Yobu 6
1 Tsono Yobu anayankha kuti,
But Job answered and said,
2 “Achikhala mavuto anga anayezedwa, ndipo zipsinjo zanga zonse zikanayikidwa pa sikelo!
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3 Ndithu, zikanalemera kupambana mchenga wa ku nyanja; nʼchifukwa chake mawu anga akhala okhadzula.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4 Mivi ya Wamphamvuzonse yandibaya, thupi langa likumva ululu wa miviyo; zoopsa za Mulungu zandizinga.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me.
5 Kodi bulu wakuthengo amalira akakhala ndi msipu, nanga ngʼombe imalira ikakhala ndi chakudya?
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 Kodi chakudya chosakoma nʼkuchidya chopanda mchere, nanga choyera cha dzira chimakoma?
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 Zakudya zimenezi sindifuna nʼkuzilawa komwe; zakudya zimenezi zimabwerera kukhosi.
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8 “Aa, ndikanalandira chimene ndikuchipempha, chikhala Mulungu anandipatsa chimene ndikuchiyembekezera,
Oh that I might have my request; and that Eloah would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 achikhala chinamukomera Mulungu kuti anditswanye, kulola dzanja lake kuti lindimenye ndi kundiwonongeratu!
Even that it would please Eloah to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Pamenepo ine ndikanakhalabe ndi chitonthozo ichi, ndikanakondwa mu ululu wanga wosalekezawu podziwa kuti sindinakane mawu a Woyerayo.
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 “Kodi mphamvu zanga nʼzotani kuti ndizikhalabe ndi chiyembekezo? Nanga zoyembekezera zanga nʼzotani kuti ndipirirebe?
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Kodi ine ndili ndi mphamvu? Nanga thupi langa ndi lolimba ngati chitsulo?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Kodi ndili ndi mphamvu zodzithandizira ndekha, nanga pakuti thandizo lachotsedwa kwa ine?
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 “Munthu amene ali kakasi ayenera kukhala ndi abwenzi odzipereka, ngakhale kuti iyeyo wasiya kuopa Wamphamvuzonse.
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 Koma abale anga ndi wosadalirika ngati mitsinje yowuma msanga, ngati mitsinje imene imathamanga.
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
16 Ali ngati mitsinje ya madzi akuda nthawi ya dzinja, imene madzi ake amakhala ambiri chifukwa chakuchuluka kwa mvula,
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
17 koma madziwo amasiya kuyenda nthawi yachilimwe, ndipo nthawi yotentha madziwo amawumiratu mʼmitsinjemo.
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 Anthu oyenda pa ngamira amapatukirako kufuna madzi; iwo amangoyendayenda nʼkufera mʼchipululu.
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 Anthu oyenda pa ngamira a ku Tema amafunafuna madzi, anthu amalonda apaulendo a ku Seba amafunafuna mwa chiyembekezo.
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 Amataya mtima chifukwa ankayembekezera kupeza madzi; koma akafika kumeneko, amangokhumudwako.
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 Tsono inunso mukuonetsa kuti ndinu osathandiza, mukuona chinthu choopsa kwambiri ndipo mukuchita mantha.
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
22 Kodi ine ndinanenapo kuti, ‘Ndiperekereni kenakake, ndilipirireni dipo kuchokera pa chuma chanu,
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23 ndilanditseni mʼdzanja la mdani, ndiwomboleni mʼdzanja la munthu wankhanza?’
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24 “Phunzitseni, ndipo ine ndidzakhala chete; ndionetseni pomwe ndalakwitsa.
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 Ndithu, mawu owona ndi opweteka! Koma mawu anu otsutsa akufuna kuonetsa chiyani?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Kodi inu mukufuna kundidzudzula pa zimene ndikunena, ndipo mukufuna kuyesa mawu a munthu wosweka mtima ngati mphepo chabe?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Inu mungathe kuchita maere kuti mugulitse ana amasiye ndi kumugulitsa bwenzi lanu.
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28 “Koma tsopano ndichitireni chifundo pamene mukundiyangʼana. Kodi ine ndingayankhule zabodza pamaso panu?
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
29 Fewani mtima, musachite zosalungama; ganiziraninso popeza chilungamo changa chikanalipobe.
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
30 Kodi pali choyipa chilichonse pa milomo yanga? Kodi pakamwa panga sipangathe kuzindikira kanthu koyipa?
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
