Yobu 16
1 Pamenepo Yobu anayankha kuti,
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Ndinamvapo zambiri monga zimenezi; nonsenu ndinu anthu osatha kutonthoza mtima mnzanu.
“I have heard many such things; you are all miserable comforters.
3 Kodi mawu anu ochulukawo adzatha? Kodi chikukuvutani nʼchiyani kuti muzingoyankhula mawu otsutsawa?
Will useless words ever have an end? What is wrong with you that you answer like this?
4 Inenso ndikanatha kuyankhula monga inu, inuyo mukanakhala monga ndilili inemu; Ine ndikanatha kuyankhula mawu omveka bwino kutsutsana nanu ndi kukupukusirani mutu wanga.
I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could collect and join words together against you and shake my head at you in mockery.
5 Ndipo mawu a pakamwa panga akanakulimbikitsani; chitonthozo chochokera pa milomo yanga chikanachepetsa ululu wanu.
I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the quivering of my lips will bring you relief!
6 “Koma ine ndikati ndiyankhule ululu wanga sukuchepa; ndipo ndikati ndikhale chete, ululu wanga sukuchokabe.
If I speak, my grief is not lessened; if I keep from speaking, how am I helped?
7 Ndithudi, Inu Mulungu mwanditha mphamvu; mwawononga banja langa lonse.
But now, God, you have made me weary; you have made all my family desolate.
8 Inu mwandimanga ndipo kundimangako kwakhala umboni; kuwonda kwanga kwandiwukira ndipo kukuchita umboni wonditsutsa.
You have made me dry up, which itself is a witness against me; the leanness of my body rises up against me, and it testifies against my face.
9 Mulungu amabwera kwa ine mwankhanza ndipo amadana nane, amachita kulumira mano; mdani wanga amandituzulira maso.
God has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me; He grinds his teeth in rage; my enemy fastens his eyes on me as he tears me apart.
10 Anthu amatsekula pakamwa pawo kundikuwiza; amandimenya pa tsaya mwachipongwe ndipo amagwirizana polimbana nane.
People have gaped with open mouth at me; they have hit me reproachfully on the cheek; they have gathered together against me.
11 Mulungu wandipereka kwa anthu ochita zoyipa ndipo wandiponyera mʼmanja mwa anthu oyipa mtima.
God hands me over to ungodly people, and throws me into the hands of wicked people.
12 Ine ndinali pamtendere, koma Mulungu ananditswanya; anandigwira pa khosi ndi kundiphwanya. Iye anandisandutsa choponyera chandamale chake;
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Indeed, he has taken me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he has also set me up as his target.
13 anthu ake oponya mauta andizungulira. Mopanda kundimvera chisoni, Iye akulasa impsyo zanga ndipo akutayira pansi ndulu yanga.
His archers surround me all around; God pierces my kidneys and does not spare me; he pours out my bile on the ground.
14 Akundivulaza kawirikawiri, akuthamangira pa ine monga munthu wankhondo.
He smashes through my wall again and again; he runs upon me like a warrior.
15 “Ndasokerera chiguduli pa thupi langa ndipo ndayika mphamvu zanga pa fumbi.
I have sewn sackcloth on my skin; I have thrust my horn into the ground.
16 Maso anga afiira ndi kulira, ndipo zikope zanga zatupa;
My face is red with weeping; on my eyelids is the shadow of death
17 komatu manja anga sanachite zachiwawa ndipo pemphero langa ndi lolungama.
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 “Iwe dziko lapansi, usakwirire magazi anga; kulira kwanga kofuna thandizo kusalekeke!
Earth, do not cover up my blood; let my cry have no resting place.
19 Ngakhale tsopano mboni yanga ili kumwamba; wonditchinjiriza pa mlandu wanga ali komweko.
Even now, see, my witness is in heaven; he who vouches for me is on high.
20 Wondipembedzera ndi bwenzi langa, pamene maso anga akukhuthula misozi kwa Mulungu;
My friends scoff at me, but my eye pours out tears to God.
21 iye, mʼmalo mwanga, amamudandaulira Mulungu monga munthu amadandaulira bwenzi lake.
I ask for that witness in heaven to argue for this man with God as a man does with his neighbor!
22 “Pakuti sipapita zaka zambiri ndisanayende mʼnjira imene sindidzabwerera.”
For when a few years have passed, I will go to a place from where I will not return.
