Job
1Then Job replied:
2‘How long will you torment me
and crush me with words?
3Ten times now you have reproached me;
shamelessly you attack me.
4If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error remains my concern alone.
5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and use my humiliation against me,
6then know that God has wronged me
and drawn his net around me.
7‘Though I cry, “Violence!” I get no response;
though I call for help, there is no justice.
8He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass;
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
9He has stripped me of my honour
and removed the crown from my head.
10He tears me down on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope like a tree.
11His anger burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.
12His troops advance in force;
they build a siege ramp against me
and encamp around my tent.
13‘He has alienated my family from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends have forgotten me.
15My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner;
they look upon me as a stranger.
16I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
17My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my own family.
18Even the little boys scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.
19All my intimate friends detest me;
those I love have turned against me.
20I am nothing but skin and bones;
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.19:20 Or only by my gums
21‘Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,
for the hand of God has struck me.
22Why do you pursue me as God does?
Will you never get enough of my flesh?
23‘Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,
24that they were inscribed with an iron tool on19:24 Or and lead,
or engraved in rock for ever!
25I know that my redeemer19:25 Or vindicator lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.19:25 Or on my grave
26And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then in19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from my flesh I will see God;
27I myself will see him
with my own eyes – I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!
28‘If you say, “How we will hound him,
since the root of the trouble lies in him,19:28 any Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me”
29you should fear the sword yourselves;
for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,
and then you will know that there is judgment.19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty’
Mĩario ya Ayubu
1Nake Ayubu akĩũria atĩrĩ:
2“Mũkũũnyariira nginya-rĩ,
mũkĩĩhehenjaga na ciugo?
319:3 Kĩam 31:7; Ayub 6:9Rĩu mũrĩ kũndetia maita ikũmi;
mũũtharĩkĩire mũtarĩ na thoni.
4Angĩkorwo nĩ ma atĩ nĩhĩtĩtie njĩra,
ihĩtia rĩakwa rĩgũikara rĩrĩ thĩĩna wakwa.
519:5 Thab 35:26Mũngĩkorwo ti-itherũ nĩmũgwĩtũũgĩria igũrũ rĩakwa,
na mũgĩe na mweke wa kũnjũkĩrĩra nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo njonorithĩtio,
619:6 Ayub 18:8no kĩmenyei atĩ Ngai nĩwe ũũhĩtĩirie,
akandigiicĩria na wabu wake.
719:7 Thab 22:2; Hab 1:2-4“O na gũtuĩka nĩngayaga ngoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Ndĩĩmũhĩtĩrie!’ Niĩ ndirĩ ũndũ njookagĩrio;
o na gũtuĩka nĩhooyaga ndeithio, gũtirĩ kĩhooto nyonaga.
819:8 Maca 3:7; Koh 6:4Nĩahingĩire njĩra na niĩ ndingĩhota kũhĩtũka;
tũcĩra twakwa nĩatwĩkĩrĩte nduma.
919:9 Kĩam 43:28; Maca 5:16Nĩanjaũrĩte gĩtĩĩo gĩakwa,
na akanduta thũmbĩ mũtwe.
10Andarũrangaga kuuma mbarĩ ciothe nginya ngathira;
amunyaga mwĩhoko wakwa o ta mũtĩ.
1119:11 Ayub 16:9; Ayub 13:24Marakara make nĩmanjakanĩire;
andaraga hamwe na thũ ciake.
12Mbũtũ ciake cia ita injerekagĩra na hinya;
ciakaga ihumbu cia kũnjũkĩrĩra,
igathiũrũrũkĩria hema yakwa.
1319:13 Thab 69:8“Nĩanyamũranĩtie na ariũ a baba makaahutatĩra;
andũ arĩa tũyaine nao nĩmeĩndigithĩtie biũ.
1419:14 2Sam 15:12; Jer 20:10Andũ a mbarĩ ciitũ nĩmathiĩte makandiga;
arata akwa nĩmariganĩirwo nĩ niĩ.
1519:15 Kĩam 14:14; Koh 2:7Ageni akwa na ndungata ciakwa cia andũ-a-nja matuaga ta matanjũũĩ;
maanyonaga ta ndĩ mũndũ uumĩte kũndũ kũngĩ.
16Njĩtaga ndungata yakwa, no ndĩngĩnjĩtĩka,
o na ndĩmĩthaithĩte na kanua gakwa niĩ mwene.
1719:17 Thab 38:5Mĩhũmũ ya kanua gakwa nĩmĩnungu harĩ mũtumia wakwa;
nduĩkĩte wa kũmenwo harĩ ariũ a maitũ.
1819:18 2Ath 2:23O na tũhĩĩ tũrĩa tũnini nĩtũũnyararĩte,
rĩrĩa ndatuumĩrĩra no gũũthekerera tũũthekagĩrĩra.
1919:19 Thab 55:12-13; Joh 13:18Arata akwa arĩa manguhĩrĩirie othe nĩmathũire;
andũ arĩa nyendeete nĩmahutatĩire makaanjũkĩrĩra.
20Niĩ thirĩte ngatigara o gĩkonde na mahĩndĩ;
niĩ ndigarĩirwo no kĩni kĩa magego giiki.
21“Njiguĩrai tha, inyuĩ arata akwa, iguai tha,
nĩgũkorwo guoko kwa Ngai nĩkũngũthĩte.
2219:22 Thab 69:26; Isa 53:4Mũthingatanaga na niĩ o ta ũrĩa Mũrungu aathingataga nĩkĩ?
Mũtirĩ mũraiganwo nĩ nyama ciakwa?
2319:23 Thaam 17:14; Jer 17:1“Naarĩ korwo ciugo ciakwa nĩciandĩkĩtwo,
igakĩandĩkwo ibuku-inĩ rĩa gĩkũnjo,
24igakarwo na karamu ga kĩgera igũrũ rĩa ngocorai,
kana igakururwo rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga itũũre nginya tene!
2519:25 Thab 78:35; Ayub 16:19Nĩnjũũĩ atĩ Mũngũũri arĩ muoyo,
na atĩ marigĩrĩrio-inĩ nĩwe ũkaarũgama thĩ ĩno.
2619:26 Math 5:8; 1Akor 13:12; 1Joh 3:2Nakĩo gĩkonde gĩkĩ gĩakwa kĩarĩkia gũthira,
na mwĩrĩ ũyũ wa nyama ũkorwo ũtarĩ ho,
hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩ ngoona Ngai;
27niĩ mwene nĩngamwĩonera na maitho,
niĩ mwene, ti mũndũ ũngĩ.
Ĩ ngoro yakwa ndĩkĩrĩ na wendo mũnene!
28“Mũngiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Ĩ nĩtũthingatane nake,
kuona atĩ nĩwe kĩhumo gĩa thĩĩna ũyũ,’
2919:29 Ayub 15:22; Koh 3:17inyuĩ ene nĩmwagĩrĩirwo nĩ gwĩtigĩra rũhiũ rwa njora;
nĩgũkorwo mangʼũrĩ nĩmakarehithia kũherithanio na rũhiũ rwa njora,
na hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũkamenya atĩ nĩ kũrĩ ũtuanĩri wa ciira.”
