Job 23
1 And Job answers and says:
Pamenepo Yobu anayankha kuti,
2 “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
“Leronso kudandaula kwanga nʼkwakukulu kwambiri; Iye akundilanga kwambiri ngakhale ndi kubuwula.
3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,
Ndikanangodziwa kumene ndikanamupeza Mulungu; ndikanangopita kumene amakhalako!
4 I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
Ndikanafotokoza mlandu wanga pamaso pake ndipo ndikanayankhula mawu odziteteza.
5 I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.
Ndikanadziwa mawu amene Iye akanandiyankha, ndi kulingalira bwino zimene akananena!
6 Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
Kodi Iye akanalimbana nane mwa mphamvu zake zazikulu? Ayi, Iye sakanayankhula zinthu zotsutsana nane.
7 There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
Kumeneko munthu wolungama akanafotokoza mlandu wake pamaso pake, ndipo woweruzayo akanandipeza wosalakwa nthawi zonse.
8 Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
“Taonani, ndikapita kummawa, Iye kulibe kumeneko, ndikapita kumadzulo sinditha kumupeza kumeneko.
9 [To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
Akamagwira ntchito kumpoto, sindimuona kumeneko akapita kummwera, sindimuona.
10 For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
Koma Iye amadziwa mmene ndimayendera; Iyeyo akandiyesa adzandipeza kuti ndili ngati golide.
11 My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
Mapazi anga akhala akuponda mʼmapazi ake; ndasunga njira yake ndipo sindinayitaye.
12 The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.
Sindinapatuke kusiya malamulo ochokera pakamwa pake; ndasunga mawu a pakamwa pake kupambana chakudya changa cha tsiku ndi tsiku.
13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].
“Koma Iyeyo ndi wosasinthika, ndipo ndani angatsutsane naye? Iye amachita chilichonse chimene wafuna.
14 For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Iye amachita chimene watsimikiza kuti chindichitikire, ndipo malingaliro oterowa ali nawobe.
15 Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Nʼchifukwa chake ndikuchita mantha kwambiri pamaso pake; ndikamaganiza zonsezi ndimamuopa.
16 And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.
Mulungu walefula mtima wanga; Wamphamvuzonse wandiopseza kwambiri.
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”
Komatu sindinachititsidwe mantha ndi mdima, ndi mdima wandiweyani umene waphimba nkhope yanga.
