Job ma ziri Sofar
1 Job wa zira a tja:
2 “Purateneye ku imbi mbi me hungire;
okupuratena nai owo omahuhumiṋino ngu me ningire ku eṋe.
3 Ndji peweye oruveze okuhungira,
nu tji mba zu nokuhungira, nga rire tji mwe ndji hembe, tji mamu vanga.
4 “Ami hi notjiposa nomundu;
hi nousemba okukara nokuhinomuretima are?
5 Tareye ku ami!
Nu hapo kapuwo ku eṋe okukumwa nokumwina?
6 Ami tji me ripura na imbi mbya tjitwa ku ami,
mba temwa nu me zezera nokuteratera.
7 “Ongwaye Ndjambi tje yandjera ovandu ovanauvi ve hupe,
nu tji meve esa ve kurupe nu ve kare nomasa?
8 Owo ve novanatje, novanatje vovanatje vawo,
nu ve hupira kutja ve ve tjevere nga tji ve kuru avehe.
9 Ndjambi kaeta onyoneno kozonganda zawo;
nomberero ye kai nokuya kombanda yawo.
10 Ii, ozondwezu zawo zozongombe ze ronda naze kwatisa,
nu inḓa ozonḓenḓu ze kwata nokuhinoumba.
11 Ovanatje vawo ve tupuka nave tuka
ovindondooro tjimuna ozondjona,
12 owo ve imbura nokupunda otja
kombosiro noyoviharpe noyozohiva.
13 Owo ve hupa mohange,
nu ve koka moupore nokuhinomihihamo.
14 “Imba ovarunde ve raera Ndjambi kutja
e ve ese ve rikarere ku wo oveni;
owo kave vanga okutjiwa ombango ye
ohunga nominyo vyawo.
15 Owo ve ripura kutja ouṋe
ngu ri Omunamasaaehe,
ngu matu sokukarera,
neye u nombatero ya
tjike okukumba ku ye?
16 Owo ve tja, ve muna ouṋingandu
momasa wawo oveni,
nungwari omeripuriro
wawo ami hi ye yakura ko.
17 “Ondjerera yomunauvi i
na pu ya zemisiwa are?
Pena umwe wawo ngwa
hakaena noviwonga are?
Ndjambi u na pa verere
ovanauvi momazenge we,
18 nokuvehinga otja oviyaya mombepo,
poo otja oruuma ndu
maru piziwa i otjivepo are?
19 “Eṋe mu tja Ndjambi ma vere
omuatje mena rozongatukiro za ihe.
Kako, Ndjambi nga vere ovanauvi oveni;
Neye nge ve raere kutja me
ve verere ozongatukiro zawo.
20 Ovanauvi ngave tjinde
omberero yawo oveni,
ngave mune omazenge
wa Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe.
21 Omuinyo womundu tji wa zu po,
eye, tjiri, ma kara ko na tja
kutja ovanatje ve ovaṋingandu are?
22 Omundu ma yenene okuhonga Ndjambi
ngu pangura nangarire imba
mbe ri kombanda meyuru are?
23 “Ovandu tjiva ve kara
mouveruke na mohange
nga keyuva ndi mave koka,
24 owo ve koka mondjoroka na moupore,
ave notutu tu twa parurwa nawa.
25 Imba ovarwe kave nondjoroka;
owo ve hupa nave koka
nomatetarero womitima.
26 Nungwari owo avehe ve koka
omuhingo umwe nave pakwa;
avehe ve vandekwa i omativa.
27 “Tareye, ami me tjiwa omeripuriro weṋu,
nozondunge zeṋu
nḓu mu ndji sekamena na zo moutwe.
28 Eṋe mu pura amu tja: ‘Ondjuwo yovandu
ovanauvara nambano i ri pi,
imba mbe tjita ouvi?’
29 Kamu na pu mwa hungira
novandu mbe ryanga are?
Kamu nokutjiwa omahongonona
ngu ve serekarera are?
30 Meyuva Ndjambi nda ṱomazenge,
omurunde ongu ma kara nokuhinatjipo;
nu meyuva Ndjambi ndu ma vere ovandu,
omurunde aruhe ongu ma yamwa.
31 Kape na ngu ma yandja ondjo komurunde;
poo okumusutisa imbi mbya tjita?
32 Eye tji ma twarewa komaendo,
keyendo re nda tjeverwa nawa,
33 omayovi maye mu kongorere mombakero,
nandarire indi ehi ri rara nawa korutu rwe.
34 “Neṋe mu kondja okundjihuhumiṋa noviporoporo.
Eziriro arihe ndi mamu yandja oro ovizeze.”
Job
1-2 Listen to what I am saying;
that is all the comfort I ask from you.
3 Give me a chance to speak and then,
when I am through, sneer if you like.
4 My quarrel is not with mortals;
I have good reason to be impatient.
5 Look at me. Isn't that enough
to make you stare in shocked silence?
6 When I think of what has happened to me,
I am stunned, and I tremble and shake.
7 Why does God let evil people live,
let them grow old and prosper?
8 They have children and grandchildren,
and live to watch them all grow up.
9 God does not bring disaster on their homes;
they never have to live in terror.
10 Yes, all their cattle breed
and give birth without trouble.
11 Their children run and play like lambs
12 and dance to the music of harps and flutes.
13 They live out their lives in peace
and quietly die without suffering.
14 The wicked tell God to leave them alone;
they don't want to know his will for their lives.
15 They think there is no need to serve God
nor any advantage in praying to him.
16 They claim they succeed by their own strength,
but their way of thinking I can't accept.
17 Was a wicked person's light ever put out?
Did one of them ever meet with disaster?
Did God ever punish the wicked in anger
18 and blow them away like straw in the wind,
or like dust carried away in a storm?
19 You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father.
No! Let God punish the sinners themselves;
let him show that he does it because of their sins.
20 Let sinners bear their own punishment;
let them feel the wrath of Almighty God.
21 When our lives are over,
do we really care whether our children are happy?
22 Can anyone teach God,
who judges even those in high places?
23-24 Some people stay healthy till the day they die;
they die happy and at ease,
their bodies well-nourished.
25 Others have no happiness at all;
they live and die with bitter hearts.
26 But all alike die and are buried;
they all are covered with worms.
27 I know what spiteful thoughts you have.
28 You ask, “Where are the homes of great people now,
those who practiced evil?”
29 Haven't you talked with people who travel?
Don't you know the reports they bring back?
30 On the day God is angry and punishes,
it is the wicked who are always spared.
31 There is no one to accuse the wicked
or pay them back for all they have done.
32 When they are carried to the graveyard,
to their well-guarded tombs,
33 thousands join the funeral procession,
and even the earth lies gently on their bodies.
34 And you! You try to comfort me with nonsense!
Every answer you give is a lie!
