Yobu 3
1 Pambuyo pake Yobu anatsekula pakamwa pake nayamba kutemberera tsiku limene iyeyo anabadwa.
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day,
2 Ndipo Yobu anati:
and this is what he said:
3 “Tsiku limene ine ndinabadwa litembereredwe ndi usiku umene ananena kuti, ‘Mwana wamwamuna wabadwa!’
May the day perish on which I was born, and the night, in which it was said, “A man has been conceived.”
4 Tsiku limenelo lisanduke mdima; Mulungu wa kumwambako asalilabadirenso; kuwala kusaonekenso pa tsikulo.
May that day be turned into darkness, may God not seek it from above, and may light not illuminate it.
5 Mdima ndi mthunzi wa imfa zikhale pa tsiku limeneli; mtambo uphimbe tsikuli; mdima wandiweyani udetse kuwala kwake.
Let darkness and the shadow of death obscure it, let a fog overtake it, and let it be enveloped in bitterness.
6 Usiku umenewo ukutidwe ndi mdima wandiweyani; usawerengedwenso pamodzi ndi masiku a chaka, kapena kukhala pa mwezi wina uliwonse.
Let a whirlwind of darkness take hold of that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.
7 Usiku umenewo usabweretse chilichonse chabwino; kusamvekenso nthungululu za chikondwerero.
May that night be alone and unworthy of praise.
8 Odziwa kutemberera masiku alitemberere tsikulo, iwo amene akonzekera kuwutsa Leviyatani.
May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan.
9 Nyenyezi zake za mʼbandakucha zikhale mdima; tsikulo liyembekezere kucha pachabe ndipo lisaonenso kuwala koyamba kwa mʼbandakucha.
Let the stars be concealed with its darkness. Let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawn in the East.
10 Pakuti tsiku limenelo ndiye ndinatuluka mʼmimba ya amayi anga ndipo ndi limene linandionetsa zovuta.
For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes.
11 “Bwanji ine sindinawonongeke pamene ndinkabadwa ndi kufa pamene ndimatuluka mʼmimba?
Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish?
12 Chifukwa chiyani panali mawondo wondilandirirapo ndi mawere woti andiyamwitsepo?
Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts?
13 Pakuti tsopano bwenzi ndili gone mwamtendere; ndikanakhala nditagona tulo ndili pa mpumulo
For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep
14 pamodzi ndi mafumu ndi aphungu a dziko lapansi, amene anadzimangira nyumba zikuluzikulu zimene tsopano ndi mabwinja,
with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,
15 pamodzi ndi olamulira amene anali ndi golide, amene anadzaza nyumba zawo ndi siliva.
either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver,
16 Kapena, bwanji sindinakwiriridwe pansi monga mwana wobadwa wakufa kale, ngati khanda limene silinaone kuwala kwa dzuwa?
or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light.
17 Ku mandako anthu oyipa sakhalanso pa mavuto, ndipo kumeneko anthu otopa ali pa mpumulo.
There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest.
18 A mʼndende kumeneko akusangalala ndi mtendere; sakumvanso mawu ofuwula a kapitawo wa akapolo.
And at such times, having been bound together without difficulty, they have not heard the voice of the bailiff.
19 Anthu wamba ndi anthu apamwamba ali kumeneko, ndipo kapolo ndi womasuka kwa mbuye wake.
The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
20 “Chifukwa chiyani dzuwa limawalira iwo amene ali pa mavuto, ndipo moyo umapatsidwa kwa owawidwa mtima,
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,
21 kwa iwo amene amalakalaka imfa imene sibwera, amene amayifunafuna imfayo kupambana chuma chobisika,
who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure
22 amene amakondwa ndi kusangalala akamalowa mʼmanda?
and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave,
23 Chifuwa chiyani moyo umaperekedwa kwa munthu amene njira yake yabisika, amene Mulungu wamuzinga ponseponse?
to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has surrounded with darkness?
24 Mʼmalo moti ndidye, ndimalira, ndi kubuwula kwanga nʼkosalekeza.
Before I eat, I sigh; and like overflowing waters, so is my howl,
25 Chimene ndinkachiopa chandigwera; chimene ndinkachita nacho mantha chandichitikira.
for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me.
26 Ndilibe mtendere kapena bata, ndilibe mpumulo, koma mavuto okhaokha.”
Have I not remained hidden? Have I not kept silence? Have I not remained calm? Yet indignation has overcome me.
