Yobu 10
1 “Ine ndatopa nawo moyo wanga; choncho ndidzanena zodandaula zanga momasuka ndipo ndidzayankhula mwa kuwawidwa mtima kwanga.
My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 Ndidzati kwa Mulungu wanga: Musandiweruze kuti ndine wolakwa, koma mundiwuze chifukwa chimene Inu mukukanganira ndi ine.
I will say to God, Do not condemn me. Show me why thou contend with me.
3 Kodi mumakondwera mukamandizunza, kunyoza ntchito ya manja anu, chonsecho mukusekerera ndi zochita za anthu oyipa?
Is it good to thee that thou should oppress, that thou should despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 Kodi maso anu ali ngati a munthu? Kodi mumaona zinthu monga momwe amazionera munthu?
Have thou eyes of flesh? Or do thou see as man sees?
5 Kodi masiku anu ali ngati masiku a munthu, kapena zaka zanu ngati zaka za munthu,
Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,
6 kuti Inu mufufuze zolakwa zanga ndi kulondola tchimo langa,
that thou inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin,
7 ngakhale mukudziwa kuti sindine wolakwa ndiponso kuti palibe amene angandilanditse mʼdzanja lanu?
although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
8 “Munandiwumba ndi kundipanga ndi manja anu. Kodi tsopano Inu mudzatembenuka ndi kundiwononga?
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about, yet thou destroy me.
9 Kumbukirani kuti munandipanga ndi dothi, kodi tsopano mundibwezeranso ku fumbi?
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?
10 Suja munapatsa abambo anga mphamvu zoti andibale, suja munandikuza bwino mʼmimba mwa amayi anga?
Have thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Munandikuta ndi khungu ndi mnofu ndi kundilumikiza pamodzi ndi mafupa ndi mitsempha?
Thou have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 Munandipatsa moyo ndi kundionetsa chifundo chanu, ndipo munasamalira bwino moyo wanga.
Thou have granted me life and loving kindness, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.
13 “Koma izi ndi zimene munabisa mu mtima mwanu, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti zinali mʼmaganizo anu:
Yet these things thou hid in thy heart. I know that this is with thee.
14 Kuti ngati ndingachimwe mudzakhala mukundipenyetsetsa ndipo kuti simudzalola kuti ndisalangidwe chifukwa cha kulakwa kwanga.
If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.
15 Ngati ndili wolakwa, tsoka langa! Koma ngakhale ndili wosalakwa sindingathe kutukula mutu wanga, pakuti ndagwidwa ndi manyazi ndipo ndamizidwa mʼmavuto anga.
If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.
16 Ndipo ndikatukula mutu wanga, Inu mumandisaka ngati mkango ndiponso mumandiopseza ndi mphamvu yanu.
And if my head exalts itself, thou hunt me as a lion. And again thou show thyself marvelous upon me.
17 Mumabweretsa mboni zatsopano potsutsana nane ndipo mkwiyo wanu pa ine umanka nukulirakulira ndi magulu anu olimbana nane amanka nachulukirachulukira.
Thou renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thine indignation upon me. Changes and warfare are with me.
18 “Chifukwa chiyani Inu munalola kuti ndibadwe? Ndi bwino ndikanafa diso lililonse lisanandione.
Why then have thou brought me forth out of the womb? I would have given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
19 Ndikanapanda kubadwa, kapena akanangonditenga nditabadwa kupita nane ku manda!
I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Kodi masiku anga owerengeka sali pafupi kutha? Ndilekeni kuti ndipumule pangʼono pokha
Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little
21 ndisanapite ku malo amene munthu sabwererako ku dziko la imfa ndi kwa mdima wandiweyani,
before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,
22 ku dziko la mdima wandiweyani ndi chisokonezo, kumene kuwala kumakhala ngati mdima.”
the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as midnight.
