Job's Complaint to God
1 Finally Job broke the silence and cursed the day on which he had been born.
Job
2-3 O God, put a curse on the day I was born;
put a curse on the night when I was conceived!
4 Turn that day into darkness, God.
Never again remember that day;
never again let light shine on it.
5 Make it a day of gloom and thick darkness;
cover it with clouds, and blot out the sun.
6 Blot that night out of the year,
and never let it be counted again;
7 make it a barren, joyless night.
8 Tell the sorcerers to curse that day,
those who know how to control Leviathan.
9 Keep the morning star from shining;
give that night no hope of dawn.
10 Curse that night for letting me be born,
for exposing me to trouble and grief.
11 I wish I had died in my mother's womb
or died the moment I was born.
12 Why did my mother hold me on her knees?
Why did she feed me at her breast?
13 If I had died then, I would be at rest now,
14 sleeping like the kings and rulers
who rebuilt ancient palaces.
15 Then I would be sleeping like princes
who filled their houses with gold and silver,
16 or sleeping like a stillborn child.
17 In the grave wicked people stop their evil,
and tired workers find rest at last.
18 Even prisoners enjoy peace,
free from shouts and harsh commands.
19 Everyone is there, the famous and the unknown,
and slaves at last are free.
20 Why let people go on living in misery?
Why give light to those in grief
21 They wait for death, but it never comes;
they prefer a grave to any treasure.
22 They are not happy till they are dead and buried;
23 God keeps their future hidden
and hems them in on every side.
24 Instead of eating, I mourn,
and I can never stop groaning.
25 Everything I fear and dread comes true.
26 I have no peace, no rest,
and my troubles never end.
Efiku lokudalwa kwaye Job te li tula omutima
1 Opo nee Job a makula okanya kaye ndele ta tula omutima efiku lokudalwa kwaye. 2 Ndele Job okwa hovela ndele ta ti:
3 Efiku nda dalwa, nali kane, noufiku winya kwa tiwa: “Okaana okamati ka dalwa!” 4 Efiku olo nali ninge omulaulu. Kalunga kokombada ehe li pule, nouyelele uhe li minikile. 5 Nau kwetiwe komilaulu nokomudidimbe wefyo. Oshilemo shilaula nashi ke li uvike. Aishe oyo tai laulike efiku, nai li tilife. 6 Oufiku winya nau hakanwe po komilaulu. Liha hafe pamwe momafiku omomudo. Li ha valulwe momafiku eehani. 7 Heeno, oufiku winya nau kale ongadji. Mwaau muha udike ekuwililo. 8 Ovo hava tula omutima omutenya, naavo yo ve u tule omutima, ovo tava pendula Leviatan. 9 Eenyofi dongula dalo nadi laulikwe, lo li teelele ouyelele itau uya. Lo liha mone eefeleisho deluwa, 10 osheshi lo inali idilila nge po oivelo yoshidalelo ndele inali holeka oudjuu momesho ange. 11 Omolwashike inandi fila mo mekolo lameme? Omolwashike inandi fuda mo omhepo yange mokudja kwange medimo? 12 Omolwashike eengolo da tambula nge, nomolwashike omavele ndi a nyame? 13 Osheshi ame ngeno paife handi nangala ndele handi kala nombili ngeno nda kofa ndele nda mona etulumuko 14 pamwe neehamba nomalenga ounyuni, oo e litungila eeshungongulu, 15 ile pamwe novakulunhu voshilongo va kala ve noshingoldo, ovo va yadifa eengulu davo oisiliveli; 16 ile ngaashi edimo la wa mo, la pakwa ngaashi ovana inava mona ouyelele. 17 Oko ovahenakalunga tava efa okukolokosha, ndele ovo va loloka ohava tulumukilwa ko. 18 Eenghwate adishe di nombili, ihava udu ondaka yomufininiki. 19 Omufyoona nomunenenhu ove li ko va faafana. Nomupika a efiwa, ehe fi vali womwene waye.
Omolwashike Kalunga ta hapupalifa omafiku aavenya hava djuulukwa efyo
20 Omolwashike Ye ota pe omufininikwa ouyelele, nomwenyo kwaava ve u nyikila oluhodi? 21 Ovo hava teelele efyo ndelenee itali uya, vo have li teelele unene komesho yemona la holekwa. 22 Ovo tava hafe nokushambukwa nokunyakukwa ngeenge tava mono ombila. 23 Omolwashike ta yandje ouyelele komulumenhu e nondjila ya holekwa, komulumenhu ou Kalunga e mu kondeka keembinga adishe? 24 Osheshi okukema kwange kwa ninga omungome wange. Okulila kwange taku kunguluka ngaashi omeva. 25 Osheshi osho nde shi haluka, sha hanga nge naasho nde shi tila, sha ningilwa nge, 26 fimbo inandi mona efudo nombili netulumuko, ouyehame we uya vali.
