Job omudiinini wouyuki
1 Ndele Job okwa popya vali ndele ta ti: 2 “Oshili, ngaashi Kalunga e nomwenyo, ou a kufa nge eyukifo, nOmunaenghono adishe ou a nyikifa omwenyo wange oluhodi; 3 fimbo ndi nomwenyo nomufudo waKalunga momayulu ange, 4 omilungu dange itadi popi oipupulu nelaka lange itali fufya! 5 Nashi kale nge kokule, nye ndi mu pe ounongo. Fiyo handi ka fuda mo omufudo wange, itandi ekeleshi po ouyuki wange. 6 Ame ohandi dame kouyuki wange, itandi u efa nande. Eliudo lange itali vele nge ombedi nande efiku limwe lomokukala kwange.
7 “Omutondadi wange na ningwe ngaashi omuhenakalunga nomunandubo naame ngaashi omulongi wowii. 8 Elineekelo lashike omukolokoshi e li na, Kalunga eshi ta tete po okukala kwaye, Ye eshi ta kufa omwenyo waye? 9 Kalunga ota ka uda tuu onghuwo yaye, oluhepo ngee tali mu hange? 10 Ile ta dulu tuu okuhafela Omunaenghono adishe nokwiifana Kalunga efimbo keshe?
11 “Ame ohandi ke mu longa osho eke laKalunga tali longo. Osho shi li pOmunaenghono adishe itandi shi holeke. 12 Taleni, mwe shi mona nye vene amushe, omolwashike hano tamu diladila ngaho?
13 “Oshitukulwa shomuhenakalunga te shi pewa kuKalunga, noshifyuululwa shomufininiki te shi pewa kOmunaenghono adishe osheshi: 14 nande a kale e noludalo lihapu, lo tali ka liwa keongamukonda. Noitutuma yaye itai kutifwa komungome. 15 Ovo tava xupu po puye, otava ka fya koudu wolutapo, novafiyekadi itava lili eefya. 16 Ngeenge ta ndubile oisiliveli ngaashi ondwi, ndele ta ongele oikutu ngaashi edu, 17 heeno, ye ota ongele ndelenee omuyuki te i djala; nomuhenashipo ote litukulile oshisiliveli. 18 Ye ota tungu ongulu yaye ngaashi einyo lonhwishi nongaashi oshiyaamo sha dikwa komunangeli. 19 Ota ka nangala oshipuna, ndele ita ka kala oshipuna; nongeenge ta penduka, oupuna waye owa kana po. 20 Omahalukifo tae mu hange ngaashi omakungulukilo omeva. Oufiku oshikungulu oshe mu twala. 21 Omhepo yokoushilo tai mu twala, ye e nokwiililila. Noyo tai mu pepe mo monhele yaye. 22 Ndele Kalunga te mu umbu ehe nonghenda, ye e nokuya onhapo diva eke laye. 23 Ota pandulilwa omake ndele tave mu shikilwa omwilwa kovambulavo.
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.
