Yobu 13
1 “Ndaziona ndi maso anga zonsezi, ndazimva ndi makutu anga ndipo ndazimvetsa.
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2 Zimene inu mukudziwa, inenso ndimazidziwa; ineyo sindine munthu wamba kwa inu.
What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
3 Koma ine ndikulakalaka nditayankhula ndi Wamphamvuzonse ndi kukamba mlandu wanga ndi Mulungu.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 Koma inu mukundipaka mabodza; nonsenu ndinu asingʼanga opanda phindu!
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 Achikhala munangokhala chete nonsenu! Apo mukanachita zanzeru.
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6 Tsopano imvani kudzikanira kwanga; imvani kudandaula kwa pakamwa panga.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Kodi inu mudzayankhula moyipa kuyankhulira Mulungu? Kodi mudzayankhulira Iyeyo mwachinyengo?
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Kodi mudzaonetsa kuti Iyeyo ngokondera? Kodi inu mudzamuteteza Mulungu pa mlandu wake?
Will ye respect his person? will ye contend for God?
9 Mulungu atayangʼanitsitsa, inu nʼkukupezani wosalakwa? Kodi inu mungamunamize Iye monga momwe munganamizire munthu?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
10 Ndithudi, Iye angathe kukudzudzulani ngati muchita zokondera mseri.
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly respect persons.
11 Kodi ulemerero wake sungakuopseni? Kodi kuopsa kwake sikungakuchititseni mantha?
Shall not his excellency make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you?
12 Mawu anu anzeru ali ngati miyambi yopanda tanthauzo; mawu anu odzitchinjirizira ali ngati mpanda wadothi.
Your memorable sayings [are] proverbs of ashes, your defences [are] defences of clay.
13 “Khalani chete ndipo ndilekeni ndiyankhule; tsono zimene zindichitikire zichitike.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what wilt.
14 Chifukwa chiyani ndikuyika moyo wanga pa chiswe ndi kutengera mʼmanja moyo wangawu?
Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
15 Ngakhale Iye andiphe, komabe ndidzamukhulupirira; ndithu, ndidzafotokoza mlandu wanga pamaso pake.
Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him: nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
16 Zoonadi, ichi ndiye chidzakhala chipulumutso changa pakuti palibe munthu wosapembedza amene angafike pamaso pake!
This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him.
17 Mvetserani mosamala mawu anga; makutu anu amve zimene ndikunena.
Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Pakuti tsopano ndawukonzekera mlandu wanga, ndikudziwa ndipo adzandipeza wolungama.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I am righteous.
19 Kodi alipo wina amene angatsutsane nane? ngati zili choncho, ndidzakhala chete ndi kufa.
Who is he that will contend with me? for now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
20 “Inu Mulungu, ndipatseni zinthu ziwiri izi, ndipo pamenepo ine sindidzakubisalirani:
Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from thy face:
21 Muchotse dzanja lanu pa ine, ndipo muleke kundichititsa mantha ndi kuopsa kwanuko.
Withdraw thine hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid.
22 Tsono muyitane ndipo ndidzayankha, kapena mulole kuti ine ndiyankhule ndipo Inu muyankhe.
Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23 Kodi zolakwa zanga ndi zingati ndipo machimo anga ndi angati? Wonetseni kulakwa kwanga ndi machimo anga.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Chifukwa chiyani mukundifulatira ndi kundiyesa ine mdani wanu?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
25 Kodi mudzazunza tsamba lowuluka ndi mphepo? Kodi mudzathamangitsa mungu wowuma?
Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26 Pakuti Inu mwalemba zinthu zowawa zonditsutsa nazo ndipo mukundipaka machimo a pa ubwana wanga.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
27 Inu mwamanga miyendo yanga ndi maunyolo. Mumayangʼanitsitsa mayendedwe anga onse poyika zizindikiro pamene mapazi anga apondapo.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou drawest thee a line about the soles of my feet:
28 “Motero munthu amatha ngati chinthu chofumbwa, ngati chovala chodyedwa ndi njenjete.
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
