Eziriro esenina ra Job
1 Job wa zira a tja:
2 “Ove, tjiri, oove ombatero yatjiri ku ami,
ami ngu mbi ri
omundu omusyona notjingundi!
3 Ove we ndjipa ondunge ombwa,
nohaṋasana ondjiviro yoye kuna
eyova tjimuna ami.
4 Mo ripura kutja owaṋi ngu ma
zuu komambo woye aehe,
nowaṋi ngwe ku pe ombepo
yokuhungira nai?
5 “Ozombepo zovaṱi maze
zezera kehi yehi;
nomeva na imbi mbi ri mu wo,
wina mavi tira.
6 Otjovakoke tja yezuruka
komurungu wa Ndjambi;
kape notjikutjire tji matji
tji kutjire komurungu we.
7 Ndjambi wa parangisa evaverwa
rokeyuva kokunene,
na rekarekisa ehi kombanda
yopoṋa pu pe ri tjo.
8 Ndjambi ongu urisa ovikamba nomeva,
nu ongu tjaera kutja avi ha
pamunwa i ondjinda yawo.
9 Nu imbi ovikamba eye
u tjizikiza na vyo omueze.
10 Eye wa haṋa ondjerera konḓorera na
kondorokisa omuruko kombanda yokuvare.
11 Eye tji ma tanda ozongunḓe,
nḓa ṱizira evaverwa kombanda,
maze teratera naze zezerisiwa i omburuma.
12 Omasa we onge taara okuvare;
nounongo we, eye wa
hahaura ongurunyoka Rahab.
13 Eye wa kohorora evaverwa
nomasuvaneno we,
neke re onda zepa onyoka ondaure.
14 Nungwari oviṋa mbi ovyo ovipezeze
uriri vyomasa we, ovyo
omahokorero uriri eṱe ngu twa zuva.
Ouṋe ngu ma tjiwa kutja ounene wa Ndjambi,
tjiri, u ṱa pi?”
Job
1-2 What a big help you are to me—
poor, weak man that I am!
3 You give such good advice
and share your knowledge with a fool like me!
4 Who do you think will hear all your words?
Who inspired you to speak like this?
[Bildad]
5 The spirits of the dead tremble
in the waters under the earth.
6 The world of the dead lies open to God;
no covering shields it from his sight.
7 God stretched out the northern sky
and hung the earth in empty space.
8 It is God who fills the clouds with water
and keeps them from bursting with the weight.
9 He hides the full moon behind a cloud.
10 He divided light from darkness
by a circle drawn on the face of the sea.
11 When he threatens the pillars that hold up the sky,
they shake and tremble with fear.
12 It is his strength that conquered the sea;
by his skill he destroyed the monster Rahab.
13 It is his breath that made the sky clear,
and his hand that killed the escaping monster.
14 But these are only hints of his power,
only the whispers that we have heard.
Who can know how truly great God is?
