Ehungi oritjaine ra Elihu
1 Elihu wa zira komurungu a tja:
2 “Kara nomuretima nu u puratene kaṱiṱi
ku imbi mbi me hungire
mena ra Muhona.
3 Ondjiviro yandje onyingi tjinene
moviṋa vyoruveze ndwa kapita,
ami me raisa na imbi mbi me
tjiwa kutja Ndjambi,
Omuute wandje, eye omusemba.
4 Kape notjiṋa tji me hungire
kove tji tji ri posyo,
nove, tjiri, mo munu omurumendu
onongo komurungu woye.
5 “Ndjambi eye omunamasa,
nungwari ka nyengura omundu;
kape notjiṋa eye tje ha tjiwa.
6 Eye ka hupisa ovanauvi komeho,
nu aruhe u tjita ousemba ku
imba mbe ri mombamisiro.
7 Eye u yama imba mbe ri ovasemba,
neve ve yandjere okunana
otja ozombara kovihavero vyouhona,
nu u ve tjita kutja ve
pewe ondjozikiro aruhe.
8 Posi, tji veri kehi yomapando nombamisiro,
amave tatumisirwa ihi tjiva tjiti,
9 Ndjambi meve raisire ouvi
nomeritongamisiro wawo.
10 Eye ma tjiti kutja ve puratene komaronga we
wokutja ve ise ouvi.
11 Tji mave kara nonḓuviro ku
Ndjambi nave mu karere,
mave hupu mohange nave ṋingapara.
12 Nungwari tji pe he ri nao,
owo mave koka otja ovahatjiwa,
nave pundu motjovakoke.
13 “Ovehina Ndjambi ve kara pokupindika,
nu nangarire Ndjambi tje ve vere,
owo kave kumbu okuningira ombatero.
14 Ve koka ngunda averi omitanda,
ve hupa ehupiro rovandu mba yamburuka.
15 Nungwari Ndjambi u twa ovandu
mondatumisiro yomihihamo
vyawo e ve yame,
nu a paturura omeho wawo mombamisiro.
16 “Ndjambi wina we ku pitisa moumba,
ne ku pe enyando nouṋingandu;
otjiriro tjoye tje urisiwa novikurya ovingi.
17 Nungwari Ndjambi we ku
pangura otja omurunde,
nove ka moo taurire
ombanguriro ndji ndje ku pa.
18 Ṱakamisa kutja omapopero
wovandu ayehe ku wovisa,
poo omautumbe kutja ayehe ku pukisa.
19 Outumbe woye kau nombatero mau eta;
nomasa woye aehe nambano kaye nokukuvatera.
20 O ha zeri kutja ouṱuku weyuva rombanguriro u ye,
indwi oruveze omihoko mu mavi yandekwa.
21 Ṱakamisa kutja o ha rundurukire kouvi;
omihihamo vyoye vya hindwa
kutja vi ku tjaere ku wo.
22 “Zemburuka kutja ouvara wa
Ndjambi ounene pu pe ṱeki pi;
eye onguri omuhonge omunenenene pu avehe.
23 Kape nomundu ngu ma yenene okuraera
Ndjambi imbi eye mbi ma sokutjita,
poo okumukuminina kutja eye u tjita ouhasemba.
24 Eye aruhe u tangerwa oviṋa mbye tjita;
ove wina mo sokumutanga.
25 Ovandu avehe ve muna
oviṋa Ndjambi mbya tjita,
nangarire kutja mave vi munine kokure.
26 Tara, ounene wa Ndjambi wa
kapita ozondunge zetu,
nozombura ze kaze sora okuvarwa.
27 “Ndjambi ongu nana omeva mehi,
nu ongu ye tanaurira momata wombura.
28 Eye u rokisa ombura movikamba,
kutja i ningenise ovandu avehe.
29 Kape na ngu ma tjiwa kutja
ovikamba vi kayenda vi,
nokutja oruṱuṱumo ru ṱuṱuma
vi meyuru Ndjambi ma tura.
30 Eye u hinda orutjeno
rwombura mevaverwa arihe,
nungwari imbwi ourekoto
wokuvare u kara monḓorera.
31 Imbwi owo omuhingo
eye mbwe parura nawo ovandu,
nu mbwe yandja na wo ovikurya ovingi.
32 Eye u kambura orutjeno
rwombura nomake we,
ne ru rakiza kutja ru vete
omuhunga mbwa tye.
33 Oruṱuṱumo maru tjiukisa omeero we,
eye tja ṱomazenge nourunde wovandu.
Elihu Continues
Be Patient a While Longer
1 Elihu said:
2 Be patient a while longer;
I have something else to say
in God's defense.
3 God always does right—
and this knowledge
comes straight from God.
4 You can rest assured
that what I say is true.
5 Although God is mighty,
he cares about everyone
and makes fair decisions.
6 The wicked are cut down,
and those who are wronged
receive justice.
7 God watches over good people
and places them in positions
of power and honor forever.
8 But when people are prisoners
of suffering and pain,
* 9 God points out their sin
and their pride,
10 then he warns them
to turn back to him.
11 And if they obey,
they will be successful
and happy from then on.
12 But if they foolishly refuse,
they will be rewarded
with a violent death.
Godless People Are Too Angry
13 Godless people are too angry
to ask God for help
when he punishes them.
14 So they die young
in shameful disgrace.
15 Hard times and trouble
are God's way
of getting our attention!
16 And at this very moment,
God deeply desires
to lead you from trouble
and to spread your table
with your favorite food.
17 Now that the judgment
for your sins
has fallen upon you,
18 don't let your anger
and the pain you endured
make you sneer at God.
19 Your reputation and riches
cannot protect you
from distress,
20 nor can you find safety
in the dark world below.
21 Be on guard! Don't turn to evil
as a way of escape.
22 God's power is unlimited.
He needs no teachers
23 to guide or correct him.
Others Have Praised God
24 Others have praised God
for what he has done,
so join with them.
25 From down here on earth,
everyone has looked up and seen
26 how great God is—
God is more than we imagine;
no one can count the years
he has lived.
* 27 God gathers moisture
into the clouds
28 and supplies us with rain.
29 Who can understand
how God scatters the clouds
and speaks from his home
in the thunderstorm?
30 And when God sends lightning,
it can be seen
at the bottom of the sea.
31 By producing such rainstorms,
God rules the world
and provides us with food.
32 Each flash of lightning
is one of his arrows
striking its target,
33 and the thunder tells
of his anger against sin.
