Job's Reply to Eliphaz
Today I Complain Bitterly
1 Job said:
2 Today I complain bitterly,
because God has been cruel
and made me suffer.
3 If I knew where to find God,
I would go there
4 and argue my case.
5 Then I would discover
what he wanted to say.
6 Would he overwhelm me
with his greatness?
No! He would listen
7 because I am innocent,
and he would say,
“I now set you free!”
8 I cannot find God anywhere—
in front or back of me,
9 to my left or my right.
God is always at work,
though I never see him.
10 But he knows what I am doing,
and when he tests me,
I will be pure as gold.
* 11 I have never refused to follow
any of his commands,
12 and I have always treasured
his teachings.
13 But he alone is God,
and who can oppose him?
God does as he pleases,
14 and he will do exactly
what he intends with me.
* 15 Merely the thought
of God All-Powerful
16 makes me tremble with fear.
17 God has covered me
with darkness,
but I refuse to be silent.
1 Ndelenee Job okwa nyamukula ndele ta ti: 2 “Ndele natango onena eli ekemo lange la fondubo. Eke lange olidjuu omolwomifudo dange. 3 Akutu, ngeno ndi shiive, nhumbi ndi mu mone opo ndi fike ko oko ta kala, 4 ngeno ndi mu hololele eendjovo dange nokuyadifa okanya kange nomahepaululo, 5 opo ndi shiive eendjovo denyamukulo laye nokuuda osho te shi lombwele nge. 6 Ye ota ka twifa nge tuu eemhata neenghonopangelo daye dinene? Ahowe, ngeno a tale nge ashike! 7 Opo nee omulumenhu omuyuki ta kala moihokolola pamwe naye, ndele ame ohandi ka pewa komutokoli wange ounongo fiyo alushe. 8 Taleni, ohandi i koushilo, Ye ke ko, nokouninginino, ndelenee itandi mu dimbulukwa, 9 ngeenge ta longo moumbangalanhu kandi mu wete; ndele ngeenge te liameke koumbuwanhu, itandi mu mono ko. 10 Osheshi okweenda kwange kwa shiivika kuye. Ngeno Ye ta konakona nge ngeno handi monika nda yela ngaashi oshingoldo. 11 Eemhadi dange da kala nokudiinina eemhadi daye. Nda shikula ondjila yaye, ame inandi yapuka mo muyo. 12 Inandi kanduka mo moshipango shomilungu daye. Eendjovo dokanya kaye nde di diinina komesho yomhangela yange. 13 Ndelenee Ye ota kala ngaashi e li, ita lunduluka, olyelye ta dulu oku mu kelela? Ndele osho we shi hala, ote shi ningi. 14 Ota wanifa osho sha sheyelwa nge, oinima ya tya ngaha ihapu i li puye natango. 15 Onghee hano ame handi hangika kehaluko koshipala shaye. Ngeenge handi shi diladila, ohandi tila. 16 Kalunga okwa teyaula po eyombamo lange, nOmunaenghono adishe a halukifa nge. 17 Osheshi itandi nyonwa po omolwomulaulu ile omolwaame mwene, omulaulu wa tuvika nge.
