Job 16

¹Mgbe ahụ, Job zara sị:

²“Anụla m ọtụtụ ihe dịka ndị a;

³Ogologo okwu efu ndị a niile unu na-ekwu, ọ naghị akwụsị?

⁴Mụ onwe m nwekwara ike ikwu okwu dịka unu,

⁵Ma ọnụ m ga-agba unu ume;

⁶“Ma ọ bụrụ na m ekwuo, adịghị egbochi ihe mgbu m,

⁷Nʼezie o Chineke, i meela ka ike gwụ m,

⁸I keela m agbụ; agbụ m abụrụla ihe akaebe megide m;

⁹Chineke na-eweso m iwe, jiri iwe ya na-adọwasị m,

¹⁰Ụmụ mmadụ na-asaghe ọnụ ka ha chịa m ọchị,

¹¹Chineke ewerela m nyefee nʼaka ndị ajọ omume,

¹²Ihe na-agara m nke ọma, ma Chineke tipịara m.

¹³ndị ọgba ụta ya agbaala m gburugburu.

¹⁴Mgbe niile, ọ na-emegide m;

¹⁵“Adụkọtala m akwa mkpe were ya kpuchie anụ ahụ m,

¹⁶Ihu m na-acha ọbara ọbara site nʼakwa nke m na-akwa,

¹⁷ma aka m emeghị ihe ike ọbụla,

¹⁸“Ala, biko, ezokwala ọbara m;

¹⁹Ọ bụladị ugbu a, onye akaebe m nọ nʼeluigwe,

²⁰Onye na-arịọrọ m arịrịọ bụ enyi m,

²¹Nʼọnọdụ mmadụ ka ọ na-arịọ Chineke

²²“Naanị afọ ole na ole ga-agabiga