumania akaameheria biũ.
14Nduma ĩmakoraga kũrĩ o mũthenya;
mũthenya barigici makahambataga taarĩ ũtukũ.
155:15 Thaam 22:23; Ayub 4:10Nĩahonokagia arĩa abatari kuuma kũrĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rũrĩa rũrĩ tũnua-inĩ twao;
amahonokagia moko-inĩ ma arĩa marĩ hinya.
16Nĩ ũndũ ũcio athĩĩni makagĩa na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro,
naguo ciira ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto ũgatumia kanua.
175:17 Thab 94:12; Ahib 12:5-11“Kũrathimwo nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũrũngagwo nĩ Ngai;
nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndũkamene irũithia rĩa Mwene-Hinya-Wothe.
18Nĩgũkorwo nĩaguraranagia, no rĩrĩ, acookaga akooha nguraro ĩyo wega;
nĩatiihanagia, no moko make no mo mahonanagia.
195:19 Dan 3:17; Thab 91:10Nĩagagũteithũra harĩ mĩtino ĩtandatũ;
o na ĩrĩ mũgwanja-rĩ, gũtirĩ ũũru ũgaagũkora.
205:20 Jer 39:18Hĩndĩ ya ngʼaragu nĩagagũkũũra kuuma kũrĩ gĩkuũ,
ningĩ hĩndĩ ya mbaara agũkũũre ndũkooragwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
215:21 Thab 31:20Nĩũkagitĩrwo harĩ rũcamiũ rwa rũrĩmĩ,
na ndũgetigĩra hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mwanangĩko ũgooka.
22Nĩũgathekerera mwanangĩko na ngʼaragu,
na ndũgetigĩra nyamũ cia gũkũ thĩ.
235:23 Isa 28:15; Ezek 34:25Nĩgũkorwo nĩũkagĩa na kĩrĩkanĩro na mahiga ma werũ-inĩ,
nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka itũũre irĩ na thayũ nawe.
24Nawe ũikarage ũũĩ atĩ hema yaku nĩ ngitĩre;
nawe nĩũkooya ithabu rĩa indo ciaku ũkore hatirĩ kĩndũ kĩũrĩte.
255:25 Gũcook 28:4; Thab 72:16Nĩũkamenya atĩ ciana ciaku nĩikaingĩha,
nacio njiaro ciaku cingĩhe o ta nyeki ya gũkũ thĩ.
265:26 Kĩam 15:15; Koh 8:13Ũgaathiĩ mbĩrĩra-inĩ ũrĩ o na hinya,
ũhaana ta itĩĩa cia ngano ĩgethetwo hĩndĩ ya magetha.
27“Nĩtũtuĩrĩtie ũhoro ũyũ, na nĩ wa ma.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio kĩũigue na ũũmenye wee mwene.”
1“Call if you will, but who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2Resentment kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple.
3I myself have seen a fool taking root,
but suddenly his house was cursed.
4His children are far from safety,
crushed in court without a defender.
5The hungry consume his harvest,
taking it even from among thorns,
and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6For hardship does not spring from the soil,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7Yet man is born to trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.
9He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.
10He provides rain for the earth;
he sends water on the countryside.
11The lowly he sets on high,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12He thwarts the plans of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13He catches the wise in their craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14Darkness comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.
15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.
17“Blessed is the one whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job
18For he wounds, but he also binds up;
he injures, but his hands also heal.
19From six calamities he will rescue you;
in seven no harm will touch you.
20In famine he will deliver you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not fear when destruction comes.
22You will laugh at destruction and famine,
and need not fear the wild animals.
23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24You will know that your tent is secure;
you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25You will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26You will come to the grave in full vigor,
like sheaves gathered in season.
27“We have examined this, and it is true.
So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
