Job ta yamukula
1-2 Ngame natango ote nyenyeta note lili omahodhi omapyu;
oshikaha shaKalunga osha thinda ndje.
3 Ando onda li nda tseya mpoka tandi mu adha,
ando otandi yi kuye.
4 Otandi vulu okutamanana koshipala she,
ndi popye omatompelo gandje.
5 Onda hala okutseya kutya ota yamukula ndje ngiini,
nokuuva shoka ta lombwele ndje.
6 Ota yi ndje moshipala noonkondo dhe oonene?
Aawe! Ota pulakene ndje nawa.
7 Ongame omuyuuki, ote vulu okutamanana naye
notandi manguluka, ndaa thikame we komeho gomupanguli gwandje.
8 Ihe ngele tandi ka konga kuuzilo, Kalunga itandi mu adha ko;
nongele tandi uka kuuninginino, itandi mu mono ko.
9 Uuna e li miilonga kuumbangalantu, itandi mu mono;
uuna ta shuna kuumbugantu, ite mono nando okuwilola kwe.
10 Kalunga okwa tseya okukala kwandje,
ngele ta yeleke ndje,
ota mono ndje nda yela nda fa oshingoli.
11 Onda landula ondjila ndjoka a halela ndje,
itandi zi mo nande.
12 Itandi gamuka ko nando kiipango ye,
oohapu dhe onde dhi pungula shi vule iikulya yandje yesiku kehe.
13 Kalunga oku li ngaashi a kala shito,
olye ta vulu oku mu tamaneka?
Oye ta longo shoka a hala.
14 Ota tsakanitha shoka nda tokolelwa.
Shika oshinima shimwe shomomadhiladhilo ge.
15 Omolwasho tandi tila oshipala she;
ngele tandi mu dhiladhila, otandi kakama.
16 Kalunga okwa kutha ndje omukumo;
Omunankondoawike okwe etele ndje uudhigu.
17 Ihe ngame itandi mwenekwa komilema
nokuuluudhe thokothoko wa siikila ndje.
Job's Reply to Eliphaz
Today I Complain Bitterly
1 Job said:
2 Today I complain bitterly,
because God has been cruel
and made me suffer.
3 If I knew where to find God,
I would go there
4 and argue my case.
5 Then I would discover
what he wanted to say.
6 Would he overwhelm me
with his greatness?
No! He would listen
7 because I am innocent,
and he would say,
“I now set you free!”
8 I cannot find God anywhere—
in front or back of me,
9 to my left or my right.
God is always at work,
though I never see him.
10 But he knows what I am doing,
and when he tests me,
I will be pure as gold.
* 11 I have never refused to follow
any of his commands,
12 and I have always treasured
his teachings.
13 But he alone is God,
and who can oppose him?
God does as he pleases,
14 and he will do exactly
what he intends with me.
* 15 Merely the thought
of God All-Powerful
16 makes me tremble with fear.
17 God has covered me
with darkness,
but I refuse to be silent.
