Yobu 41
1 “Kodi ungathe kukoka ngʼona ndi mbedza ya nsomba kapena kukanikiza lilime lake pansi ndi chingwe?
Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or tie up his jaws with a cord?
2 Kodi ungathe kumanga chingwe mʼmphuno mwake, kapena kubowola nsagwada zake ndi mbedza?
Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3 Kodi ngʼonayo idzakupempha kuti uyichitire chifundo? Kodi idzakuyankhula ndi mawu ofatsa?
Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak soft words to you?
4 Kodi idzachita nawe mgwirizano kuti uyisandutse kapolo wako mpaka muyaya?
Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
5 Kodi udzasewera nayo ngati mbalame, kapena kuyimangirira kuti atsikana ako asewere nayo?
Will you play with him as you would with a bird? Will you tie him up for your servant girls?
6 Kodi anthu adzayitsatsa malonda? Nanga amalondawo nʼkugawanagawana nyama yake kuti akagulitse?
Will the groups of fishermen bargain for him? Will they divide him up to trade among the merchants?
7 Kodi chikopa chake ungathe kuchilasa ndi zisonga, kapena kubowola mutu wake ndi nthungo zophera nsomba?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8 Ukayiputa udziwe kuti pali nkhondo, ndipo iweyo sudzabwereranso.
Put your hand on him just once, and you will remember the battle and do it no more.
9 Chiyembekezo choti nʼkuyigonjetsa ndi chabodza; kungoyiona kokha, ndithu iwe kumangodzigwera wekha.
See, the hope of anyone who does that is a lie; will not anyone be thrown down to the ground just by the sight of him?
10 Palibe wolimba mtima kuti ndi kuyiputa. Ndani angalimbe mtima kulimbana ndi Ine?
None is so fierce that he dare stir Leviathan up; who, then, is he who can stand before me?
11 Kodi ndani anandipatsa kanthu kuti ndimubwezere? Zonse za pansi pa thambo ndi zanga.
Who has first given anything to me in order that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole sky is mine.
12 “Sindidzaleka kuyankhula za ziwalo zake za chirombocho, za mphamvu zake ndiponso za maonekedwe a thupi lake.
I will not keep silent concerning Leviathan's legs, nor about the matter of his strength, nor about his graceful form.
13 Ndani angasende chikopa chake? Ndani angayiyandikire kuti abowole chikopa chake cholimbacho?
Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double armor?
14 Ndani angatsekule kukamwa kwake, pakamwa pamene pazunguliridwa ndi mano ochititsa mantha?
Who can open the doors of his face— ringed with his teeth, which are a terror?
15 Kumsana kwake kuli mizere ya mamba onga zishango zolumikizanalumikizana;
his back is made up of rows of shields, tight together as with a close seal.
16 Mambawo ndi olukanalukana kotero kuti mpweya sungathe kulowa pakati pake.
One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
17 Ndi olumikizanalumikizana; ndi omatirirana kwambiri kotero kuti sangathe kulekana.
They are joined to each other; they stick together, so that they cannot be pulled apart.
18 Kuyetsemula kwake kumatulutsa mbaliwali; maso ake amawala ngati kuwala kwa mʼbandakucha.
Light flashes out from his snorting; his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning dawn.
19 Mʼkamwa mwake mumatuluka nsakali zamoto ndipo mumathetheka mbaliwali zamoto.
Out of his mouth go burning torches, sparks of fire leap out.
20 Mʼmphuno mwake mumatuluka utsi ngati wa mʼnkhali yowira yomwe ili pa moto wa bango.
Out of his nostrils goes smoke like a boiling pot on a fire that has been fanned to be very hot.
21 Mpweya wake umayatsa makala, ndipo malawi amoto amatuluka mʼkamwa mwake.
His breath kindles coals into flame; fires go out from his mouth.
22 Mphamvu zake zili mʼkhosi mwake; aliyense wokumana nayo amangoti njenjenje ndi mantha.
In his neck is strength, and terror dances in front of him.
23 Minyewa ya thupi lake ndi yolumikizana ndipo ndi yokhwima kwambiri ndi yolimba.
The folds of his flesh are joined together; they are firm on him; they cannot be moved.
24 Pachifuwa pake ndi powuma ngati mwala, ndi pa gwaa, ngati mwala wamphero.
His heart is as hard as a stone— indeed, as hard as a lower millstone.
25 Ngʼonayo ikangovuwuka, ndi anthu amphamvu omwe amaopa; amabwerera mʼmbuyo, kuthawa.
When he raises himself up, even the gods become afraid; because of fear, they draw back.
26 Ngakhale ikanthidwe ndi lupanga, lupangalo silichita kanthu, ngakhale mkondo, muvi ndi nthungo, zonse zimalephera.
If a sword strikes him, it does nothing— and neither does a spear, an arrow, or any other pointed weapon.
27 Chitsulo imachiyesa ngati phesi chabe ndi mkuwa ngati chikuni chowola.
He thinks of iron as if it were straw, and of bronze as if it were rotten wood.
28 Muvi sungathe kuyithawitsa, miyala imene ayilasa nayo imangoyinyenyanyenya.
An arrow cannot make him flee; to him sling stones become chaff.
29 Zibonga zimakhala ngati ziputu; imangoseka pamene akuyibaya ndi nthungo.
Clubs are regarded as straw; he laughs at the whirring flight of a spear.
30 Mamba a ku mimba kwake ali ngati chopunthira chakunthwa ndipo imasiya mkukuluzi mʼmatope ngati galeta lopunthira tirigu.
His lower parts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; he leaves a spreading trail in the mud as if he were a threshing sledge.
31 Imagadutsa madzi ozama ngati madzi a mʼnkhali, imachititsa nyanja kuti iwire ngati mbiya yoyengera mafuta.
He makes the deep to foam up like a pot of boiling water; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 Kumbuyo kwake imasiya nthubwitubwi zambee, kotero kuti munthu angaganize kuti nyanja yachita imvi.
He makes a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair.
33 Pa dziko lapansi palibe china chofanana nacho, nʼcholengedwa chopanda mantha.
On earth there is no equal to him, who has been made to live without fear.
34 Chimanyoza nyama zina zonse; icho chija ndi mfumu ya nyama zonse.”
He sees everything that is proud; he is king over all the sons of pride.”
