Sofar ta popi
1 Sofar Omunaema okwa yamukula ngeyi.
2 Omapulo agehe ngano otaga kala inaaga yamukulwa?
Omupopi nguno oku li tuu mondjila?
3 Job, okupopya kwoye kwanathangwa otaku tu tompo, twaa vule oku ku yamukula?
Kaku na ngo te ku ganda, ngele to sheke?
4 Oto lombwele Kalunga kutya omaiuvito goye kage na ndjo,
ngoye omuyogoki koshipala she.
5 Akutu, onda hala ando Kalunga a popye, e ku tamaneke.
6 Ne ku hololele oshiholekwa shuunongo,
oshoka uunongo washili ou li opendji.
Kalunga ite ku pula ngaashi wi ilongela.
7 Oto wapa tuu okutseya iiholekwa yaKalunga?
Oto vulu tuu okuyeleka uunene wOmunankondoawike?
8 Owo u vule uule wegulu — oshike to vulu okuninga?
Owo u vule uule woshaasi — oshike to vulu okutseya?
9 Uunene waKalunga ou vule evi
nowa mbwalangandja u vule efuta.
10 Kalunga ngele te ya e te ku edhilile mondholongo
nota ithana aantu koompangu,
olye ta vulu oku mu keelela?
11 Kalunga aapwidhi oku ya shi;
iilonga yawo ayihe iiwinayi ita kala inee yi mona.
12 Momutsemwapwa ota vulu okuninga oondunge,
ihe okasino itaka vulu okuninga omuntu.
13 Job, ikonakona nawa momutima gwoye;
yeluthila kuye omaako goye.
14 Etha uuwinayi;
ino pitika, uukolokoshi u kale megumbo lyoye.
15 Nena oto ka yelutha oshipala shoye waa na ohoni;
oto ka kala othika waa na uumbanda.
16 Oto ka dhimbwa uudhigu woye;
oto ke u dhimbulukwa owala wa fa omeya ga tondoka po.
17 Omasiku goye otaga ka fa uuyelele moshanga shomutenya,
nomilema otadhi ka fa uuyelele wongula.
18 Oto ka kala nawa, u na egameno;
to kala wa gamenwa nou na ombili.
19 Oto ka lala, nokapu na ngoka te ku halutha,
naantu oyendji otaa ka hala, u kale u ya hole.
20 Omeho gaakaanakalunga otaga ka tsika,
nokaye na mpo taa ka holama.
Otaa ka tegelela owala okusa.
Zophar
1-2 Will no one answer all this nonsense?
Does talking so much put you in the right?
3 Job, do you think we can't answer you?
That your mocking words will leave us speechless?
4 You claim that what you say is true;
you claim you are pure in the sight of God.
5 How I wish God would answer you!
6 He would tell you there are many sides to wisdom;
there are things too deep for human knowledge.
God is punishing you less than you deserve.
7 Can you discover the limits and bounds
of the greatness and power of God?
8 The sky is no limit for God,
but it lies beyond your reach.
God knows the world of the dead,
but you do not know it.
9 God's greatness is broader than the earth,
wider than the sea.
10 If God arrests you and brings you to trial,
who is there to stop him?
11 God knows which people are worthless;
he sees all their evil deeds.
12 Stupid people will start being wise
when wild donkeys are born tame.
13 Put your heart right, Job. Reach out to God.
14 Put away evil and wrong from your home.
15 Then face the world again, firm and courageous.
16 Then all your troubles will fade from your memory,
like floods that are past and remembered no more.
17 Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon,
and life's darkest hours will shine like the dawn.
18 You will live secure and full of hope;
God will protect you and give you rest.
19 You won't be afraid of your enemies;
many people will ask you for help.
20 But the wicked will look around in despair
and find that there is no way to escape.
Their one hope is that death will come.
