1-2 Job, inashi opala u tye, ku na oondjo koshipala shaKalunga.
3 Ito vulu okupula Kalunga to ti: “Oondjo dhandje odhi na shike nangoye?
Otashi kwatha ndje shike, ngele inandi yona?”
4 Onda hala ndi mu yamukule nookuume koye.
5 Ligamena kegulu, u tale iikogo nkene yi li mombanda muule!
6 Ngele to yono, otashi kutha ko tuu sha kuKalunga?
Ngele oto yono olwindji, otashi mu etele shike?
7 Ngele ngoye omuyuuki, otashi mu kwatha shike,
nenge ota taamba shike moshikaha shoye?
8 Okuyona kwoye otaku etele owala omuntu mukweni oshiponga;
uuyuuki woye otau ti sha owala kaantu.
9 Aantu ngele taa ehamekwa, ohaa kugu,
ohaa ithana ya hupithwe miikaha yomunankondo.
10 Ihe itaa galukile kuKalunga, Omushiti gwawo,
oongoka te ya nyanyudha nomethimbo lyomilema.
11 Itaye ya kuKalunga ngoka he tu longo oondunge
tu vule iinamwenyo ayihe yokombanda yevi noondhila dhokegulu.
12 Oyo otaye mu kugile ekwatho, ihe ita yamukula,
oshoka oyo aanuuntsa naakolokoshi.
13 Itashi ya kwatha sha okugalikana Kalunga,
Omunankondoawike ite ya yamukula.
14 Job, Kalunga ke ku wete aniwa?
Tegelela owala neidhidhimiko, uudhigu woye ou li koshipala she.
15 Oto dhiladhila kutya Kalunga
ita geele noita landula okuyona kwomuntu.
16 Oto popi oohapu dhaa na omutse nondungu;
oto popi nuupu iitya yaa na oondunge dhasha.
1-2 It is not right, Job, for you to say
that you are innocent in God's sight,
3 or to ask God, “How does my sin affect you?
What have I gained by not sinning?”
4 I am going to answer you and your friends too.
5 Look at the sky! See how high the clouds are!
6 If you sin, that does no harm to God.
If you do wrong many times, does that affect him?
7 Do you help God by being so righteous?
There is nothing God needs from you.
8 Others suffer from your sins,
and the good you do helps them.
9 When people are oppressed, they groan;
they cry for someone to save them.
10 But they don't turn to God, their Creator,
who gives them hope in their darkest hours.
11 They don't turn to God, who makes us wise,
wiser than any animal or bird.
12 They cry for help, but God doesn't answer,
for they are proud and evil.
13 It is useless for them to cry out;
Almighty God does not see or hear them.
14 Job, you say you can't see God;
but wait patiently—your case is before him.
15 You think that God does not punish,
that he pays little attention to sin.
16 It is useless for you to go on talking;
it is clear you don't know what you are saying.
