Yobu 7
1 “Kodi munthu sakhala ndi ntchito yowawa pa dziko lapansi? Kodi masiku ake sali ngati munthu waganyu?
Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 Monga ngati kapolo wolakalaka mthunzi wa nthawi yamadzulo, kapena ngati munthu waganyu woyembekezera malipiro ake,
As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;
3 choncho ine ndapatsidwa nthawi yongovutika pachabe, ndiponso usiku wamasautso wapatsidwa kwa ine.
So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 Ndikamagona ndimaganiza kuti, ‘Kodi kucha liti?’ Usikuwo umatalika ndipo sindigona tulo mpaka mmawa.
When I lie down, I say: 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5 Thupi langa ladzala mphutsi ndi zipsera, khungu langa langʼambika ndipo likutuluka mafinya.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.
6 “Masiku anga ndi othamanga kupambana makina wolukira nsalu, ndipo amatha wopanda chiyembekezo.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Inu Mulungu kumbukirani kuti moyo wanga uli ngati mpweya; sindidzaonanso masiku achisangalalo.
O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good.
8 Amene akundiona tsopano akundiona; mudzandifunafuna koma sindidzapezekanso.
The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.
9 Monga mtambo umazimirira ndi kukanganuka, momwemonso munthu amene walowa mʼmanda sabwerera. (Sheol h7585)
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Iye sadzabweranso ku nyumba kwake ndipo onse omudziwa adzamuyiwala.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 “Nʼchifukwa chake ine sindidzakhala chete; ndidzayankhula mopsinjika mtima, ndidzadandaula mowawidwa mtima.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Kodi ine ndine nyanja kapena chirombo chamʼnyanja kuti inu mundiyikire alonda?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?
13 Pamene ndikuganiza kuti ndidzapeza chitonthozo pa bedi panga ndipo pogona panga padzachepetsa madandawulo anga,
When I say: 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint';
14 ngakhale nthawi imeneyo mumandiopseza ndi maloto ndi kundichititsa mantha ndi masomphenya,
Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
15 kotero kuti ndimalakalaka kudzikhweza kapena kufa, kupambana kupirira zowawa zimene ndikuzimva mʼthupi mwanga.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.
16 Ine ndatopa nawo moyo wanga; sindingakonde kukhala moyo nthawi zonse. Ndisiyeni ndekha pakuti moyo wanga ulibe tanthauzo.
I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 “Kodi munthu nʼchiyani kuti muzimuganizira chotere, kuti muzisamala zochita zake,
What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, and that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him,
18 kuti muzimusanthula mmawa uliwonse ndi kumamuyesa nthawi yonse?
And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment?
19 Kodi simudzaleka kumandizonda kuti ndipezeko mpata wopumula?
How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I 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 do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 Chifukwa chiyani simukundikhululukira zolakwa zanga ndi kundichotsera machimo anga? Pakuti posachedwa ndilowa mʼmanda; mudzandifunafuna ine koma simudzandionanso.”
And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
