Ayub 3
1 Bangʼ mano, Ayub nowuoyo ka kwongʼo chiengʼ mane onywole.
Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.
2 Ayub nowacho kama:
He said,
3 “Mad chiengʼ mane onywolaeni lal nono, kaachiel gi otieno mane owachie ni, ‘Onywol nyathi ma wuowi!’
“I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated, and also the night when I was conceived.
4 Odiechiengno mad lokre mudho; mad Nyasaye man malo kik dewe; mad ler moro amora kik rieny kuome.
I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness. I wish that God who is in heaven [MTY] would have forgotten about that day, and that the sun would not have shone on it.
5 Mad odiechiengno otim luoch kendo mudho mandiwa oime; boche polo mondo oume; kendo wangʼ chiengʼ otim mudho.
I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day, and that a black cloud would have come over it and blotted out all light and caused people to be terrified.
6 Otienono, mad olal e mudho mandiwa; kik obed kaka achiel kuom odiechienge mag higa, kendo kik kwane kaka achiel kuom odiechienge mag dwe.
I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar, with the result that it would never again appear as one night in any month, and that it would not be included in any calendar.
7 Mad otienono bed migumba; mad kik winj koko moro amora mar mor e iye.
I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET], and that no one would again be happy on that night.
8 Mad joma kwongʼo odiechienge okwongʼ odiechiengno, ma gin jogo molony gi luongo le manie nam miluongo ni Leviathan mawuogi.
I want those people who (curse/put evil spells on) days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.
9 Mad sulwege mokinyi lokre mudho; mad piny mogeno ni biro ru tamre, kendo kik one ka ugwe chako wangʼ,
I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day [after I was conceived] will not shine again. I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; and that they would not have shone on that day.
10 nikech ne ok oloro dhoudi mag ii minwa mondo ne kik nywola kendo ane chandruok makoro anenogi.
[That was an evil day] because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.
11 “Dine atho ei minwa, kata dine obwoga ka inywola?
“I wish that I had died [RHQ] when I was born— at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb.
12 Angʼo momiyo minwa nopira e chonge kendo adhodho thunde?
I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me.
13 Nimar dikoro ayweyo gi kwe; kendo dikoro anindo kendo ayweyo,
If I had died at the time when I was born, I would be asleep, resting peacefully [in the place where the dead people are].
14 gi ruodhi kaachiel gi jongʼad rieko mag piny, mane ogero kuondegi madongo mag dak matinde olokore gundni,
I would be resting with kings whose [beautiful palaces] that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt [palaces] that had previously been destroyed), and I would be resting with their officials [who have also died].
15 kaachiel gi joloch mane nigi dhahabu, kendo mane opongʼo utegi gi fedha.
I would be resting with princes who were wealthy, whose palaces were filled with gold and silver.
16 Koso angʼo mane omono panda ei liel ka nyathi monywol kosetho, kata ka nyathi mayom mane ok oneno ler mar odiechiengʼ?
I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb and never lived to see the light.
17 Kuno joma timbegi richo weyoe timbegigo, kendo kuno joma ool yudoe yweyo.
After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest.
18 Joma ni e twech kuno bende winjo maber; nikech gionge gi nyapara ma chikogi kuno.
Those who were in prison rest peacefully [after they die]; they no longer have slave-drivers who curse them.
19 Jomatindo gi jomadongo ni kuno kata wasumbini bende bedo maonge e bwo chik.
Rich people and poor people are alike after they die, and those who were slaves are no longer controlled by their masters.
20 “Angʼo momiyo ichiwo ngima ne joma winjo malit, kod ngima ne joma chunygi lit,
(“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive.) [RHQ] Why does he allow those who are very miserable/distressed to keep living [RHQ]?
21 gigombo tho, to tho ok neg-gi, adier, gidwaro tho moloyo mwandu mopandi,
They long/want to die, but they do not die. They desire to die more than people desire to find a hidden treasure.
22 gin joma opongʼ gi mor kendo gibedo moil ka gitundo ei liel?
When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.
23 Angʼo momiyo owe ngʼato ka ngima to yorene odinore, ka ngʼatno Nyasaye ogengʼone koni gi koni?
Those who do not know where they are [eventually] going when they die [RHQ], people whom God has forced [MET] to continue to live in misery, (it is not right that they continue to live./why do they continue to live?) [RHQ]
24 Nikech kuyo kod ywak omona chiemo; kendo chur ma achurgo chalo gi oula mabubni.
I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat; and I can never stop groaning.
25 Gima ne aluoro ema koro osemaka; gima ne aluoro mogik e ngimana ema koro osetimorena.
Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me; things that I always dreaded have happened to me.
26 Aonge gi kwe, chunya chandore; aonge yweyo, kendo thagruok lilo ema aneno.”
Now I have no peace [in my inner being], I have no peace; I cannot rest; instead, I have only troubles.”
