Ayub 23

1 Eka Ayub nodwoko niya,

Then Job replied again,

2 “Kata kawuono pod aywagora ka an gi chuny malit; nikech kum mapek ma Nyasaye oketo kuoma miya achur ka an gi rem malich.

“Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).

3 Ka dine bed ni angʼeyo kuma dayudie Nyasaye; kendo kata dabed ni anyalo dhi nyaka kuma odakie;

I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.

4 to dine aterone ywakna, kendo anyise gik mopongʼo chunya,

If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).

5 mondo afweny gima doduoka kendo angʼe gima onyalo wacho.

Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].

6 Bende doti gi tekone maduongʼ mondo okweda? Ooyo, ok dochun weche kuoma ni an jaketho.

Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.

7 Kuno ema ngʼama ja-adiera teroe ywakne, kendo kuno ema jal mangʼadona bura diweyae thuolo.

I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.

8 “To kata ka adhi yo wuok chiengʼ to oonge kuno; ka adhi yo podho chiengʼ bende ok ayude.

“But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.

9 Ka odich otiyo yo nyandwat, to ok anene; to ka olokore ochomo yo milambo to kuno bende ok anyal nene.

I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.

10 To ongʼeyo yora maluwo; bangʼ tema to abiro wuok aa e tem ka achalo dhahabu.

But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].

11 Tiendena osebedo kaluwo okangene adimba; asebedo ka aluwo yorene ma ok abar.

I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.

12 Pok aweyo mak aluwo chike mowuok e dhoge; to asekawo weche mowuok e dhoge kaka mwandu maduongʼ moloyo chiemba mapile.

I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

13 “En to ochungʼ kar kende, koso en ngʼa madipiem kode? Otimo gima en owuon ema ohero.

“He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.

14 Obiro chopo gima nosechano chon, kendo pod en gi chenro machal kamago mokanona mathoth.

And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.

15 Mano emomiyo kibaji maduongʼ omaka e nyime, kendo kaparo gigi duto to amiye luor.

So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].

16 Nyasaye osemiyo chunya ool; Jehova Nyasaye Maratego osemiyo kibaji omaka.

Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].

17 Kata bed ni mudho odino wangʼa kamano, to mudhono ok nyal miya luoro.

[It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”