1 Ndelenee Job okwa nyamukula ndele ta ti: 2 “Fiyo onaini tamu ka nyonyodolifa nge nokunyanyaula nge neendjovo? 3 Lwomulongo nokuli mwa sheka nge, ndele tamu hepeke nge muhe neudito lohoni. 4 Ame onda puka tuu shili, oushima otau kala tuu mwaame? 5 Ile tamu dulu tuu shili okushishimana koshipala shange, ndele mwa hala okuhololela nge okushekwa kwange; 6 kaleni mu shi shii nokutya, Kalunga a ninga nge nai nokwa dingila nge meendjadja daye, nande ndihe noshipo. 7 Taleni, handi kuu onghuwo, handi ti: “Oukolokoshi!” Ndelenee ihandi mono enyamukulo. Handi ifana ekwafo, ndelenee kape nouyuki. 8 Ondjila yange okwe i umbila ongubu, handi nyengwa okutauluka, nokwa yalela omalila ange omulaulu. 9 Ye okwa dula nge efimano lange nokwa kufa omutumbo wokomutwe wange. 10 Ye okwa nyanyaula nge keembinga adishe nokwa wilifa nge poshi ndihe noshilonga vali. Nokwa duda mo eteelelo lange ngaashi omuti. 11 Ehandu laye e li efela nge li xwamene nge, nokwa tala nge ame omutondadi waye. 12 Omatanga aye ovakwaita tave uya ngaashi omunhu umwe, tava kokola ondjila va lwife nge, ndele tava ongo onhanda tava dingilile etwali lange. 13 Oovakwetu okwe va twala kokule naame, novashiivikile vange ova ninga ovanailongo kwaame. 14 Ovashiinda ve liteeka nge, novalineekelwa vange va dimbwa nge. 15 Ava ve li meumbo lange novapiya vange ovakainhu tava tale nge ndimunailongo. Momesho avo onda ninga omweenda. 16 Ohandi ifana omupika wange, ndelenee ye ita nyamukula nge, nande ohandi mu indile nawa. 17 Okufuda kwange taku nyonyodolwa komwalikadi wange, nedimba lange tali nyikile nai ovana voshidalelo shameme. 18 Ovamati vanini tava dini nge. Ame eshi handi penduka, otava sheke nge. 19 Ookaume kange ovalineekelwa aveshe tava nyonyodola nge. Ndele ava ndi va hole, tava twile nge ondubo. 20 Omakipa ange a naatela koshipa shange. Ndihe na shimwe vali, oshama shange ashike. 21 Filei nge onghenda, nye ookaume kange, filei nge onghenda, shaashi eke laKalunga la kuma nge. 22 Omolwashike tamu haula nge ngaashi Kalunga ndele itamu kuta keenhumba dange?
23 “Ngeno eendjovo dange di shangwe di dimbulukiwe, ngeno di nyolelwe membo, 24 di nyolelwe mo noshishangifo shoshivela, di hokelwe memanya fiyo alushe. 25 Ndelenee ame ndi shi shii: omupopili wange e nomwenyo! Ndele xuuninwa ye ota ka kala ofika mondwi yedu! 26 Ndele oshipa eshi shange eshi sha yuvwa nge, ndele nda dja mo molutu lange, ame ohandi ka tala Kalunga. 27 Ohandi ke mu mona Oye omukwafi wange, omesho ange tae ke mu tala, ehe fi omweenda. Eefiyo dange oda notelwa meni lange!
28 “Nye eshi tamu ti: ‘Otu noku mu nangela ngahelipi?’ Mwaame vati tamu monika efina loshinima, 29 hano tileni eongamukonda, osheshi oupyuhandu tau ka hanga omatauluko haa handukilwa neongamukonda, mu shiive nokutya, oku netokolo.”
Job
1-2 Why do you keep tormenting me with words?
3 Time after time you insult me
and show no shame for the way you abuse me.
4 Even if I have done wrong,
how does that hurt you?
5 You think you are better than I am,
and regard my troubles as proof of my guilt.
6 Can't you see it is God who has done this?
He has set a trap to catch me.
7 I protest his violence,
but no one is listening;
no one hears my cry for justice.
8 God has blocked the way, and I can't get through;
he has hidden my path in darkness.
9 He has taken away all my wealth
and destroyed my reputation.
10 He batters me from every side.
He uproots my hope
and leaves me to wither and die.
11 God is angry and rages against me;
he treats me like his worst enemy.
12 He sends his army to attack me;
they dig trenches and lay siege to my tent.
13 God has made my own family forsake me;
I am a stranger to those who knew me;
14 my relatives and friends are gone.
15 Those who were guests in my house have forgotten me;
my servant women treat me like a stranger and a foreigner.
16 When I call a servant, he doesn't answer—
even when I beg him to help me.
17 My wife can't stand the smell of my breath,
and my own brothers won't come near me.
18 Children despise me and laugh when they see me.
19 My closest friends look at me with disgust;
those I loved most have turned against me.
20 My skin hangs loose on my bones;
I have barely escaped with my life.
21 You are my friends! Take pity on me!
The hand of God has struck me down.
22 Why must you persecute me the way God does?
Haven't you tormented me enough?
23 How I wish that someone would remember my words
and record them in a book!
24 Or with a chisel carve my words in stone
and write them so that they would last forever.
25 But I know there is someone in heaven
who will come at last to my defense.
26 Even after my skin is eaten by disease,
while still in this body I will see God.
27 I will see him with my own eyes,
and he will not be a stranger.
My courage failed because you said,
28 “How can we torment him?”
You looked for some excuse to attack me.
29 But now, be afraid of the sword—
the sword that brings God's wrath on sin,
so that you will know there is one who judges.
