Job Continues
Why Is Life So Hard?
1 Why is life so hard?
Why do we suffer?
2 We are slaves in search of shade;
we are laborers longing
for our wages.
3 God has made my days drag on
and my nights miserable.
4 I pray for night to end,
but it stretches out
while I toss and turn.
5 My parched skin is covered
with worms, dirt, and sores,
6 and my days are running out
quicker than the thread
of a fast-moving needle.
Don't Forget!
7 I beg you, God, don't forget!
My life is just a breath,
and trouble lies ahead.
8 I will vanish from sight,
and no one, including you,
will ever see me again.
9 I will disappear in the grave
or vanish from sight
like a passing cloud.
10 Never will I return home;
soon I will be forgotten.
11 And so, I cry out to you
in agony and distress.
12 Am I the sea or a sea monster?
Is that why you imprison me?
13 I go to bed, hoping for rest,
14 but you torture me
with terrible dreams.
* 15 I'd rather choke to death
than live in this body.
16 Leave me alone and let me die;
my life has no meaning.
17 What makes you so concerned
about us humans?
18 Why do you test us
from sunrise to sunset?
19 Won't you look away
just long enough
for me to swallow?
20 Why do you watch us so closely?
What's it to you, if I sin?
Why am I your target
and such a heavy burden?
21 Why do you refuse to forgive?
Soon you won't find me,
because I'll be dead.
1 Omuntu ita kala nani mekondjo, manga e li kombanda yevi?
Omasiku ge inaga fa ganakukutwa miilonga?
2 Ongaashi omupika a hala momuzile
nongomulongelindjambi ta tegelele ofuto ye.
3 Oomwedhi noomwedhi ine mona kutya ote kala ndi na omwenyo.
Omausiku otage etele ndje uuwehame.
4 Ngele tandi ka lala, otandi kala nokudhiladhila,
otandi ka penduka tuu?
Uusiku otau ningi uule, notandi igalula nda hala ku she.
5 Olutu lwandje otalu lika po komazinyo nokolwaga,
notandi tumbu omathina.
6 Omasiku gandje otaga tondoka ge vule okweenda kwonane mokuhondja.
Otaga hulu po pwaa na etegameno.
7 Kalunga, dhimbulukwa kutya okukalamwenyo kwandje okwa fa omufudho;
omasiku gandje gelago oga hula po.
8 Ou wete ndje ngashingeyi,
ihe ito ka mona ndje we.
Oto ka konga ndje, ihe ongohela nda li po.
9 Ngaashi oshikogo tashi halakana notashi yi,
osho naangoka ta kulukile muusi, ita galuka mo we.
10 Ita ka galukila we kaandjawo;
ota dhimbiwa kwaayehe mboka ya li ye mu shi.
11 Onkee ano itandi mwena!
Otandi popi muuwehame wandje
notandi yemata muululume womwenyo gwandje.
12 Kalunga, omolwashike wa langelitha ndje?
Oto tala kutya ngame efuta,
nenge oshilikama shamo?
13 Sho te dhiladhila,
ontala yandje otayi loolola ndje,
ombete yandje otayi yakula ndje uuwehame.
14 Oto halutha ndje noondjodhi
noto tilitha ndje nomamoniko.
15 Nandi hogolole po okupondwa e te si,
shi vule okukala iipongo yowala.
16 Onda vulwa okukala nomwenyo;
itandi kala nagwo sigo aluhe.
Ethii ndje, okukala nomwenyo itaku kwatha sha.
17 Omuntu omushike, sho ho mu ningi nawa
noho mu sile oshimpwiyu?
18 Oho mu konakona ongula kehe,
noto mu yeleke ethimbo kehe.
19 Uunake to etha okutongolola ndje,
ito etha nando, ndi fudhe po?
20 Ngele nani onda yona kungoye,
onda yona shike, ngoye omutonateli gwaantu?
Omolwashike wa ningi ndje omushekwa?
Onda ningi omutenge kungoye?
21 Ito dhimi po omayono gandje
e to theta po oondjo dhandje?
Oshoka ethimbo olya thika,
notandi ka lala mbala mombila;
oto ka konga ndje,
ihe kandi po we.
