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: miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Kodi mawu anu ochulukawo adzatha? Kodi chikukuvutani nʼchiyani kuti muzingoyankhula mawu otsutsawa?
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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 ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
5 Ndipo mawu a pakamwa panga akanakulimbikitsani; chitonthozo chochokera pa milomo yanga chikanachepetsa ululu wanu.
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should relieve your grief.
6 “Koma ine ndikati ndiyankhule ululu wanga sukuchepa; ndipo ndikati ndikhale chete, ululu wanga sukuchokabe.
Though I speak, my grief is not relieved: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Ndithudi, Inu Mulungu mwanditha mphamvu; mwawononga banja langa lonse.
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 Inu mwandimanga ndipo kundimangako kwakhala umboni; kuwonda kwanga kwandiwukira ndipo kukuchita umboni wonditsutsa.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9 Mulungu amabwera kwa ine mwankhanza ndipo amadana nane, amachita kulumira mano; mdani wanga amandituzulira maso.
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 Anthu amatsekula pakamwa pawo kundikuwiza; amandimenya pa tsaya mwachipongwe ndipo amagwirizana polimbana nane.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 Mulungu wandipereka kwa anthu ochita zoyipa ndipo wandiponyera mʼmanja mwa anthu oyipa mtima.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 Ine ndinali pamtendere, koma Mulungu ananditswanya; anandigwira pa khosi ndi kundiphwanya. Iye anandisandutsa choponyera chandamale chake;
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 anthu ake oponya mauta andizungulira. Mopanda kundimvera chisoni, Iye akulasa impsyo zanga ndipo akutayira pansi ndulu yanga.
His archers surround me, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 Akundivulaza kawirikawiri, akuthamangira pa ine monga munthu wankhondo.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 “Ndasokerera chiguduli pa thupi langa ndipo ndayika mphamvu zanga pa fumbi.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my strength in the dust.
16 Maso anga afiira ndi kulira, ndipo zikope zanga zatupa;
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids are the shadow of death;
17 komatu manja anga sanachite zachiwawa ndipo pemphero langa ndi lolungama.
Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 “Iwe dziko lapansi, usakwirire magazi anga; kulira kwanga kofuna thandizo kusalekeke!
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Ngakhale tsopano mboni yanga ili kumwamba; wonditchinjiriza pa mlandu wanga ali komweko.
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 Wondipembedzera ndi bwenzi langa, pamene maso anga akukhuthula misozi kwa Mulungu;
My friends scorn me: but my eye poureth out tears to God.
21 iye, mʼmalo mwanga, amamudandaulira Mulungu monga munthu amadandaulira bwenzi lake.
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
22 “Pakuti sipapita zaka zambiri ndisanayende mʼnjira imene sindidzabwerera.”
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way from which I shall not return.
