1 Onda kenyanana okukala nomwenyo.
Otandi holola omayemato gandje
notandi popi moluululume womwenyo gwandje.
2 Otandi lombwele Kalunga kaa pangule ndje,
ihe a lombwele ndje shoka nda yona.
3 Okuhepeka ndje okwe ku opalela tuu?
Osho opala tuu okunyema nokweekelahi iilonga yiikaha yoye, manga to pitika oompangela dhaakaanakalunga?
4 Oho tala iinima ngaashi omuntu te yi tala?
5 Omasiku goye oga fa gomuntu,
nenge omimvo dhoye odhi thike podhomuntu?
6 Omolwashike to kongo omapuko gandje noto konakona omayono gandje?
7 Ou shi shi kutya kandi na uusama,
nokaku na ngoka ta vulu okukutha ndje mo miikaha yoye.
8 Iikaha yoye oyo yu umbinga ndje nonda mewa,
ihe ngashingeyi oto hanagula ndje po.
9 Dhimbulukwa kutya owa shiti ndje meloya.
Owa hala u shune ndje montsi?
10 Owa tilehi ndje ngaashi omahini
nowa kukutike ndje ngaashi ehini.
11 Olutu lwandje owe lu tungitha omasipa noothipa
nowe lu zaleke oshipa noontumba.
12 Owa pe ndje omwenyo nowa li u hole ndje
e to sile ndje oshimpwiyu.
13 Shika owe shi kaleke momutima gwoye;
onda tseya kutya shika osha kala elalakano lyoye okudhenga ndje.
14 Ando onda yonene,
ando owa mono ndje,
noino etha ndi kale inaandi geelwa.
15 Ngele onda yono, yaye ngame!
Nonando kandi na uusama,
ite vulu okuyelutha omutse gwandje.
Onda sa ohoni nonda pwila muuwehame.
16 Sho te kambadhala okuyeluka,
oto hundjunine ndje ngaashi onkoshi
noto ulukile ndje oonkondo dhoye.
17 Owe eta po oombangi oompe, dhi tamaneke ndje,
nowi indjipalithile ndje ondjahi yoye;
oonkondo dhoye otadhi thindi ndje dhaa na oluthuwo.
18 Omolwashike ano wa pititha ndje mo moshivalelo shameme?
Ando onda sile mo, manga kaaku na ngo a mona ndje!
19 Oshihwepo ando nda li inee holoka po;
ando onda sile moshivalelo shameme nokuukilila mombila.
20 Omasiku gandje kage shi omashona nani?
Etha ndje, ndi ikalele,
opo ndi nyanyukwe methimbo lya hupu ko.
21 Otandi yi mbala hoka ihaaku galukiwa,
koshilongo shomilema,
mombwili yeso,
22 molumbogo lwomilema omiluudhe thokothoko,
mekolombongo lyomuzizimba gweso nevundakano,
moka uuyelele wa faathana nomilema.
Job Complains to God
I Am Sick of Life!
1 I am sick of life!
And from my deep despair,
I complain to you, my God.
2 Don't just condemn me!
Point out my sin.
3 Why do you take such delight
in destroying those you created
and in smiling on sinners?
4 Do you look at things
the way we humans do?
5 Is your life as short as ours?
6 Is that why you are so quick
to find fault with me?
7 You know I am innocent,
but who can defend me
against you?
8 Will you now destroy
someone you created?
9 Remember that you molded me
like a piece of clay.
So don't turn me back
into dust once again.
10 As cheese is made from milk,
you created my body
from a tiny drop.
11 Then you tied my bones together
with muscles and covered them
with flesh and skin.
12 You, the source of my life,
showered me with kindness
and watched over me.
You Have Not Explained
13 You have not explained
all of your mysteries,
14 but you catch and punish me
each time I sin.
15 Guilty or innocent,
I am condemned and ashamed
because of my troubles.
16 No matter how hard I try,
you keep hunting me down
like a powerful lion.
17 You never stop accusing me;
you become furious and attack
over and over again.
18 Why did you let me be born?
I would rather have died
before birth
19 and been carried to the grave
without ever breathing.
20 I have only a few days left.
Why don't you leave me alone?
Let me find some relief,
* 21 before I travel to the land
22 of darkness and despair,
the place of no return.
