Yobu 10
1 “Ine ndatopa nawo moyo wanga; choncho ndidzanena zodandaula zanga momasuka ndipo ndidzayankhula mwa kuwawidwa mtima kwanga.
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and 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! Let me know why You prosecute me.
3 Kodi mumakondwera mukamandizunza, kunyoza ntchito ya manja anu, chonsecho mukusekerera ndi zochita za anthu oyipa?
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
4 Kodi maso anu ali ngati a munthu? Kodi mumaona zinthu monga momwe amazionera munthu?
Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
5 Kodi masiku anu ali ngati masiku a munthu, kapena zaka zanu ngati zaka za munthu,
Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,
6 kuti Inu mufufuze zolakwa zanga ndi kulondola tchimo langa,
that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—
7 ngakhale mukudziwa kuti sindine wolakwa ndiponso kuti palibe amene angandilanditse mʼdzanja lanu?
though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
8 “Munandiwumba ndi kundipanga ndi manja anu. Kodi tsopano Inu mudzatembenuka ndi kundiwononga?
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
9 Kumbukirani kuti munandipanga ndi dothi, kodi tsopano mundibwezeranso ku fumbi?
Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
10 Suja munapatsa abambo anga mphamvu zoti andibale, suja munandikuza bwino mʼmimba mwa amayi anga?
Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
11 Munandikuta ndi khungu ndi mnofu ndi kundilumikiza pamodzi ndi mafupa ndi mitsempha?
You 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.
You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
13 “Koma izi ndi zimene munabisa mu mtima mwanu, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti zinali mʼmaganizo anu:
Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
14 Kuti ngati ndingachimwe mudzakhala mukundipenyetsetsa ndipo kuti simudzalola kuti ndisalangidwe chifukwa cha kulakwa kwanga.
If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of 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 am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
16 Ndipo ndikatukula mutu wanga, Inu mumandisaka ngati mkango ndiponso mumandiopseza ndi mphamvu yanu.
Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
17 Mumabweretsa mboni zatsopano potsutsana nane ndipo mkwiyo wanu pa ine umanka nukulirakulira ndi magulu anu olimbana nane amanka nachulukirachulukira.
You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
18 “Chifukwa chiyani Inu munalola kuti ndibadwe? Ndi bwino ndikanafa diso lililonse lisanandione.
Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
19 Ndikanapanda kubadwa, kapena akanangonditenga nditabadwa kupita nane ku manda!
If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Kodi masiku anga owerengeka sali pafupi kutha? Ndilekeni kuti ndipumule pangʼono pokha
Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
21 ndisanapite ku malo amene munthu sabwererako ku dziko la imfa ndi kwa mdima wandiweyani,
before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
22 ku dziko la mdima wandiweyani ndi chisokonezo, kumene kuwala kumakhala ngati mdima.”
to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
