Omuwa ta yamukula Job
1 Nena Omuwa okwa yamukula Job moshikungulu.
2 Ongoye lye to pilaaleke omayele gandje
noohapu dhaa na oondunge?
3 Ilongekidha ngaashi omulumentu,
u yamukule omapulo gandje.
4 Owa li peni, sho nda shiti uuyuni?
Lombwela ndje, ngele ou na ontseyo yasha.
5 Olye a tokola uunene wawo?
Olye e u yeleke nondjelekongodhi?
6 Evi olya thikamekwa po koshike?
Olye a dhike omakankameno galyo?
7 Esiku ndiyaka oonyothi dhongula odhi imbi,
naayengeli oya ligola kenyanyu.
8 Olye e edhile po iiyelo yefuta,
uuna omeya ga pimpuka mo mela lyayina?
9 Ongame nda siikile efuta niikogo
nonde li gonyene momilema omiluudhe.
10 Onde li ningile oongamba
nonde li kaleke handiya yomiyelo dha patekeka.
11 Onde li lombwele nda ti:
“Opo to hulile mpa! Omakuthikuthi goye opo taga hulile mpa.”
12 Job, mokukalamwenyo kwoye owa lombwelele uusiku u she?
13 Owa vulile okulombwela eluwa li tende
nokutukulutha mo aalunde momaholameno gawo?
14 Uuyelele wetango otau minikile iikulundundu nomasilu gevi
ngaashi omagonyoto moonguwo
nenge omandhindhiliko moshihotekitho.
15 Aalunde otaa togwa kuuyelele walyo
notau ya keelele kiilonga yuukolokoshi.
16 Owa yile sigo okoonza dhefuta
nenge u adhe sigo okondaandelo yalyo?
17 Owu ulukilwa omiyelo dhokuusi
nenge u entamene momilema omiluudhe thokothoko?
18 Owa tseya uuyuni mpo u thike?
Lombwela ndje, ngele owa tseya ayihe mbika.
19 Ondjila yokuya kaandjawo yuuyelele ou yi shi,
nenge kaandjawo yomilema owa tseya ko?
20 Oto vulu tuu okweenditha uuyelele
nokugalula omilema?
21 Eeno, oto shi vulu, oshoka ngoye omuntu gwonale,
noomvula dhoye odhindjidhindji.
22 Owe enda tuu maandjawo yuutalala,
nenge u tale mompungulilo yoompawe?
23 Mbika onde yi pungulile omathimbo guudhigu,
oongoka goontamanana nogiita.
24 Owa talela po ehala mpo etango hali piti,
naampo ombepo yokuuzilo hayi ziilile?
25 Oku na tuu ngo a vulu okupalela omvula oompompolonga
nenge okuwilika omityalakata?
26 Oku na tuu omuntu a lokithile omvula moshilongo shaa na aantu,
nenge mombuga yowalawala?
27 Olye ta vulu okututika ombuga nomalondo
nokumenithila mo omwiidhi omutalala?
28 Omvula oyi na he,
olye a gwitha omume?
29 Olye yina yiikangwa noyombambi?
30 Omeya otaga kukuta ga fa emanya
notaga hekele kombanda yefuta.
31 Omanyuku oto vulu oku ga mangela kumwe?
Oto vulu okumangulula Okalimbanombwa?
32 Oto vulu okuholokitha po Ekaladhidhi pomathimbo galyo
nokweenditha Hungilila noyana?
33 Oompango dhomewangandjo ou dhi shi,
nenge oto vulu oku dhi longitha kombanda yevi?
34 Iikogo otayi vulika tuu kelombwelo lyoye,
e tayi tameke okuloka?
35 Oto vulu okulombwela oombadhi dhi adhime?
Dhi tye ando: “Otwa longo, ngaashi we tu lombwele.”
36 Olye a pe iikogo oondunge,
newangandjo olye e li nongeke uunongo?
37 Olye e na oondunge dha gwana okuyalula iikogo?
Olye ta pimpi iiyuma yokegulu, yi pooke omvula?
38 Omvula nge ya loko,
evi otali mbandele.
39 Oto vulu tuu okukwatela oonime iihakanwa yadho,
nenge u kutithe oonime oongundjuka,
40 ngele tadhi holama momakololo,
nenge tadhi lala dha langela moomvugo dhadho?
41 Olye ha palutha omadhilakola,
uuna taga tuka ga sa ondjala,
nuuna uumwana tau ithana ndje
notau pula ndje iikulya?
The Lord Speaks
From Out of a Storm
1 From out of a storm,
the Lord said to Job:
2 Why do you talk so much
when you know so little?
3 Now get ready to face me!
Can you answer
the questions I ask?
4 How did I lay the foundation
for the earth?
Were you there?
5 Doubtless you know who decided
its length and width.
6 What supports the foundation?
Who placed the cornerstone,
7 while morning stars sang,
and angels rejoiced?
8 When the ocean was born,
I set its boundaries
9 and wrapped it in blankets
of thickest fog.
10 Then I built a wall around it,
locked the gates, 11 and said,
“Your powerful waves stop here!
They can go no farther.”
Did You Ever Tell the Sun To Rise?
12 Did you ever tell the sun to rise?
And did it obey?
13 Did it take hold of the earth
and shake out the wicked
like dust from a rug?
14 Early dawn outlines the hills
like stitches on clothing
or sketches on clay.
15 But its light is too much
for those who are evil,
and their power is broken.
16 Job, have you ever walked
on the ocean floor?
17 Have you seen the gate
to the world of the dead?
18 And how large is the earth?
Tell me, if you know!
19 Where is the home of light,
and where does darkness live?
20 Can you lead them home?
21 I'm certain you must be able to,
since you were already born
when I created everything.
22 Have you been to the places
where I keep snow and hail,
23 until I use them to punish
and conquer nations?
24 From where does lightning leap,
or the east wind blow?
25 Who carves out a path
for thunderstorms?
Who sends torrents of rain
26 on empty deserts
where no one lives?
27 Rain that changes barren land
to meadows green with grass.
28 Who is the father of the dew
and of the rain?
29 Who gives birth to the sleet
and the frost
30 that fall in winter,
when streams and lakes
freeze solid as a rock?
Can You Arrange Stars?
31 Can you arrange stars in groups
such as Orion
and the Pleiades?
32 Do you control the stars
or set in place the Big Dipper
and the Little Dipper?
33 Do you know the laws
that govern the heavens,
and can you make them rule
the earth?
34 Can you order the clouds
to send a downpour,
35 or will lightning flash
at your command?
36 Did you teach birds to know
that rain or floods
are on their way?
37 Can you count the clouds
or pour out their water
38 on the dry, lumpy soil?
39 When lions are hungry,
do you help them hunt?
40 Do you send an animal
into their den?
41 And when starving young ravens
cry out to me for food,
do you satisfy their hunger?
