1 Call out, Job. See if anyone answers.
Is there any angel to whom you can turn?
2 To worry yourself to death with resentment
would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.
3 I have seen fools who looked secure,
but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.
4 Their children can never find safety;
no one stands up to defend them in court.
5 Hungry people will eat the fool's crops—
even the grain growing among thorns —
and thirsty people will envy his wealth.
6 Evil does not grow in the soil,
nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
7 No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves,
as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
8 If I were you, I would turn to God
and present my case to him.
9 We cannot understand the great things he does,
and to his miracles there is no end.
10 He sends rain on the land
and he waters the fields.
11 Yes, it is God who raises the humble
and gives joy to all who mourn.
12-13 He upsets the plans of cunning people,
and traps the wise in their own schemes,
so that nothing they do succeeds;
14 even at noon they grope in darkness.
15 But God saves the poor from death;
he saves the needy from oppression.
16 He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.
17 Happy is the person whom God corrects!
Do not resent it when he rebukes you.
18 God bandages the wounds he makes;
his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.
19 Time after time he will save you from harm;
20 when famine comes, he will keep you alive,
and in war protect you from death.
21 God will rescue you from slander;
he will save you when destruction comes.
22 You will laugh at violence and hunger
and not be afraid of wild animals.
23 The fields you plow will be free of rocks;
wild animals will never attack you.
24 Then you will live at peace in your tent;
when you look at your sheep, you will find them safe.
25 You will have as many children
as there are blades of grass in a pasture.
26 Like wheat that ripens till harvest time,
you will live to a ripe old age.
27 Job, we have learned this by long study.
It is true, so now accept it.
1 “Ravaera, Job! Pena ngu ma itavere,
nu pena omuengeri umwe
ku mo sora okuningira ombatero?
2 Omazenge ye nyona eyova,
eruru ri zepa omuhinanḓengu
3 Ami mba muna omayova nge
munika aayo ovazikame,
nungwari mba senga
ozonganda zawo tjimanga.
4 Ovanatje vawo ovazandu
kamaave munu ouṋingandu;
kape na ngu meve yeura mombanguriro.
5 Ovanandjara mave ri ovikunwa vyomayova,
nangarire ovikokotwa mbya
hapa mokati komakuiya,
novananyota mave zeri outumbe wawo.
6 Ouvi kau hapa moruuma,
noumba kau hapa mehi.
7 Kako! Omundu u riyetera omuini oumba
tjimuna ozohanḓe tji
maze yeruruka momuriro.
8 “Andakuzu owami ove,
etje riyarikaṋa ku Ndjambi,
ne yandja otjiposa tjandje ku ye.
9 Eṱe katu nokusora okuzuva
oviṋa ovinene eye mbye tjita,
novihimise vye kamaavi yanda ko.
10 Eye u rokisa ombura kombanda yehi,
nu u tjatja ehi rokuti.
11 Ii, Ndjambi u tongamisa overisusuparise,
nongu yandja enyando
ku avehe mbe noruhoze.
12 Eye u piza omeripuriro wovanavineya,
13 na pata ozonongo
moviripurwa vyawo oveni,
kokutja imbi mbi mave tjiti avi ha toṋa;
14 nangarire mutenya owo
ve ṋuṋunga aayo ku nonḓorera.
15 Nungwari Ndjambi u yama omusyona konḓiro;
na yama omuhepe komaṋiṋikiziro.
16 Eye u yandja omaundjiro komusyona,
na mwinisa omurunde.
17 “Omuṋingandu omundu ngu vyurwa i Ndjambi!
O nyengwa eye tji me ku vere.
18 Eye ongwe ndji pitisa ovirwaro,
wina ongu me vi manga nokuviverura;
19 Motuvezeveze eye me ku yama komihihamo;
20 ourumbu tji weya, eye me ku hupisa,
nu movita eye me ku yama konḓiro.
21 Ndjambi me ku yama komayambururiro;
eye me ku yama omanyoneno tji ye ya.
22 Ove mo yoro outwe nondjara,
nu ko nokutira ovipuka vyokuti.
23 Ehi romakunino ndi mo taura,
kari nokukara nomawe;
ovipuka ovinyondorore kamaavi ku rwisa.
24 Mo tura mohange mondanda yoye;
tji mo tara kozonḓu zoye,
mo ze munu aze hi notjipo.
25 Mo kara novanatje ovengi
pu pe ṱeki omahozu momaryo.
26 Ove mo hupu nga koukurupe woye,
tjimuna ovikokotwa mbi mavi
horo nga koruveze rwomakondero.
27 Job, eṱe twe rihongo oviṋa
mbi mokukonḓonona orure.
Imbi ouatjiri, ove nambano vi yakura.”
