Ayub 17
1 Chunya onyosore, ndalona ongʼad machiek, kendo thona ema chiegni koda.
My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will be left for me.
2 Jogo ma nyiera olwora koni gi koni; kendo asiko mana kaneno gero ma gin-go koda.
I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.
3 “Yaye Nyasaye, nyisa gima idwaro. En ngʼa machielo mabiro rita?
Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.
4 Isedino pachgi mondo kik gifweny adiera; omiyo ok ibi yie mondo gibed joloch.
You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.
5 Ka ngʼato ondhogo osiepne mondo oyud mwandu to gima otimono nyaka dongʼ ewi nyithinde.
He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.
6 “Nyasaye osemiyo abedo ngʼama ji duto goyo ngero kendo ma ka ji oneno to ngʼudho kuome olawo.
He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.
7 Wengena koro ok nen maber nikech kuyo ma an-go; denda duto olokore choke lilo.
My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.
8 Joma paro ni gin joma kare kibaji omako; kendo joma paro ni ler wacho ni ok angʼeyo Nyasaye.
The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.
9 Kata kamano, joma kare nosik koluwo yoregi makare, kendo joma yoregi oriere nomed bedo motegno.
And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.
10 “Un duto weyauru kendo dhiuru mabor nikech ok aneno ngʼama riek kuomu-ka.
Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.
11 Ndalona osekadho, chenrona duto osekethore, kaachiel gi gik moko duto ma chunya gombo.
My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.
12 Jogi loko otieno mi bed odiechiengʼ; ka piny otimo mudho to giwacho ni, ‘Ler ni machiegni.’
They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness.
13 Ka dipo ni dala ma ageno dhiye en mana liel kende, kata kapo ni apedho kitandana e mudho, (Sheol h7585)
If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed. (Sheol h7585)
14 ka dipo ni awacho ne kethruok ni, ‘In e wuonwa,’ kendo aluongo kudni ni, ‘minwa,’ kata ni, ‘nyamera,’
I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”
15 to koro geno mara ni kune? En ngʼa manyalo neno geno moro amora ma an-go?
Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?
