Job 3
1 After this Job has opened his mouth, and reviles his day.
Oluvannyuma lw’ebyo, Yobu n’ayasamya akamwa ke n’akolimira olunaku kwe yazaalirwa.
2 And Job answers and says:
N’agamba nti,
3 “Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that has said: A man-child has been conceived.
“Olunaku kwe nazaalirwa luzikirire, n’ekiro lwe kyalangirirwa nti omwana mulenzi.
4 That day—let it be darkness, Do not let God require it from above, Nor let light shine on it.
Olunaku olwo lubuutikirwe ekizikiza, omusana guleme okulwakako, Katonda aleme okulufaako.
5 Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud dwell on it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
Ekizikiza n’ekisiikirize eky’okufa birujjule, ekire kirutuuleko, ekizikiza kikankanye ekitangaala kyalwo.
6 That night—let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Let it not come into the number of months.
Ekizikiza ekikutte be zigizigi kirunyage, luleme okubalirwa awamu n’ennaku eziri mu mwaka, wadde okuyingizibwa mu ezo eziri mu mwezi.
7 Behold! That night—let it be barren, Let no singing come into it.
Yee, lubeere lugumba, waleme okuba eddoboozi lyonna ery’essanyu eririwulirwako.
8 Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.
Abo abakolimira ennyanja n’ennaku balukolimire, n’abo abamanyi okuzuukusa agasolo galukwata mu nnyanja, balukolimire.
9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.
Emmunyeenye ez’omu matulutulu gaalwo zibe ekizikiza, lulindirire ekitangaala kirubulwe, luleme okulaba ebikowe by’oku nkya.
10 Because it has not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from my eyes.
Kubanga terwaggala nzigi za lubuto lwa mmange, nneme okulaba obuyinike.
11 Why do I not die from the womb? I have come forth from the belly and gasp!
“Lwaki saafa nga nzalibwa, oba ne nfa nga nva mu lubuto lwa mmange?
12 Why have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?
Lwaki amaviivi ganzikiriza okugatuulako era n’amabeere okugayonka?
13 For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept—then there is rest to me,
Kaakano nandibadde ngalamidde nga neesirikidde, nandibadde neebase nga neewummulidde,
14 With kings and counselors of earth, These building ruins for themselves.
wamu ne bakabaka n’abakungu ab’ensi, abezimbira embiri kaakano amatongo,
15 Or with princes—they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.
oba n’abalangira abaalina zaabu, abajjuzanga ffeeza mu nnyumba zaabwe.
16 (Or I am not as a hidden abortion, As infants—they have not seen light.)
Oba lwaki saaziikibwa ng’omwana azaaliddwa ng’afudde, atalabye ku kitangaala?
17 There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there the wearied rest in power.
Eyo ababi gye batatawaanyizibwa, era n’abakooye gye bawummulira.
18 Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
Abasibe gye bawummulira awamu, gye batawulirira kiragiro ky’oyo abaduumira.
19 Small and great [are] the same there. And a servant [is] free from his lord.
Abakopi n’abakungu gye babeera; abaddu gye batatuntuzibwa bakama baabwe.
20 Why does He give light to the miserable, and life to the bitter soul?
“Lwaki omuyinike aweebwa ekitangaala, ne kimulisiza oyo alumwa mu mwoyo,
21 Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
era lwaki yeegomba okufa naye ne kutajja, n’akunoonya okusinga obugagga obuziikiddwa,
22 Who are glad—to joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.
abajaguza ekisukkiridde, ne basanyuka ng’atuuse ku ntaana?
23 To a man whose way has been hidden, And whom God shuts up?
Lwaki okuwa ekitangaala oyo, atayinza kulaba kkubo, Katonda gw’akomedde?
24 For before my food, my sighing comes, And my roarings [are] poured out as waters.
Kubanga nkaaba mu kifo ky’okulya, n’okusinda kwange kufukumuka ng’amazzi.
25 For I feared a fear and it meets me, And what I was afraid of comes to me.
Ekintu kye nantiiranga ddala era kye nakyawa kye kyantukako.
26 I was not safe—nor was I quiet—Nor was I at rest—and trouble comes!”
Siwummudde wadde okusiriikirira wadde okuba n’emirembe, wabula buzibu bwereere bwe bunzijidde.”
