Yobu 7
1 “Kodi munthu sakhala ndi ntchito yowawa pa dziko lapansi? Kodi masiku ake sali ngati munthu waganyu?
“Is there not warfare to man on earth? And his days as the days of a hired worker?
2 Monga ngati kapolo wolakalaka mthunzi wa nthawi yamadzulo, kapena ngati munthu waganyu woyembekezera malipiro ake,
As a servant desires the shadow, And as a hired worker expects his wage,
3 choncho ine ndapatsidwa nthawi yongovutika pachabe, ndiponso usiku wamasautso wapatsidwa kwa ine.
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And they numbered nights of misery to me.
4 Ndikamagona ndimaganiza kuti, ‘Kodi kucha liti?’ Usikuwo umatalika ndipo sindigona tulo mpaka mmawa.
If I lay down, then I have said, When do I rise, And evening has been measured? And I have been full of tossings until dawn.
5 Thupi langa ladzala mphutsi ndi zipsera, khungu langa langʼambika ndipo likutuluka mafinya.
My flesh has been clothed [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin has been shriveled and is loathsome,
6 “Masiku anga ndi othamanga kupambana makina wolukira nsalu, ndipo amatha wopanda chiyembekezo.
My days swifter than a loom, And they are consumed without hope.
7 Inu Mulungu kumbukirani kuti moyo wanga uli ngati mpweya; sindidzaonanso masiku achisangalalo.
Remember that my life [is] a breath, My eye does not turn back to see good.
8 Amene akundiona tsopano akundiona; mudzandifunafuna koma sindidzapezekanso.
The eye of my beholder does not behold me. Your eyes [are] on me—and I am not.
9 Monga mtambo umazimirira ndi kukanganuka, momwemonso munthu amene walowa mʼmanda sabwerera. (Sheol h7585)
A cloud has been consumed, and it goes, So he who is going down to Sheol does not come up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Iye sadzabweranso ku nyumba kwake ndipo onse omudziwa adzamuyiwala.
He does not turn to his house again, Nor does his place discern him again.
11 “Nʼchifukwa chake ine sindidzakhala chete; ndidzayankhula mopsinjika mtima, ndidzadandaula mowawidwa mtima.
Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Kodi ine ndine nyanja kapena chirombo chamʼnyanja kuti inu mundiyikire alonda?
Am I a sea [monster], or a dragon, That You set a watch over me?
13 Pamene ndikuganiza kuti ndidzapeza chitonthozo pa bedi panga ndipo pogona panga padzachepetsa madandawulo anga,
When I said, My bed comforts me, In my talking He takes away my couch.
14 ngakhale nthawi imeneyo mumandiopseza ndi maloto ndi kundichititsa mantha ndi masomphenya,
And You have frightened me with dreams, And You terrify me from visions,
15 kotero kuti ndimalakalaka kudzikhweza kapena kufa, kupambana kupirira zowawa zimene ndikuzimva mʼthupi mwanga.
And my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.
16 Ine ndatopa nawo moyo wanga; sindingakonde kukhala moyo nthawi zonse. Ndisiyeni ndekha pakuti moyo wanga ulibe tanthauzo.
I have wasted away—I do not live for all time. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
17 “Kodi munthu nʼchiyani kuti muzimuganizira chotere, kuti muzisamala zochita zake,
What [is] man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?
18 kuti muzimusanthula mmawa uliwonse ndi kumamuyesa nthawi yonse?
And inspect him in the mornings, [And] in the evenings try him?
19 Kodi simudzaleka kumandizonda kuti ndipezeko mpata wopumula?
How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow 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?
I have sinned, what do I do to You, O watcher of man? Why have You set me for a mark to You, And I am for a burden to myself—and what?
21 Chifukwa chiyani simukundikhululukira zolakwa zanga ndi kundichotsera machimo anga? Pakuti posachedwa ndilowa mʼmanda; mudzandifunafuna ine koma simudzandionanso.”
You do not take away my transgression, And [do not] cause my iniquity to pass away, Because now, I lie down in dust, And You have sought me—and I am not!”
