Yobu 10
1 “Ine ndatopa nawo moyo wanga; choncho ndidzanena zodandaula zanga momasuka ndipo ndidzayankhula mwa kuwawidwa mtima kwanga.
“My soul has been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I 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 say to God, Do not condemn me, Let me know why You strive [with] me.
3 Kodi mumakondwera mukamandizunza, kunyoza ntchito ya manja anu, chonsecho mukusekerera ndi zochita za anthu oyipa?
Is it good for You that You oppress? That You despise the labor of Your hands, And shine on the counsel 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 as the days of man? Your years as the days of a man?
6 kuti Inu mufufuze zolakwa zanga ndi kulondola tchimo langa,
That You inquire for my iniquity, And seek for my sin?
7 ngakhale mukudziwa kuti sindine wolakwa ndiponso kuti palibe amene angandilanditse mʼdzanja lanu?
For You know that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Your hand.
8 “Munandiwumba ndi kundipanga ndi manja anu. Kodi tsopano Inu mudzatembenuka ndi kundiwononga?
Your hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together all around, And You swallow me up!
9 Kumbukirani kuti munandipanga ndi dothi, kodi tsopano mundibwezeranso ku fumbi?
Please remember That You have made me as clay, And You bring me back to dust.
10 Suja munapatsa abambo anga mphamvu zoti andibale, suja munandikuza bwino mʼmimba mwa amayi anga?
Do You not pour me out as milk? And curdle me as cheese?
11 Munandikuta ndi khungu ndi mnofu ndi kundilumikiza pamodzi ndi mafupa ndi mitsempha?
Skin and flesh You put on me, And fence me with bones and sinews.
12 Munandipatsa moyo ndi kundionetsa chifundo chanu, ndipo munasamalira bwino moyo wanga.
Life and kindness You have done with me. And Your inspection has preserved my spirit.
13 “Koma izi ndi zimene munabisa mu mtima mwanu, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti zinali mʼmaganizo anu:
And these You have laid up in Your heart, I have known that this [is] with You.
14 Kuti ngati ndingachimwe mudzakhala mukundipenyetsetsa ndipo kuti simudzalola kuti ndisalangidwe chifukwa cha kulakwa kwanga.
If I sinned, then You have observed me, And do 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 have done wickedly—woe to me, And righteously—I do not lift up my head, Full of shame—then see my affliction,
16 Ndipo ndikatukula mutu wanga, Inu mumandisaka ngati mkango ndiponso mumandiopseza ndi mphamvu yanu.
And it rises—as a lion You hunt me. And You turn back—You show Yourself wonderful in me.
17 Mumabweretsa mboni zatsopano potsutsana nane ndipo mkwiyo wanu pa ine umanka nukulirakulira ndi magulu anu olimbana nane amanka nachulukirachulukira.
You renew Your witnesses against me, and multiply Your anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me.
18 “Chifukwa chiyani Inu munalola kuti ndibadwe? Ndi bwino ndikanafa diso lililonse lisanandione.
And why from the womb Have You brought me forth? I expire, and the eye does not see me.
19 Ndikanapanda kubadwa, kapena akanangonditenga nditabadwa kupita nane ku manda!
I am as [if] I had not been, I am brought from the belly to the grave,
20 Kodi masiku anga owerengeka sali pafupi kutha? Ndilekeni kuti ndipumule pangʼono pokha
Are my days not few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,
21 ndisanapite ku malo amene munthu sabwererako ku dziko la imfa ndi kwa mdima wandiweyani,
Before I go, and do not return, To a land of darkness and death-shade,
22 ku dziko la mdima wandiweyani ndi chisokonezo, kumene kuwala kumakhala ngati mdima.”
A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade—and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.”
