Job ta yamukula
1 Job okwa yamukula ngeyi.
2 Eeno, osho lela, one aantu,
nuunongo otau ka sa pamwe nane!
3 Ngame wo ondi na oondunge nde mu fa.
Kandi shi oshikengelela showala.
Olye inaa tseya iinima mbino ayihe?
4 Onda yolwa kookuume kandje,
nando ngame ohandi indile Kalunga e ta yamukula.
Onda yolwa, nando ngame omuyuuki nomukeenashipo!
5 Aalinawa otaa dhini oshiponga,
omupya tagu adha ngoka ta gwile po.
6 Aafuthi oye li mombili,
naambo haa geyitha Kalunga, oye li nawa;
oomboka haa humbata iikalunga miikaha yawo.
7 Pula iinamwenyo, oyo notayi ku nongeke,
nenge u pule oondhila dhokegulu.
8 Popya niishitwa yokevi,
oyo notayi ku lombwele,
nenge oohi dhomefuta otadhi ku yelithile.
9 Ayihe mbika oya tseya kutya Omuwa oye e yi shita.
10 Omwenyo gwiishitwa ayihe ogu li miikaha ye,
osho wo omufudho gwaantu ayehe.
11 Ngaashi okutsi ku hole okuuva,
osho wo elaka li hole okulola iikulya.
12 Oondunge otadhi monika mokati kaakokele;
okukala nomwenyo omule otaku ku etele owino.
13 Kalunga oye oluthithiya lwoondunge noonkondo,
oku na uunongo nomayele.
14 Kalunga ngele ta kumuna po,
olye ta vulu okutungulula?
Ngele ta tula omuntu mondjedhililo,
olye te mu mangulula mo?
15 Kalunga ngele ta kankeke omeya, otaku ya oshikukuta,
nongele te ga etha, otaga kungulula evi.
16 Kalunga oku na oonkondo noye omusindani aluhe;
nakupukithwa nomupukithi ayehe oye li miikaha ye.
17 Aagandjimayele ote ya fala mokusindika,
naatokolihapu ote ya goyapaleke.
18 Aakwaniilwa ote ya kutha oonkondo yaa mange we aantu,
note ya ningi oonkwatwa.
19 Aayambi ya luwa iinima yawo ote ya fala kiilongo,
nota shundula aanankondo.
20 Ota mweneke aayinekelwa
nota hulitha po omayele gaakuluntu.
21 Aanenentu ote ya undulile mesithahoni,
noonkondo dhaapangeli ote dhi hulitha po.
22 Ota holola puuyelele iinima yomomilema,
nomilema ote dhi eta muuyelele.
23 Oti indjipaleke iigwana e te yi hanagula po;
ote yi halakanitha noku yi pongeka.
24 Aapangeli yomuuyuni ote ya kutha omayele;
ote ya pukithile mombuga mwaa na omapola.
25 Otaa pampadhala momilema mwaa na uuyelele,
note ya telaganitha ya fa oonkolwi.
Job's Reply to Zophar
You Think You Are So Great
* 1 Job said to his friends:
2 You think you are so great,
with all the answers.
3 But I know as much as you do,
and so does everyone else.
4 I have always lived right,
and God answered my prayers;
now friends make fun of me.
5 It's easy to condemn
those who are suffering,
when you have no troubles.
6 Robbers and other godless people
live safely at home and say,
“God is in our hands!”
If You Want To Learn
7 If you want to learn,
then go and ask
the wild animals and the birds,
8 the flowers and the fish.
9 Any of them can tell you
what the Lord has done.
10 Every living creature
is in the hands of God.
11 We hear with our ears,
taste with our tongues,
12 and gain some wisdom from those
who have lived a long time.
13 But God is the real source
of wisdom and strength.
14 No one can rebuild
what he destroys, or release
those he has imprisoned.
15 God can hold back the rain
or send a flood,
16 just as he rules over liars
and those they lie to.
17 God shames counselors,
turns judges into fools,
18 and makes slaves of kings.
19 God removes priests and others
who have great power—
20 he confuses wise,
experienced advisors,
21 puts mighty kings to shame,
and takes away their power.
22 God turns darkness to light;
23 he makes nations strong,
then shatters their strength.
24 God strikes their rulers senseless,
then leaves them to roam
through barren deserts,
25 lost in the dark, staggering
like someone drunk.
