Job 27
1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
Yobu n’ayongera okwogera kwe bw’ati nti,
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
“Nga Katonda bw’ali omulamu, agaanye okusala ensonga yange mu mazima, oyo Ayinzabyonna, aleetedde emmeeme yange okulumwa,
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
gye nkomye okuba nga nkyalina obulamu mu nze, omukka gwa Katonda nga gukyali mu nnyindo zange,
4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
emimwa gyange tegijja kwogera butali butuukirivu, era olulimi lwange terujja kwogera bulimba.
5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
Sirikkiriza nti muli batuufu; okutuusa lwe ndifa, siryeggyako bugolokofu bwange.
6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
Nzija kwongera okunywerera ku butuukirivu bwange obutabuleka; omutima gwange tegunsalira musango nga nkyali mulamu.
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
“Abalabe bange babeere ng’abakozi b’ebibi, n’abo abangolokokerako babeere ng’abatali batuukirivu!
8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
Kubanga ssuubi ki oyo atalina Katonda ly’aba nalyo ng’asaliddwako, nga Katonda amuggyeko obulamu?
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
Katonda awulira okukaaba kwe ng’ennaku emujjidde?
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
Alifuna essanyu mu oyo Ayinzabyonna? Aliyita Katonda ebbanga lyonna?
11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
Nzija kubayigiriza ebikwata ku maanyi ga Katonda; ebikwata ku oyo Ayinzabyonna sijja kubikweka.
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
Weekalirize bino byonna bye mwerabiddeko, lwaki kaakano okwogera ebyo ebitalina makulu?
13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
“Eno y’empeera Katonda gy’awa abakozi b’ebibi, omugabo omuntu omujoozi gw’afuna okuva eri oyo Ayinzabyonna:
14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
Abaana be ne bwe baba bangi batya, enkomerero yaabwe kitala; ezzadde lye teririfuna byakulya bibamala.
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
Abo abaliwona kawumpuli, balifa ne baziikibwa, ne bannamwandu baabwe tebalibakaabira.
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
Wadde ng’atereka effeeza ng’enfuufu, n’engoye ng’entuumo y’ebbumba,
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
ebyo bye yeeterekera omutuukirivu y’alibyambala, era abo abatalina musango be baligabana effeeza ye.
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
Ennyumba gy’azimba eribeera ng’ey’ekiwojjolo; ng’akasiisira akazimbiddwa omukuumi.
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
Agenda okwebaka nga mugagga, naye ekyo tekiddemu kubaawo, kubanga alizuukuka nga byonna biweddewo.
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
Entiisa erimuzingako ng’amataba; kibuyaga amutwala ekiro mu kyama.
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
Embuyaga ey’ebuvanjuba emutwalira ddala n’agenda; emuggya mu kifo kye n’amaanyi.
22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
Emukuba awatali kusaasira, ng’adduka ave mu maanyi gaayo.
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
Erimukubira engalo zaayo, n’emusiiya okuva mu kifo kye.”
