Job Continues
I Know and Understand
1 I know and understand
every bit of this.
2 None of you are smarter
than I am;
there's nothing you know
that I don't.
3 But I prefer to argue my case
with God All-Powerful—
4 you are merely useless doctors,
who treat me with lies.
5 The wisest thing you can do
is to keep quiet 6 and listen
to my argument.
7 Are you telling lies for God
8 and not telling the whole truth
when you argue his case?
9 If he took you to court,
could you fool him,
just as you fool others?
10 If you were secretly unfair,
he would correct you,
11 and his glorious splendor
would make you terrified.
12 Your wisdom and arguments
will blow away like dust.
Be Quiet While I Speak
13 Be quiet while I speak,
and we'll see what happens.
14 I will be responsible
for what happens to me.
15 God may kill me, but still
I will trust him
and offer my defense.
16 This may be what saves me,
because no guilty person
would come to his court.
17 Listen carefully to my words!
18 I have prepared my case well,
and I am certain to win.
19 If you can prove me guilty,
I will give up and die.
Job Prays
I Ask Only Two Things
20 I ask only two things
of you, my God,
and I will no longer
hide from you—
21 stop punishing
and terrifying me!
22 Then speak, and I will reply;
or else let me speak,
and you reply.
23 Please point out my sins,
so I will know them.
24 Why have you turned your back
and count me your enemy?
25 Do you really enjoy
frightening a fallen leaf?
26 Why do you accuse me
of horrible crimes
and make me pay for sins
I did in my youth?
27 You have tied my feet down
and keep me surrounded;
28 I am rotting away like cloth
eaten by worms.
1 “Tareye, oviṋa avihe mbi mbe vi muna;
nu avihe mbi mamu hungire mbe vi zuva
nu mbe vi konḓonona rukuru.
2 Mbi mamu tjiwa ami wina me vi tjiwa.
Ami hi ri kehi yeṋu.
3 Nungwari ozombata zandje
ze ri kuna Omunamasaaehe,
nungwari ka kuna eṋe;
ami me vanga okupatasana
otjiposa tjandje kuna Ndjambi.
4 Eṋe mamu kutjire okuhatjiwa
kweṋu novizeze;
amuhe mu ri otja ozonganga
nḓe ha sora okuverukisa omundu.
5 Amu hungire ko otjiṋa,
tjapo omundu worive ma
tjangovasi oweṋe ozonongo.
6 “Purateneye ku ami,
ngunda ame tye otjiposa tjandje.
7 Ongwaye tji mamu hungire
ovizeze mena ra Ndjambi,
natji mamu hungire otjiwova mena re?
8 Mamu karere ku Ndjambi are?
Mamu kapatasana otjiposa
tje mombanguriro are?
9 Hapo Ndjambi tje mu
konḓonona nawa,
ma munu otjiṋa otjiwa mu eṋe are?
Mamu tjangovasi
mamu wovisa Ndjambi,
otja tji mamu wovisa ovandu are?
10 Nangarire kutja omendjipanguriro weṋu
wokomurungo ruveze ya horekwa,
eye me mu tena,
11 nounene wouvara we mau
eta ondiriro ku eṋe.
12 Omiano vyeṋu ovyo oviṋa
uriri tjimuna omutwe;
omayeuriro weṋu maye
nyanyauka tjimuna omunoko.
13 Mwineye nu ndji peweye
oruveze rwokuhungira,
nu kombanda yandje ngaku ye
omuhingo auhe
otja pu mape vangwa.
14 “Ami mbe rirongerere nangarire
okutwa omuinyo wandje moumba.
15 Ami hi tji nomaundjiro,
pena tjike Ndjambi tji me ndji zepa?
Ami me keriyeura
motjiposa tjandje ku ye.
16 Ihi matji rire ondjamo ku ami,
omurumendu omurunde tjinga
e hi na maa roro okumunika
komurungu wa Ndjambi.
17 Nambano purateneye
komahandjauriro wandje.
18 Ami mbe rirongerere
okuserekarera otjiposa tjandje,
orondu ami me tjiwa
kutja me rire omuhinandjo.
19 “Ndjambi, ove mo ya okundjipa ondjo?
Tji mo tjiti nai,
ami me mwina ne koka.
20 Ndji esa mbi ningire oviṋa vivari;
nove itavera ku vyo,
nu ami hi nokurihoreka kove:
21 Isa okundjivera,
nu o ndji ṱukuṱura nondirisiro yoye.
22 “Hungira rutenga,
Ndjambi, nu ami me ziri.
Poo ndji esa mbi hungire,
nu ove u ndji zire.
23 Hapo ami mba tjita
ozondataiziro zatjike?
Mba tjita ourunde watjike?
Nami mbe ku pirukira pu tjike?
24 “Ongwaye tji mo ndji nyengwa?
Ongwaye tji mo ndji
zara otja omunavita na ove?
25 Mo vanga okundjitirisa are?
Owami otjiṋa uriri,
otjiyao tji hingwa i ombepo;
Ove mo rwisa otjihozu tji tja kukuta.
26 “Ove mo eta omarondororero
omatetarise ku ami,
nangarire ozongatukiro nḓu
mba tjita ngunda ambi ri omutanda.
27 Ove mo pandeke ozombaze zandje,
mo tjevere omikambo
vyandje avihe mbi me yata,
nu wina mo konḓonona ozondambo zandje.
28 Komuhingo mbwi ami otji me
nyanyauka tjimuna orukuṋe ndwa wora,
tjimuna ombanda ndja riwa i omatoto.
