Job 7
1 Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
“Kodi munthu sakhala ndi ntchito yowawa pa dziko lapansi? Kodi masiku ake sali ngati munthu waganyu?
2 As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
Monga ngati kapolo wolakalaka mthunzi wa nthawi yamadzulo, kapena ngati munthu waganyu woyembekezera malipiro ake,
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
choncho ine ndapatsidwa nthawi yongovutika pachabe, ndiponso usiku wamasautso wapatsidwa kwa ine.
4 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.
Ndikamagona ndimaganiza kuti, ‘Kodi kucha liti?’ Usikuwo umatalika ndipo sindigona tulo mpaka mmawa.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.
Thupi langa ladzala mphutsi ndi zipsera, khungu langa langʼambika ndipo likutuluka mafinya.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
“Masiku anga ndi othamanga kupambana makina wolukira nsalu, ndipo amatha wopanda chiyembekezo.
7 Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.
Inu Mulungu kumbukirani kuti moyo wanga uli ngati mpweya; sindidzaonanso masiku achisangalalo.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Amene akundiona tsopano akundiona; mudzandifunafuna koma sindidzapezekanso.
9 The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up. (Sheol h7585)
Monga mtambo umazimirira ndi kukanganuka, momwemonso munthu amene walowa mʼmanda sabwerera. (Sheol h7585)
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
Iye sadzabweranso ku nyumba kwake ndipo onse omudziwa adzamuyiwala.
11 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.
“Nʼchifukwa chake ine sindidzakhala chete; ndidzayankhula mopsinjika mtima, ndidzadandaula mowawidwa mtima.
12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
Kodi ine ndine nyanja kapena chirombo chamʼnyanja kuti inu mundiyikire alonda?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Pamene ndikuganiza kuti ndidzapeza chitonthozo pa bedi panga ndipo pogona panga padzachepetsa madandawulo anga,
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
ngakhale nthawi imeneyo mumandiopseza ndi maloto ndi kundichititsa mantha ndi masomphenya,
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
kotero kuti ndimalakalaka kudzikhweza kapena kufa, kupambana kupirira zowawa zimene ndikuzimva mʼthupi mwanga.
16 I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Ine ndatopa nawo moyo wanga; sindingakonde kukhala moyo nthawi zonse. Ndisiyeni ndekha pakuti moyo wanga ulibe tanthauzo.
17 What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
“Kodi munthu nʼchiyani kuti muzimuganizira chotere, kuti muzisamala zochita zake,
18 And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
kuti muzimusanthula mmawa uliwonse ndi kumamuyesa nthawi yonse?
19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Kodi simudzaleka kumandizonda kuti ndipezeko mpata wopumula?
20 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?
Ngati ine ndachimwa, ndachita chiyani kwa Inu, Inu wopenyetsetsa anthu? Chifukwa chiyani mwachititsa kuti ndikhale ngati choponyera chandamale chanu? Kodi ndasanduka katundu wolemera kwa Inu?
21 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.
Chifukwa chiyani simukundikhululukira zolakwa zanga ndi kundichotsera machimo anga? Pakuti posachedwa ndilowa mʼmanda; mudzandifunafuna ine koma simudzandionanso.”
