Job 23
1 And Job answered and said,
Awo Yobu n’addamu nti,
2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
“N’okutuusa leero okwemulugunya kwange kubalagala, omukono gwe gunzitoowerera wadde mbadde mu kusinda.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
Singa nnali mmanyi aw’okumusanga nandisobodde okulaga gy’abeera!
4 I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
Nanditutte empoza yange gy’ali, akamwa kange nga nkajjuzizza ensonga zange.
5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Nanditegedde kye yandinzizeemu, ne neetegereza kye yandiŋŋambye.
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
Yandimpakanyizza n’amaanyi mangi? Nedda, teyandinteeseko musango.
7 There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
Eyo omuntu omutuukirivu asobola okutwalayo ensonga ye, era nandisumuluddwa omulamuzi wange emirembe n’emirembe.
8 Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
“Bwe ŋŋenda ebuvanjuba, nga taliiyo; ne bwe ŋŋenda ebugwanjuba, simusangayo.
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
Bw’aba akola mu bukiikakkono simulaba, bw’adda mu bukiikaddyo, simulabako.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Naye amanyi amakubo mwe mpita, bw’anaamala okungezesa, nzija kuvaamu nga zaabu.
11 My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
Ebigere byange bimugoberedde; ntambulidde mu makubo ge nga sikyamakyama.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
Saava ku biragiro by’akamwa ke. Nayagala ebigambo by’akamwa ke okusinga emmere yange gyendya bulijjo.
13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
“Naye yeemalirira, ani ayinza okumuwakanya? Akola kyonna ekimusanyusa.
14 For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
Weewaawo ajja kutuukiriza by’asazzeewo okunjolekeza, era bingi byategese by’akyaleeta.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
Kyenva mba n’entiisa nga ndi mu maaso ge; bwe ndowooza ku bino byonna, ne mmutya.
16 For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
Katonda anafuyizza nnyo omutima gwange, Ayinzabyonna antiisizza nnyo.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.
Naye ekizikiza tekinsirisizza, ekizikiza ekikutte ennyo ekibisse amaaso gange.”
