1 Job wa zira komurungu a tja:
2 “Ami me yana ku Ndjambi omunamuinyo,
nOmunamasaaehe,
ngwe ndji yeka ousemba na
tetarisa omuinyo wandje,
3 ngunda ambi nomuinyo,
nu ngunda Ndjambi ame ndji suvanisa,
4 omiṋa vyandje kamaavi hungire ouhasemba,
neraka randje kamaari hungire ovizeze.
5 Ami himee itavere kutja
eṋe mbi mamu hungire ouatjiri,
nungwari me panḓere pokutja hi nondjo
nga keyuva ronḓiro yandje.
6 Ami me panḓere pokuhungira kutja
owami omuhinandjo,
tjinga ame tjiwa nawa kutja ourekoto
wandje aruhe oukohoke.
7 “Avehe mbe ndji pirukira
nu mbe ndji rwisa,
ngave verwe tjimuna
ovanauvi novahasemba.
8 Omurunde u nomaundjiro watjike
moiri Ndjambi ndja eta
omuinyo we komaandero?
9 Hapo oumba tji weya,
Ndjambi ma zuu ondjuriro ye?
10 Eye kamundu ngu
muna enyando nohange
mokukarera Omunamasaaehe.
11 “Ndji esa mbi muhonge kutja
omasa weke ra Ndjambi ye ṱeki pi,
nu mbi mu handjaurire ondando
Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe ndje na yo.
12 Nungwari kako!
Eṋe mwe rimunina oveni oviṋa avihe mbi,
nongwaye tji mamu hungire
oviporoporo otja imbi?
13 “Imbwi owo omuhingo
Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe mbu ma
vere na wo ovanauvi novatjite voutwe.
14 Owo nandi va kara novanatje
ovazandu ovengi,
avehe mave ṱu movita;
ovanatje vawo aruhe kave
kara novikurya mbya yenena.
15 Imba mba hupu movita mave ṱomutjise,
nandarire ovahepundu vawo
kave nokuririra onḓiro yawo.
16 Nangarire kutja omurunde ma
kara nosilveri onyingi,
nozombanda ozengi nḓa pwikwa
komurungu wa puma hepa,
17 nungwari omundu omusemba
ma zara ozombanda nḓa,
nomundu omuṱakame ma
pewa indji osilveri.
18 Omurunde u tunga ondjuwo ye
tjimuna ondjuwo yotjitjauvi,
poo tjimuna otjiwameno tjomukarere
ngu tjevera omahi womakunino.
19 Eye ma rangavara otja omutumbe
otjikando otjisenina,
nu tja penduka, ma munu kutja
outumbe we wa zu po.
20 Ondirisiro mai mu tono
tjimuna omupupo watjimanga;
otjivepo matji mu hingi mouṱuku,
21 nombepo yokomuhuka
mai mu toora nai mu twara,
noyo mai mu pumisa okuza mondjuwo ye;
22 oyo mai ya kombanda
ye nokuhinondjenda,
ngunda ama kondjo okutupuka.
23 Ombepo mai mu ramba
nondirisiro onamasa yomanyoneneno.
Job
1-2 I swear by the living Almighty God,
who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter—
3 as long as God gives me breath,
4 my lips will never say anything evil,
my tongue will never tell a lie.
5 I will never say that you men are right;
I will insist on my innocence to my dying day.
6 I will never give up my claim to be right;
my conscience is clear.
7 May all who oppose me and fight against me
be punished like the wicked and the unrighteous.
8 What hope is there for the godless
in the hour when God demands their life?
9 When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?
10 They should have desired the joy he gives;
they should have constantly prayed to him.
11 Let me teach you how great is God's power,
and explain what Almighty God has planned.
12 But no, after all, you have seen for yourselves;
so why do you talk such nonsense?
[Zophar]
13 This is how Almighty God
punishes wicked, violent people.
14 They may have many sons,
but all will be killed in war;
their children never have enough to eat.
15 Those who survive will die from disease,
and even their widows will not mourn their death.
16 The wicked may have too much silver to count
and more clothes than anyone needs;
17 but some good person will wear the clothes,
and someone honest will get the silver.
18 The wicked build houses like a spider's web
or like the hut of a slave guarding the fields.
19 One last time they will lie down rich,
and when they wake up, they will find their wealth gone.
20 Terror will strike like a sudden flood;
a wind in the night will blow them away;
21 the east wind will sweep them from their homes;
22 it will blow down on them without pity
while they try their best to escape.
23 The wind howls at them as they run,
frightening them with destructive power.
