Yobu 7

1 “Kodi munthu sakhala ndi ntchito yowawa pa dziko lapansi? Kodi masiku ake sali ngati munthu waganyu?

Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?

2 Monga ngati kapolo wolakalaka mthunzi wa nthawi yamadzulo, kapena ngati munthu waganyu woyembekezera malipiro ake,

Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

3 choncho ine ndapatsidwa nthawi yongovutika pachabe, ndiponso usiku wamasautso wapatsidwa kwa ine.

So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.

4 Ndikamagona ndimaganiza kuti, ‘Kodi kucha liti?’ Usikuwo umatalika ndipo sindigona tulo mpaka mmawa.

Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? and whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.

5 Thupi langa ladzala mphutsi ndi zipsera, khungu langa langʼambika ndipo likutuluka mafinya.

And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.

6 “Masiku anga ndi othamanga kupambana makina wolukira nsalu, ndipo amatha wopanda chiyembekezo.

And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.

7 Inu Mulungu kumbukirani kuti moyo wanga uli ngati mpweya; sindidzaonanso masiku achisangalalo.

Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shalt not yet again see good.

8 Amene akundiona tsopano akundiona; mudzandifunafuna koma sindidzapezekanso.

The eye of him that sees me shall not see me [again]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more.

9 Monga mtambo umazimirira ndi kukanganuka, momwemonso munthu amene walowa mʼmanda sabwerera. (Sheol h7585)

[I am] as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again: (Sheol h7585)

10 Iye sadzabweranso ku nyumba kwake ndipo onse omudziwa adzamuyiwala.

and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more.

11 “Nʼchifukwa chake ine sindidzakhala chete; ndidzayankhula mopsinjika mtima, ndidzadandaula mowawidwa mtima.

Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.

12 Kodi ine ndine nyanja kapena chirombo chamʼnyanja kuti inu mundiyikire alonda?

Am I a sea, or a serpent, that thou hast set a watch over me?

13 Pamene ndikuganiza kuti ndidzapeza chitonthozo pa bedi panga ndipo pogona panga padzachepetsa madandawulo anga,

I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

14 ngakhale nthawi imeneyo mumandiopseza ndi maloto ndi kundichititsa mantha ndi masomphenya,

Thou scarest me with dreams, and dost terrify me with visions.

15 kotero kuti ndimalakalaka kudzikhweza kapena kufa, kupambana kupirira zowawa zimene ndikuzimva mʼthupi mwanga.

Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.

16 Ine ndatopa nawo moyo wanga; sindingakonde kukhala moyo nthawi zonse. Ndisiyeni ndekha pakuti moyo wanga ulibe tanthauzo.

For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life [is] vain.

17 “Kodi munthu nʼchiyani kuti muzimuganizira chotere, kuti muzisamala zochita zake,

For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed to him?

18 kuti muzimusanthula mmawa uliwonse ndi kumamuyesa nthawi yonse?

Wilt thou visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest?

19 Kodi simudzaleka kumandizonda kuti ndipezeko mpata wopumula?

How long dost thou not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?

20 Ngati ine ndachimwa, ndachita chiyani kwa Inu, Inu wopenyetsetsa anthu? Chifukwa chiyani mwachititsa kuti ndikhale ngati choponyera chandamale chanu? Kodi ndasanduka katundu wolemera kwa Inu?

If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and [why] am I a burden to thee?

21 Chifukwa chiyani simukundikhululukira zolakwa zanga ndi kundichotsera machimo anga? Pakuti posachedwa ndilowa mʼmanda; mudzandifunafuna ine koma simudzandionanso.”

Why hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more.