Yobu 7
1 “Kodi munthu sakhala ndi ntchito yowawa pa dziko lapansi? Kodi masiku ake sali ngati munthu waganyu?
Does not man have hard labor on earth? Are not his days like the days of a hired man?
2 Monga ngati kapolo wolakalaka mthunzi wa nthawi yamadzulo, kapena ngati munthu waganyu woyembekezera malipiro ake,
Like a slave earnestly desires the shadows of evening, like a hired man looks for his wages—
3 choncho ine ndapatsidwa nthawi yongovutika pachabe, ndiponso usiku wamasautso wapatsidwa kwa ine.
so I have been made to endure months of misery; I have been given trouble-filled nights.
4 Ndikamagona ndimaganiza kuti, ‘Kodi kucha liti?’ Usikuwo umatalika ndipo sindigona tulo mpaka mmawa.
When I lie down, I say to myself, 'When will I get up and when will the night be gone?' I am full of tossing to and fro until the day's dawning.
5 Thupi langa ladzala mphutsi ndi zipsera, khungu langa langʼambika ndipo likutuluka mafinya.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; the sores in my skin harden up and then dissolve and run afresh.
6 “Masiku anga ndi othamanga kupambana makina wolukira nsalu, ndipo amatha wopanda chiyembekezo.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they pass without hope.
7 Inu Mulungu kumbukirani kuti moyo wanga uli ngati mpweya; sindidzaonanso masiku achisangalalo.
God, call to mind that my life is only a breath; my eye will no more see good.
8 Amene akundiona tsopano akundiona; mudzandifunafuna koma sindidzapezekanso.
The eye of God, who sees me, will see me no more; God's eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.
9 Monga mtambo umazimirira ndi kukanganuka, momwemonso munthu amene walowa mʼmanda sabwerera. (Sheol h7585)
As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Iye sadzabweranso ku nyumba kwake ndipo onse omudziwa adzamuyiwala.
He will return no more to his house; neither will his place know him again.
11 “Nʼchifukwa chake ine sindidzakhala chete; ndidzayankhula mopsinjika mtima, ndidzadandaula mowawidwa mtima.
Therefore I will not restrain 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 the sea or a sea monster that you place a guard over me?
13 Pamene ndikuganiza kuti ndidzapeza chitonthozo pa bedi panga ndipo pogona panga padzachepetsa madandawulo anga,
When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'
14 ngakhale nthawi imeneyo mumandiopseza ndi maloto ndi kundichititsa mantha ndi masomphenya,
then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
15 kotero kuti ndimalakalaka kudzikhweza kapena kufa, kupambana kupirira zowawa zimene ndikuzimva mʼthupi mwanga.
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than preserving these bones of mine.
16 Ine ndatopa nawo moyo wanga; sindingakonde kukhala moyo nthawi zonse. Ndisiyeni ndekha pakuti moyo wanga ulibe tanthauzo.
I loathe my life; I would not wish to always be alive; let me alone for my days are useless.
17 “Kodi munthu nʼchiyani kuti muzimuganizira chotere, kuti muzisamala zochita zake,
What is man that you should pay attention to him, that you should set your mind on him,
18 kuti muzimusanthula mmawa uliwonse ndi kumamuyesa nthawi yonse?
that you should observe him every morning and test him every moment?
19 Kodi simudzaleka kumandizonda kuti ndipezeko mpata wopumula?
How long will it be before you look away from me, before you let me alone long enough for me to swallow down my own saliva?
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?
Even if I have sinned, what would that do to you, you who watch men? Why have you made a target of me, so that I am a burden for you?
21 Chifukwa chiyani simukundikhululukira zolakwa zanga ndi kundichotsera machimo anga? Pakuti posachedwa ndilowa mʼmanda; mudzandifunafuna ine koma simudzandionanso.”
Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust; you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”
