Yobu 17
1 “Mtima wanga wasweka, masiku anga atha, manda akundidikira.
My spirit, is broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left me.
2 Ndithudi, anthu ondiseka andizungulira; maso anga akupenyetsetsa mdani wanga.
Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.
3 “Inu Mulungu, patseni chikole chimene mukufuna. Ndani wina amene adzandiperekera ine chikole?
Appoint it, I pray thee—be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?
4 Inu mwatseka maganizo awo kuti asamvetse zinthu; choncho simudzawalola kuti apambane.
For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.
5 Ngati munthu apereka mnzake chifukwa cha chuma, ana ake sadzaona mwayi.
He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.
6 “Mulungu wandisandutsa chisudzo chochiseka aliyense, munthu amene anthu amalavulira malovu nkhope yake.
But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.
7 Mʼmaso mwanga mwada ndi chisoni; ndawonda ndi mutu womwe.
Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them.
8 Anthu olungama akudabwa nazo zimenezi; anthu osachimwa akupsera mtima anthu osapembedza Mulungu.
Upright men shall be astounded over this, and, the innocent, against the impious, shall rouse themselves.
9 Komabe anthu olungama adzasunga njira zawo, ndipo anthu a makhalidwe abwino mphamvu zawo zidzanka zikuchuluka.
That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.
10 “Tsono bwerani nonsenu, bwerezaninso mawu anuwo, sindidzapezapo munthu wanzeru pakati panupo.
But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?
11 Masiku anga atha, zimene ndinakonza zalephereka, pamodzinso ndi zokhumba za mtima wanga.
My days, are past, my purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart!
12 Anthu awa amasandutsa usiku kukhala usana, nthawi ya usiku iwo amati ‘kwatsala pangʼono kucha.’
Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness!
13 Ngati nyumba imene ndikuyiyembekezera ndi manda, ngati ndiyala bedi langa mu mdima, (Sheol h7585)
If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch; (Sheol h7585)
14 ngati ndinena kwa dzenje la manda ‘ndinu abambo anga,’ ndiponso kwa mphutsi kuti, ‘ndinu amayi anga’ kapena ‘mlongo wanga,’
To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
15 tsono chiyembekezo changa chili kuti? Ndani angaone populumukira panga?
Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!
