EHUNGI RAVEVARI ORITJATATU
1 Elifas, Omuteman, wa hungira a tja:
2 “Pe nomundu, nangarire
ingwi onongo yozonongo,
ngu ma sora okurira ombatero
ku Ndjambi are?
3 Ovitjitwa vyoye vyousemba vi
nonḓengu kOmunamasaaehe are,
poo omeritjindiro woye omawa
maye mu vatere are?
4 Okukara nondira ku Ndjambi kwoye
ku heya kutja eye me ku
tena ne ku eta kombanguriro are?
5 Kako! Omotjimbe tjokutja
ove wa tura ondjo tjinene,
nu wa tjita ouvi mbu hi nondjandero.
6 Ove wa sutisa ovazamumwe
vyoye ovimariva,
mbi va yazema kove,
nu we ve yeka ozombanda
zawo no ve esa muzu.
7 Wa rurupara omeva ku
imba mbe nonyota,
novikurya ku imba mbe nondjara.
8 Ove wa ungurisa omasa nouvara woye
okukambura ehi arihe no
turisa mo omuingona woye.
9 Ove wa panḓa okuvatera ovahepundu,
nu wina wa punda no tatumisa ozosewa.
10 Nove otji wa koverwa i ozombate,
nomburuma yatjimanga mai ku tirisa.
11 Kwa zorere tjinene nga
tji u hi nokusora okumuna,
nomipupo vye ku vandeke.
12 “Ndjambi ka turire kombanda meyuru are?
Neye ka tara kehi kozonyose,
nandarire kutja ozo ze ri kombanda are?
13 Nu ngunda ove mo pura nai:
‘Ndjambi ma tjiwa tjike?
Eye wa tjizikiziwa i ovikamba
me tu pangura vi?’
14 Ove mo tjangovasi ovikamba ovipote
mavi mu tjaere okumuna,
eye tji ma ryanga komukuro
pokati kehi nevaverwa.
15 “Ove we rimana okuryanga mozondjira
nḓaa ze twarewa i ovanauvi aruhe are?
16 Nandarire oruveze rwawo
ngunda aru hiye ya,
owo tjandje va pupwa i omupupo.
17 Owo ombe ri ovarumendu,
mba nakaura Ndjambi,
amave ripura kutja Omunamasaaehe
ma tjiti tjike ku eṱe?
18 Nungwari tjandje Ndjambi
ongwe ve ṋingaparisa,
nami, tjiri, hi tjiwa kutja
ovanauvi ve ripura vi.
19 Ovasemba ve nenyando,
novehinandjo ve yora, tji mave
munu omurunde ama verwa.
20 Avihe omurunde mbye na
vyo vya nyonwa,
nomuriro mau ningiririsa
oviṋa avihe mbya sewa po.
21 “Nambano, Job, hangana na Ndjambi,
nu isa okumuvara otja omunavita;
tji wa tjiti nao, eye me ku sere ondaya.
22 Yakura omahongero eye ngu me ku pe,
ṱakamisa omambo we momutima woye.
23 Ii, risusuparisa nu u kotoke
kOmunamasaaehe,
nu u yandise ouhasemba auhe
mbu u tjitwa moyoye,
neye me ku yarura koupe.
24 Imbirahi ongoldo yoye;
nu yumba ongoldo yoye
ongohoke mokati komawe
nge ri monḓonḓu ndja pwira!
25 Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe
nga rire ongoldo yoye,
nu nga rire osilveri
ndja tendekerwa ove.
26 Ove aruhe otji mo riyameke
ku Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe,
notji mo munu kutja eye
onguri omburo yenyando roye.
27 Tji mo kumbu, eye me ku zuvire,
nove mo yenenisa
omakwizikiro ngu wa tjita.
28 Mo ṋingapara mu avihe mbi mo tjiti,
nondjerera mai yere mondjira yoye.
29 Ndjambi ma wisa overitongamise,
na yama imba mbe risusuparisa.
30 Eye ma yama omundu tje ri omuhinandjo,
nu wina imbi mbi ma
tjiti tji vi ri ovisemba.”
The Third Dialogue
(22.1—27.23)Eliphaz
1-2 Is there anyone, even the wisest,
who could ever be of use to God?
3 Does your doing right benefit God,
or does your being good help him at all?
4 It is not because you stand in awe of God
that he reprimands you and brings you to trial.
5 No, it's because you have sinned so much;
it's because of all the evil you do.
6 To make a brother repay you the money he owed,
you took away his clothes and left him nothing to wear.
7 You refused water to those who were tired,
and refused to feed those who were hungry.
8 You used your power and your position
to take over the whole land.
9 You not only refused to help widows,
but you also robbed and mistreated orphans.
10 So now there are pitfalls all around you,
and suddenly you are full of fear.
11 It has grown so dark that you cannot see,
and a flood overwhelms you.
12 Doesn't God live in the highest heavens
and look down on the stars, even though they are high?
13 And yet you ask, “What does God know?
He is hidden by clouds—how can he judge us?”
14 You think the thick clouds keep him from seeing,
as he walks on the dome of the sky.
15 Are you determined to walk in the paths
that evil people have always followed?
16 Even before their time had come,
they were washed away by a flood.
17 These are the ones who rejected God
and believed that he could do nothing to them.
18 And yet it was God who made them prosperous—
I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.
19 Good people are glad and the innocent laugh
when they see the wicked punished.
20 All that the wicked own is destroyed,
and fire burns up anything that is left.
21 Now, Job, make peace with God
and stop treating him like an enemy;
if you do, then he will bless you.
22 Accept the teaching he gives;
keep his words in your heart.
23 Yes, you must humbly return to God
and put an end to all the evil
that is done in your house.
24 Throw away your gold;
dump your finest gold in the dry stream bed.
25 Let Almighty God be your gold,
and let him be silver, piled high for you.
26 Then you will always trust in God
and find that he is the source of your joy.
27 When you pray, he will answer you,
and you will keep the vows you made.
28 You will succeed in all you do,
and light will shine on your path.
29 God brings down the proud
and saves the humble.
30 He will rescue you if you are innocent,
if what you do is right.
