Job 21
1 Then Job answered, and said,
Awo Yobu n’addamu n’ayogera nti,
2 Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.
“Muwulirize n’obwegendereza ebigambo byange, era kino kibazzeemu amaanyi.
3 Allow me, and I also will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
Mungumiikirizeeko nga njogera, oluvannyuma museke.
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
“Okwemulugunya kwange nkw’olekezza muntu? Lwaki okugumiikiriza tekunzigwako?
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Muntunuulire mwewuunye, mujja kukwata ne ku mumwa.
6 Even when I remember, I am troubled, and horror takes hold on my flesh.
Bwe ndowooza ku kino, nfuna entiisa; omubiri gwange ne gukankana.
7 Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?
Lwaki abakozi b’ebibi bawangaala, ne bakaddiwa ne beeyongera n’amaanyi?
8 Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.
Balaba abaana baabwe bwe banywezebbwa, ezzadde lyabwe nga balaba.
9 Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them.
Amaka gaabwe gaba n’emirembe nga temuli kutya; omuggo gwa Katonda tegubabeerako.
10 Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
Ennume zaabwe teziremererwa, ente zaabwe enkazi zizaala awatali kusowola mwana gwazo.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Abaana baabwe bagendera wamu nga kisibo; obuto ne bubeera mu kuzina.
12 They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
Bayimbira ku bitaasa n’ennanga, ne basanyukira eddoboozi ly’omulere.
Emyaka gyabwe gyonna babeera bulungi, mangwago ne bakka mu ntaana. (Sheol h7585)
14 And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.
Kyokka bagamba Katonda nti, ‘Tulekere emirembe gyaffe! Tetwegomba kumanya makubo go.
15 What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
Ayinzabyonna ye ani tulyoke tumuweereze? Kiki kye tuganyulwa bwe tumusaba?’
16 Lo, is their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.)
Naye obugagga bwabwe tebuli mu mikono gyabwe, noolwekyo amagezi g’abakozi b’ebibi ganneewunyisa.
17 How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger,
“Ettaala y’abakozi b’ebibi yo, ezikira emirundi emeka? Ennaku ebajjira emirundi emeka? Katonda abatuusaako obulumi, ng’abasunguwalidde.
18 that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?
Bali ng’ebisasiro ebitwaalibwa empewo; ng’ebisusunku embuyaga bye zitwala.
19 Ye say, God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.
Katonda abonereza abaana olw’ekibi kya bakitaabwe. Asasule omuntu yennyini oyo alyoke ategeere!
20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Leka amaaso ge ye yennyini galabe okuzikirira; leka anywe ku kiruyi kya Ayinzabyonna.
21 For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off?
Kubanga aba afaayo ki ku maka g’aba alese, nga emyezi gye egyamutegekerwa giweddeko?
22 Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?
“Eriyo ayinza okuyigiriza Katonda amagezi, kubanga asalira omusango n’abo abasinga okuba aba waggulu?
23 One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Omusajja omu afiira w’abeerera ow’amaanyi, nga munywevu ddala ali mu mirembe gye,
24 His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
omubiri gwe nga guliisiddwa bulungi, amagumba ge nga gajjudde obusomyo.
25 And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
Omusajja omulala n’afa ng’alina obulumi ku mutima, nga teyafuna kintu kyonna kirungi.
26 They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.
Ne beebaka kye kimu mu ttaka, envunyu ne zibabikka bombi.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me.
“Mmanyi bulungi ddala kye mulowooza, enkwe ze mwagala okunsalira.
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?
Mugamba nti, ‘Kaakano eruwa ennyumba y’omusajja ow’amaanyi, eweema abasajja abakozi b’ebibi mwe baabeeranga?’
29 Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,
Temwebuuzanga ku abo abatambula eŋŋendo? Temukkiriza bye babagamba,
30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
nti omusajja omukozi w’ebibi awona ku lunaku olw’emitawaana, era awona ku lunaku olw’ekiruyi?
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?
Ani avumirira ebikolwa bye maaso ku maaso, ani amusasula ebyo by’akoze?
32 Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb.
Atwalibwa ku ntaana, era amalaalo ge gakuumibwa.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
Ettaka eriri mu lusenyi limuwoomera, abantu bonna bamugoberera, n’abalala abatamanyiddwa muwendo ne bamukulembera.
34 How then ye comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?
“Kaakano musobola mutya okuŋŋumya n’ebitaliimu? Tewali kisigaddeyo ku bye mwanzizeemu wabula obulimba!”
