Job Complains to God
My Hopes Have Died
1 My hopes have died,
my time is up,
and the grave is ready.
2 All I can see are angry crowds,
making fun of me.
3 If you, Lord, don't help,
who will pay the price
for my release?
4 My friends won't really listen,
all because of you,
and so you must be the one
to prove them wrong.
5 They have condemned me,
just to benefit themselves;
now blind their children.
6 You, God, are the reason
I am insulted and spit on.
7 I am almost blind with grief;
my body is a mere shadow.
8 People who are truly good
would feel so alarmed,
that they would become angry
with my worthless friends.
9 They would do the right thing
and because they did,
they would grow stronger.
10 But none of my friends
show any sense.
11 My life is drawing to an end;
hope has disappeared.
12 But all my friends can do
is offer empty hopes.
13 I could tell the world below
to prepare me a bed.
14 Then I could greet the grave
as my father
and say to the worms,
“Hello, mother and sisters!”
15 But what kind of hope is that?
16 Will it keep me company
in the world of the dead?
1 Omwenyo gwandje ogwa tekauka,
nomasiku gandje oga fupipikwa;
eso otali tegelele ndje.
2 Aasheki yandje otaa kunduka ndje;
omeho gandje otaga tala uutondwe wawo.
3 Kalunga, ninga omupopili gwandje.
Olye we ta popile ndje?
4 Omadhiladhilo gawo oga patwa, kaye na omayele,
onkee itaa ka sindana.
5 Omuntu ngoka ta popi nayi kuume ke omolwokufutwa,
omeho goyana otaga ka tsika mo.
6 Kalunga okwa ningi ndje omunyanwa gwashaa ngoka,
omuntu gwokuhiyilwa omayeye moshipala.
7 Omeho gandje oga tsiyala koluhodhi;
olutu lwandje olwa fa omuzizimba.
8 Aayuuki otaye shi kuminwa;
aakaanashipo otaa thikamene aakaanakalunga.
9 Ihe nando ongeyi, aayuuki otaa dhiginine oshili yawo,
naamboka ye na iikaha ya yela, otaa tsikile nomukumo.
10 Eewa, galukeni, ileni amuhe!
Mokati keni kandi wete mo omunandunge.
11 Omasiku gandje oga pita po,
oompangela dhandje odha hulithwa po
nosho wo ondjuulukwe yandje.
12 Aantu mbaka otaa faathanitha uusiku nomutenya,
sho taa ti: “Momilema otamu zi uuyelele.”
13 Ngele ote tegelele muusi omo mu kale maandjetu,
nenge te yala ontala yandje momilema,
14 ngele ote lombwele eolelo kutya ongoye tate,
nomazinyo otandi ga ithana meme nomumwamemekadhona,
15 nena ando etegameno lyandje oli li we peni?
Olye te ke li mona?
16 Otali ka ya pamwe nangame mombila?
Otatu ka ningina pamwe nalyo mevi?
