Yobu 6
1 Tsono Yobu anayankha kuti,
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Achikhala mavuto anga anayezedwa, ndipo zipsinjo zanga zonse zikanayikidwa pa sikelo!
“Oh, if only my anguish were weighed; if only all my calamity were laid in the balance!
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 seas. That is why my words were reckless.
4 Mivi ya Wamphamvuzonse yandibaya, thupi langa likumva ululu wa miviyo; zoopsa za Mulungu zandizinga.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks up the poison; the terrors of God have arranged themselves in array against me.
5 Kodi bulu wakuthengo amalira akakhala ndi msipu, nanga ngʼombe imalira ikakhala ndi chakudya?
Does the wild donkey bray in despair when he has grass? Or does the ox low in hunger when it has fodder?
6 Kodi chakudya chosakoma nʼkuchidya chopanda mchere, nanga choyera cha dzira chimakoma?
Can that which has no taste 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.
I refuse to touch them; they are like disgusting food to me.
8 “Aa, ndikanalandira chimene ndikuchipempha, chikhala Mulungu anandipatsa chimene ndikuchiyembekezera,
Oh, that I might have my request; oh, that God would grant me the thing I long for:
9 achikhala chinamukomera Mulungu kuti anditswanye, kulola dzanja lake kuti lindimenye ndi kundiwonongeratu!
that it would please God to crush me once, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off from this life!
10 Pamenepo ine ndikanakhalabe ndi chitonthozo ichi, ndikanakondwa mu ululu wanga wosalekezawu podziwa kuti sindinakane mawu a Woyerayo.
May this still be my consolation— even if I exult in pain that does not lessen: that I have not denied 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 try to wait? 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? Or is my flesh made of bronze?
13 Kodi ndili ndi mphamvu zodzithandizira ndekha, nanga pakuti thandizo lachotsedwa kwa ine?
Is it not true that I have no help in myself, and that wisdom has been driven out of me?
14 “Munthu amene ali kakasi ayenera kukhala ndi abwenzi odzipereka, ngakhale kuti iyeyo wasiya kuopa Wamphamvuzonse.
To the person who is about to faint, faithfulness should be shown by his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 Koma abale anga ndi wosadalirika ngati mitsinje yowuma msanga, ngati mitsinje imene imathamanga.
But my brothers have been as faithful to me as a desert streambed, as channels of water that pass away to nothing,
16 Ali ngati mitsinje ya madzi akuda nthawi ya dzinja, imene madzi ake amakhala ambiri chifukwa chakuchuluka kwa mvula,
which are darkened because of ice over them, and because of the snow that hides itself in them.
17 koma madziwo amasiya kuyenda nthawi yachilimwe, ndipo nthawi yotentha madziwo amawumiratu mʼmitsinjemo.
When they thaw out, they vanish; when it is hot, they melt out of their place.
18 Anthu oyenda pa ngamira amapatukirako kufuna madzi; iwo amangoyendayenda nʼkufera mʼchipululu.
The caravans that travel by their way turn aside for water; they wander into barren land and then perish.
19 Anthu oyenda pa ngamira a ku Tema amafunafuna madzi, anthu amalonda apaulendo a ku Seba amafunafuna mwa chiyembekezo.
Caravans from Tema looked there, while companies of Sheba hoped in them.
20 Amataya mtima chifukwa ankayembekezera kupeza madzi; koma akafika kumeneko, amangokhumudwako.
They were disappointed because they had been confident of finding water. They went there, but they were deceived.
21 Tsono inunso mukuonetsa kuti ndinu osathandiza, mukuona chinthu choopsa kwambiri ndipo mukuchita mantha.
For now you friends are nothing to me; you see my dreadful situation and are afraid.
22 Kodi ine ndinanenapo kuti, ‘Ndiperekereni kenakake, ndilipirireni dipo kuchokera pa chuma chanu,
Did I say to you, 'Give something to me?' Or, 'Offer me a gift from your wealth?'
23 ndilanditseni mʼdzanja la mdani, ndiwomboleni mʼdzanja la munthu wankhanza?’
Or, 'Save me from my adversary's hand?' Or, 'Ransom me from the hand of my oppressors?'
24 “Phunzitseni, ndipo ine ndidzakhala chete; ndionetseni pomwe ndalakwitsa.
Teach me, and I will hold my peace; make me understand where I have been wrong.
25 Ndithu, mawu owona ndi opweteka! Koma mawu anu otsutsa akufuna kuonetsa chiyani?
How painful are truthful words! But your arguments, how do they actually rebuke me?
26 Kodi inu mukufuna kundidzudzula pa zimene ndikunena, ndipo mukufuna kuyesa mawu a munthu wosweka mtima ngati mphepo chabe?
Do you plan to ignore my words, treating the words of a desperate man like the wind?
27 Inu mungathe kuchita maere kuti mugulitse ana amasiye ndi kumugulitsa bwenzi lanu.
Indeed, you cast lots for a fatherless child, and haggle over your friend like merchandise.
28 “Koma tsopano ndichitireni chifundo pamene mukundiyangʼana. Kodi ine ndingayankhule zabodza pamaso panu?
Now, therefore, please look at me, for surely I would not lie to your face.
29 Fewani mtima, musachite zosalungama; ganiziraninso popeza chilungamo changa chikanalipobe.
Relent, I beg you; let there be no injustice with you; Indeed, relent, for my cause is just.
30 Kodi pali choyipa chilichonse pa milomo yanga? Kodi pakamwa panga sipangathe kuzindikira kanthu koyipa?
Is there evil on my tongue? Cannot my mouth detect malicious things?
