Ayub 7
1 “Donge dhano nigi tich matek e piny? Donge ndalone chalo gi ndalo mag ngʼat mondiki kuom kinde machwok?
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 Mana kaka misumba ma gombo ni seche mag odhiambo ochop piyo, kata ka ngʼama ondiki marito chudo mare gi geno,
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
3 e kaka an bende osemiya dweche maonge ohala kod otieno mopongʼ gi chandruok.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 Ka adhi nindo to piny ok runa piyo kendo aparora ni abiro aa malo sa adi? Piny budhona kapok oru, kendo apuodora koni gi koni nyaka okinyi.
If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.
5 Denda kute gi adhonde opongʼo, pien denda mbala omako kendo chwer tutu.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.
6 “Ndalo mar ngimana dhiyo mapiyo moloyo masind jachwe usi, kendo orumo piyo maonge geno.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Yaye Nyasaye, parie kaka ngimana en mana muya nono; wengena ok nochak one mor kendo.
Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.
8 Wenge makoro nena sani ok nochak onena kendo, gibiro dwara to ok gininena.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Ok nodwogi e ode kendo; kar dakne ok nongʼeye kendo.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
11 “Emomiyo ok anyal lingʼ; abiro wacho lit manie chunya, abiro nyiso pek ma an-go e chunya nikech mirima ma an-go.
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 An nam, koso an ondiek nam momiyo ogona agengʼa kama?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 Ka aparo ni kitandana biro hoya kendo ni piendena mayom biro dwoko chandruokna chien,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 to eka pod ibwoga gi lek magalagala kendo imiya luoro gi fweny mayoreyore,
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
15 momiyo koro daher mondo adera kendo atho, moloyo bedo gi ringruok ma an-goni.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
16 Achayo ngimana; ok agomb kata medo bedo mangima. Weya mos; ndalo mag ngimana onge gi tiende.
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
17 “Yaye Nyasaye, dhano to en angʼo momiyo ikawe ka gima lich kendo isiko ipare ndalo duto,
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
18 koso angʼo momiyo isiko inone okinyi kokinyi kendo iteme sa ka sa?
And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
19 Yaye Nyasaye, bende diweye ngʼiya, kata kuom thuolo matin kende?
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 Yaye jarang ji-ni, kata bed ni asetimo richo, to en angʼo ma asetimoni? Angʼo momiyo an ema inena? Koso dibed ni asebedoni tingʼ mapek mohingi?
Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?
21 Angʼo momiyo idagi ngʼwonona kuom ketho maga kendo itamori wena richoga? Nikech koro abiro tho machiegni; ibiro manya, to ok enonwangʼa.”
And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
