Job
1Then Job replied:
2‘Even today my complaint is bitter;
his hand23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me is heavy in spite of23:2 Or heavy on me in my groaning.
3If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!
4I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would find out what he would answer me,
and consider what he would say to me.
6Would he vigorously oppose me with great power?
No, he would not press charges against me.
7There the upright can establish their innocence before him,
and there I would be delivered for ever from my judge.
8‘But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
11My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13‘But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
14He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.
15That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.
16God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Mĩario ya Ayubu
1Ningĩ Ayubu agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
223:2 Ayub 6:3; Ezek 21:7“O na ũmũthĩ gũteta gwakwa no kũrũrũ;
guoko gwake nĩkũnditũhĩire o na ngĩcaayaga ũguo.
3Naarĩ korwo nĩnjũũĩ kũrĩa ingĩmuona;
Naarĩ korwo no hote gũthiĩ kũrĩa aikaraga!
4Ingĩĩyarĩrĩria harĩ we,
njiyũrie kanua gakwa ihooto.
5No nyende kũmenya ũrĩa angĩĩnjookeria,
ndĩcũũranie ũrĩa angĩnjĩĩra.
623:6 Ayub 9:4No anjũkĩrĩre na ũhoti wake mũnene?
Aca, ndangĩhatĩrĩria na thitango.
723:7 Kĩam 3:8Hau-rĩ, mũndũ mũrũngĩrĩru no atware ciira wake mbere yake,
na niĩ njohorithio kuuma kũrĩ mũnjiirithia nginya tene.
8“No rĩrĩ, ingĩthiĩ mwena wa irathĩro, we ndarĩ kuo;
ingĩthiĩ mwena wa ithũĩro, ndiramuona.
9Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa arĩ wĩra-inĩ mwena wa gathigathini, ndimuonaga;
rĩrĩa athiĩ mwena wa gũthini, ndimuonaga o na hanini.
1023:10 Thab 139:1-3; 1Pet 1:7Nowe-rĩ, nĩooĩ njĩra ĩrĩa ngeragĩra;
aarĩkia kũngeria, ngoima haana o ta thahabu.
1123:11 Thab 44:18; Jer 11:20Magũrũ makwa moimĩte makinya make thuutha;
nũmagĩrĩra njĩra yake itekwahũka na mwena.
1223:12 Joh 4:32, 34Niĩ nditiganĩirie maathani ma mĩromo yake;
njĩkĩrĩire ciugo cia kanua gake gũkĩra irio ciakwa cia o mũthenya.
13“No rĩrĩ, arũgamaga arĩ o wiki; nũũ ũngĩhota kũregana nake?
Ekaga o ũrĩa ekwenda.
1423:14 1Athe 3:3; 1Pet 4:12Ahingagia ũndũ ũrĩa anduĩrĩire,
na arĩ o na mĩbango mĩingĩ ta ĩyo anjigĩire.
1523:15 Kĩam 45:3; Josh 24:14Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩtũmĩte nyiitwo nĩ kĩmako ndĩ mbere yake;
ndeciiria maũndũ macio mothe-rĩ, ngamwĩtigĩra.
1623:16 Gũcook 20:3; Kũg 6:16Mũrungu nĩatũmĩte ngoro yakwa yũrwo nĩ hinya;
ũcio Mwene-Hinya-Wothe nĩatũmĩte nyiitwo nĩ guoya.
1723:17 Ayub 19:8No rĩrĩ, ndikirĩtio nĩ nduma,
ĩĩ nduma ĩyo ndumanu ĩhumbĩrĩte ũthiũ wakwa.
