Yobu 3
1 Pambuyo pake Yobu anatsekula pakamwa pake nayamba kutemberera tsiku limene iyeyo anabadwa.
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born.
2 Ndipo Yobu anati:
He said,
3 “Tsiku limene ine ndinabadwa litembereredwe ndi usiku umene ananena kuti, ‘Mwana wamwamuna wabadwa!’
“May the day on which I was born perish, the night that said, 'A boy has been conceived.'
4 Tsiku limenelo lisanduke mdima; Mulungu wa kumwambako asalilabadirenso; kuwala kusaonekenso pa tsikulo.
May that day be dark; may not God from above call it to mind, neither may the sun shine on it.
5 Mdima ndi mthunzi wa imfa zikhale pa tsiku limeneli; mtambo uphimbe tsikuli; mdima wandiweyani udetse kuwala kwake.
May darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. May a cloud live over it; may everything that makes the day black truly terrify it.
6 Usiku umenewo ukutidwe ndi mdima wandiweyani; usawerengedwenso pamodzi ndi masiku a chaka, kapena kukhala pa mwezi wina uliwonse.
As for that night, may thick darkness seize it. May it not rejoice among the days of the year; may it not come into the number of the months.
7 Usiku umenewo usabweretse chilichonse chabwino; kusamvekenso nthungululu za chikondwerero.
See, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
8 Odziwa kutemberera masiku alitemberere tsikulo, iwo amene akonzekera kuwutsa Leviyatani.
May they curse that day, those who know how to wake up Leviathan.
9 Nyenyezi zake za mʼbandakucha zikhale mdima; tsikulo liyembekezere kucha pachabe ndipo lisaonenso kuwala koyamba kwa mʼbandakucha.
May the stars of that day's dawn be dark. May that day look for light, but find none; neither may it see the eyelids of the dawn,
10 Pakuti tsiku limenelo ndiye ndinatuluka mʼmimba ya amayi anga ndipo ndi limene linandionetsa zovuta.
because it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, and because it did not hide trouble from my eyes.
11 “Bwanji ine sindinawonongeke pamene ndinkabadwa ndi kufa pamene ndimatuluka mʼmimba?
Why did I not die when I came out from the womb? Why did I not give up my spirit when my mother bore me?
12 Chifukwa chiyani panali mawondo wondilandirirapo ndi mawere woti andiyamwitsepo?
Why did her knees welcome me? Why did her breasts receive me so that I should suck?
13 Pakuti tsopano bwenzi ndili gone mwamtendere; ndikanakhala nditagona tulo ndili pa mpumulo
For now I would have been lying down quietly. I would have slept and been at rest
14 pamodzi ndi mafumu ndi aphungu a dziko lapansi, amene anadzimangira nyumba zikuluzikulu zimene tsopano ndi mabwinja,
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up tombs for themselves that are now in ruins.
15 pamodzi ndi olamulira amene anali ndi golide, amene anadzaza nyumba zawo ndi siliva.
Or I would have been lying with princes who once had gold, who had filled their houses with silver.
16 Kapena, bwanji sindinakwiriridwe pansi monga mwana wobadwa wakufa kale, ngati khanda limene silinaone kuwala kwa dzuwa?
Or perhaps I would have been stillborn, like infants that never see the light.
17 Ku mandako anthu oyipa sakhalanso pa mavuto, ndipo kumeneko anthu otopa ali pa mpumulo.
There the wicked cease from trouble; there the weary are at rest.
18 A mʼndende kumeneko akusangalala ndi mtendere; sakumvanso mawu ofuwula a kapitawo wa akapolo.
There the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the slave driver.
19 Anthu wamba ndi anthu apamwamba ali kumeneko, ndipo kapolo ndi womasuka kwa mbuye wake.
Both small and great people are there; the servant is free from his master there.
20 “Chifukwa chiyani dzuwa limawalira iwo amene ali pa mavuto, ndipo moyo umapatsidwa kwa owawidwa mtima,
Why is light given to him who is in misery? Why is life given to the one who is bitter in soul,
21 kwa iwo amene amalakalaka imfa imene sibwera, amene amayifunafuna imfayo kupambana chuma chobisika,
to one who longs for death without it coming; to one who digs for death more than for hidden treasure?
22 amene amakondwa ndi kusangalala akamalowa mʼmanda?
Why is light given to one who rejoices very much and is glad when he finds the grave?
23 Chifuwa chiyani moyo umaperekedwa kwa munthu amene njira yake yabisika, amene Mulungu wamuzinga ponseponse?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, a man whom God has hedged in?
24 Mʼmalo moti ndidye, ndimalira, ndi kubuwula kwanga nʼkosalekeza.
For my sighing happens instead of eating; my groaning is poured out like water.
25 Chimene ndinkachiopa chandigwera; chimene ndinkachita nacho mantha chandichitikira.
For the thing that I feared has come on me; what I was afraid of has come to me.
26 Ndilibe mtendere kapena bata, ndilibe mpumulo, koma mavuto okhaokha.”
I am not at ease, I am not quiet, and I have no rest; trouble comes instead.”
