Yobu 6
1 Tsono Yobu anayankha kuti,
And Job answers and says:
2 “Achikhala mavuto anga anayezedwa, ndipo zipsinjo zanga zonse zikanayikidwa pa sikelo!
“O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
3 Ndithu, zikanalemera kupambana mchenga wa ku nyanja; nʼchifukwa chake mawu anga akhala okhadzula.
For now it is heavier than the sands of the sea, Therefore my words have been rash.
4 Mivi ya Wamphamvuzonse yandibaya, thupi langa likumva ululu wa miviyo; zoopsa za Mulungu zandizinga.
For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
5 Kodi bulu wakuthengo amalira akakhala ndi msipu, nanga ngʼombe imalira ikakhala ndi chakudya?
Does a wild donkey bray over tender grass? Does an ox low over his provender?
6 Kodi chakudya chosakoma nʼkuchidya chopanda mchere, nanga choyera cha dzira chimakoma?
Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
7 Zakudya zimenezi sindifuna nʼkuzilawa komwe; zakudya zimenezi zimabwerera kukhosi.
My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.
8 “Aa, ndikanalandira chimene ndikuchipempha, chikhala Mulungu anandipatsa chimene ndikuchiyembekezera,
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
9 achikhala chinamukomera Mulungu kuti anditswanye, kulola dzanja lake kuti lindimenye ndi kundiwonongeratu!
That God would please—and bruise me, 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.
And yet it is my comfort (And I exult in pain—He does not spare), That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
11 “Kodi mphamvu zanga nʼzotani kuti ndizikhalabe ndi chiyembekezo? Nanga zoyembekezera zanga nʼzotani kuti ndipirirebe?
What [is] my power that I should hope? And what [is] my 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? Is my flesh bronze?
13 Kodi ndili ndi mphamvu zodzithandizira ndekha, nanga pakuti thandizo lachotsedwa kwa ine?
Is my help not with me, And substance driven from me?
14 “Munthu amene ali kakasi ayenera kukhala ndi abwenzi odzipereka, ngakhale kuti iyeyo wasiya kuopa Wamphamvuzonse.
To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsakes.
15 Koma abale anga ndi wosadalirika ngati mitsinje yowuma msanga, ngati mitsinje imene imathamanga.
My brothers have deceived as a brook, As a 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,
That are black because of ice, By them snow hides itself.
17 koma madziwo amasiya kuyenda nthawi yachilimwe, ndipo nthawi yotentha madziwo amawumiratu mʼmitsinjemo.
By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
18 Anthu oyenda pa ngamira amapatukirako kufuna madzi; iwo amangoyendayenda nʼkufera mʼchipululu.
The paths turn aside of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
19 Anthu oyenda pa ngamira a ku Tema amafunafuna madzi, anthu amalonda apaulendo a ku Seba amafunafuna mwa chiyembekezo.
Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
20 Amataya mtima chifukwa ankayembekezera kupeza madzi; koma akafika kumeneko, amangokhumudwako.
They were ashamed that one has trusted, They have come to it and are confounded.
21 Tsono inunso mukuonetsa kuti ndinu osathandiza, mukuona chinthu choopsa kwambiri ndipo mukuchita mantha.
Surely now you have become the same! You see a downfall, and are afraid.
22 Kodi ine ndinanenapo kuti, ‘Ndiperekereni kenakake, ndilipirireni dipo kuchokera pa chuma chanu,
Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
23 ndilanditseni mʼdzanja la mdani, ndiwomboleni mʼdzanja la munthu wankhanza?’
And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, Ransom me from the hand of terrible ones?
24 “Phunzitseni, ndipo ine ndidzakhala chete; ndionetseni pomwe ndalakwitsa.
Show me, and I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
25 Ndithu, mawu owona ndi opweteka! Koma mawu anu otsutsa akufuna kuonetsa chiyani?
How powerful have been upright sayings, And what reproof from you reproves?
26 Kodi inu mukufuna kundidzudzula pa zimene ndikunena, ndipo mukufuna kuyesa mawu a munthu wosweka mtima ngati mphepo chabe?
For reproof—do you reckon words? And for wind—sayings of the desperate?
27 Inu mungathe kuchita maere kuti mugulitse ana amasiye ndi kumugulitsa bwenzi lanu.
You cause anger to fall on the fatherless, And are strange to your friend.
28 “Koma tsopano ndichitireni chifundo pamene mukundiyangʼana. Kodi ine ndingayankhule zabodza pamaso panu?
And now, please, look on me, Even to your face do I lie?
29 Fewani mtima, musachite zosalungama; ganiziraninso popeza chilungamo changa chikanalipobe.
Please turn back, let it not be perverseness, Indeed, turn back again—my righteousness [is] in it.
30 Kodi pali choyipa chilichonse pa milomo yanga? Kodi pakamwa panga sipangathe kuzindikira kanthu koyipa?
Is there perverseness in my tongue? Does my palate not discern calamity?”
