Job 7
1 Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?
“Umuntu kakho ekutshikatshikeni okunzima yini emhlabeni? Insuku zakhe kazifani lezomuntu oqhatshiweyo na?
2 Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?
Njengesigqili siloyisa amathunzi okuhlwa, lanjengoqhatshiweyo elindele umholo wakhe,
3 So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.
kanjalo ngibekelwe izinyanga ezingelambadalo, lobusuku bosizi sebabelwe mina.
4 Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? and whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.
Ngithi nxa ngilala ngicabange ngithi, ‘Kuzakusa nini na’? Ubusuku buyadonsa ngiqwayize kuze kuse.
5 And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.
Umzimba wami uphihlika impethu lamathuthuva, isikhumba sami siyobukile siyabhibhidla.
6 And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.
Insuku zami ziyaphangisa kulosungulo lomaluki, zisuka ziphele kungekho ithemba.
7 Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shall not yet again see good.
Khumbula, Oh Nkulunkulu, ukuthi impilo yami ngumoya nje; amehlo ami kawayikufa akubona njalo ukuthokoza.
8 The eye of him that sees me shall not see me [again]: your eyes are upon me, and I am no more.
Ilihlo elingibonayo khathesi alisayikuphinde lingibone futhi; lizangidinga, kodwa ngizakuba ngingasekho.
9 [I am] as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again: (Sheol h7585)
Njengeyezi elinyamalalayo liphele, kanjalo lowo ongena engcwabeni kaphenduki. (Sheol h7585)
10 and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Kasoze lanini aphinde angene endlini yakhe; indawo yakhe kayisayikubuye imazi lanini.
11 Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.
Ngakho-ke kangizukuthula; ngizakhuluma ubuhlungu obusemoyeni wami, ngizasola ngokudabuka komphefumulo wami.
12 Am I a sea, or a serpent, that you have set a watch over me?
Ngilulwandle yini, kumbe ngiyisilo semanzini okungaze lihlale lingilindile?
13 I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.
Ngithi lapho ngicabanga ukuthi umbheda wami uzangiduduza lecansi lami liphungule ukusola kwami,
14 You scare me with dreams, and do terrify me with visions.
lakhona lapho liyangethusa ngamaphupho njalo lingethusele ngemibono,
15 You will separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.
okwenza ngiqome ukuklinywa lokufa, kulalo umzimba wami.
16 For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life [is] vain.
Ngiyayeyisa impilo yami; kangiloyisi ukuphila okwaphakade. Ngiyekelani; insuku zami kazisatsho lutho.
17 For what is man, that you have magnified him? or that you give heed to him?
Umuntu uyini ongaze uzihluphe kangaka ngaye, ungaze umnake kangaka,
18 Will you visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest?
uze umhlole ekuseni insuku zonke njalo umlinge imizuzwana yonke na?
19 How long do you not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?
Kawusoze uke ukhangele eceleni kwami na, loba uke ungixekele okomzuzwana yini?
20 If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O you that understand the mind of men? why have you made me as your accuser, and [why] am I a burden to you?
Aluba ngenze isono, kuyini engikwenzileyo kuwe, wena mlindi wabantu? Kungani ukhethe ukuhlukuluza mina na? Sengingumthwalo kuwe na?
21 Why have you not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more.
Kungani ungaxoleli iziphambeko zami na, uthethelele izono zami? Ngoba kakusekhatshana ukuthi ngilale othulini; uzangidinga, kanti ngizabe ngingasekho.”
