1 Muhona arire tja ziri Job a tja:
2 “Job, ove wa toko
Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe;
mo isa okuhungira poo mo ziri?”
3 Job wa zira Muhona a tja:
4 “Owami omuhinanḓengu, Muhona.
Me ziri tjike?
Me ṱokutwa eke kotjinyo tjandje.
5 Ami mba hungira omambo omengi rukuru,
komurungu wapu mba sokuhungira.”
Ehungi oritjavari ra Ndjambi
6 Muhona wa hungira ku Job rukwao motjivepo, na tja:
7 “Ripangaṋa otja omurwe,
nu u zire omapuriro wandje!
8 Mokondjo okuraisa kutja owami omuhasemba,
nokutja ami mba tataiza,
nove omuini oove ngu u ri osemba are?
9 Ove u nomasa nge ṱeki powandje are?
Ombosiro yeraka roye i
ṱuṱuma nomasa pu indji oyandje are?
10 Tji pe ri nao, sekama mondengero
yoye na moutonga woye,
u zare ouvara nondjozikiro.
11 Tara ku imba mbe ritongamisa,
u tirire omazenge woye,
nu u ve susuparise!
12 Ii, tara ku wo, u ve ṋiṋikizire pehi;
nyanyaura ovarunde akuhe ku ve ri.
13 Ve paka avehe mehi,
nu ve pandekera motjovakoke.
14 Ami me tenge po okukutanga,
nu me hepura kutja ove wa toṋa.
15 “Tara onḓuu!
Owami ngu mbe i uta,
nu owami ngu mbe ku uta.
Oyo i rya ehozu tjimuna ongombe,
16 nungwari oyo i nomasa
nge ṱa pi morutu rwayo,
nu i nomasa nge ṱa pi mozombwiṋi zayo!
17 Omutjira wayo wa ṱirika tjimuna orupapa,
nomisepa momarama wayo vya pamisiwa.
18 Omaṱupa wayo ye nomasa
tjimuna omiriu vyongoporo,
nomarama wayo tjimuna ovihenḓe vyovitenda.
19 “Oyo ohimise tjinene poviutwa vyandje avihe.
Omuute wayo porwe ongu
ma yenene okuitaara.
20 Ehozu, ndi i rya,
ri hapa mozondunda mu
mu nyandera ovipuka vyokuti.
21 Oyo i rangavara kehi yovimbuku,
nu i ṱara motuu tu tu ri motjirindinoko.
22 Ovimbuku vyomakuiya nomipanda,
meṋe yomipupo,
vi i tjizikiza nomuzire.
23 Oyo kai tira onḓonḓu ndji mai pupu nomasa;
Jordan tji mai vete momurungu wayo,
oyo i hirimana uriri.
24 Owaṋi ngu ma sora okuipoṱuparisa nokuikambura,
poo ngu ma sora okuhweka oruuri meyuru rayo?
The Lord Continues
I Am the Lord All-Powerful
* 1 I am the Lord All-Powerful,
2 but you have argued
that I am wrong.
Now you must answer me.
3 Job said to the Lord:
4 Who am I to answer you?
5 I did speak once or twice,
but never again.
6 Then out of the storm
the Lord said to Job:
7 Face me and answer
the questions I ask!
8 Are you trying to prove
that you are innocent
by accusing me of injustice?
9 Do you have a powerful arm
and a thundering voice
that compare with mine?
10 If so, then surround yourself
with glory and majesty.
* 11 Show your furious anger!
Throw down and crush
12 all who are proud and evil.
13 Wrap them in grave clothes
and bury them together
in the dusty soil.
14 Do this, and I will agree
that you have won
this argument.
I Created You
15 I created both you
and the hippopotamus.
It eats only grass like an ox,
16 but look at the mighty muscles
in its body 17 and legs.
Its tail is like a cedar tree,
and its thighs are thick.
18 The bones in its legs
are like bronze or iron.
19 I made it more powerful
than any other creature,
yet I am stronger still.
20 Undisturbed, it eats grass
while the other animals
play nearby.
* 21 It rests in the shade of trees
along the riverbank
22 or hides among reeds
in the swamp.
23 It remains calm and unafraid
with the Jordan River rushing
and splashing in its face.
24 There is no way to capture
a hippopotamus—
not even by hooking its nose
or blinding its eyes.
