Job 7
1 “Is there not warfare to man on earth? And his days as the days of a hired worker?
“Umuntu kakho ekutshikatshikeni okunzima yini emhlabeni? Insuku zakhe kazifani lezomuntu oqhatshiweyo na?
2 As a servant desires the shadow, And as a hired worker expects his wage,
Njengesigqili siloyisa amathunzi okuhlwa, lanjengoqhatshiweyo elindele umholo wakhe,
3 So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And they numbered nights of misery to me.
kanjalo ngibekelwe izinyanga ezingelambadalo, lobusuku bosizi sebabelwe mina.
4 If I lay down, then I have said, When do I rise, And evening has been measured? And I have been full of tossings until dawn.
Ngithi nxa ngilala ngicabange ngithi, ‘Kuzakusa nini na’? Ubusuku buyadonsa ngiqwayize kuze kuse.
5 My flesh has been clothed [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin has been shriveled and is loathsome,
Umzimba wami uphihlika impethu lamathuthuva, isikhumba sami siyobukile siyabhibhidla.
6 My days swifter than a loom, And they are consumed without hope.
Insuku zami ziyaphangisa kulosungulo lomaluki, zisuka ziphele kungekho ithemba.
7 Remember that my life [is] a breath, My eye does not turn back to see good.
Khumbula, Oh Nkulunkulu, ukuthi impilo yami ngumoya nje; amehlo ami kawayikufa akubona njalo ukuthokoza.
8 The eye of my beholder does not behold me. Your eyes [are] on me—and I am not.
Ilihlo elingibonayo khathesi alisayikuphinde lingibone futhi; lizangidinga, kodwa ngizakuba ngingasekho.
9 A cloud has been consumed, and it goes, So he who is going down to Sheol does not come up. (Sheol h7585)
Njengeyezi elinyamalalayo liphele, kanjalo lowo ongena engcwabeni kaphenduki. (Sheol h7585)
10 He does not turn to his house again, Nor does his place discern him again.
Kasoze lanini aphinde angene endlini yakhe; indawo yakhe kayisayikubuye imazi lanini.
11 Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Ngakho-ke kangizukuthula; ngizakhuluma ubuhlungu obusemoyeni wami, ngizasola ngokudabuka komphefumulo wami.
12 Am I a sea [monster], or a dragon, That You set a watch over me?
Ngilulwandle yini, kumbe ngiyisilo semanzini okungaze lihlale lingilindile?
13 When I said, My bed comforts me, In my talking He takes away my couch.
Ngithi lapho ngicabanga ukuthi umbheda wami uzangiduduza lecansi lami liphungule ukusola kwami,
14 And You have frightened me with dreams, And You terrify me from visions,
lakhona lapho liyangethusa ngamaphupho njalo lingethusele ngemibono,
15 And my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.
okwenza ngiqome ukuklinywa lokufa, kulalo umzimba wami.
16 I have wasted away—I do not live for all time. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
Ngiyayeyisa impilo yami; kangiloyisi ukuphila okwaphakade. Ngiyekelani; insuku zami kazisatsho lutho.
17 What [is] man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?
Umuntu uyini ongaze uzihluphe kangaka ngaye, ungaze umnake kangaka,
18 And inspect him in the mornings, [And] in the evenings try him?
uze umhlole ekuseni insuku zonke njalo umlinge imizuzwana yonke na?
19 How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow my spittle.
Kawusoze uke ukhangele eceleni kwami na, loba uke ungixekele okomzuzwana yini?
20 I have sinned, what do I do to You, O watcher of man? Why have You set me for a mark to You, And I am for a burden to myself—and what?
Aluba ngenze isono, kuyini engikwenzileyo kuwe, wena mlindi wabantu? Kungani ukhethe ukuhlukuluza mina na? Sengingumthwalo kuwe na?
21 You do not take away my transgression, And [do not] cause my iniquity to pass away, Because now, I lie down in dust, And You have sought me—and I am not!”
Kungani ungaxoleli iziphambeko zami na, uthethelele izono zami? Ngoba kakusekhatshana ukuthi ngilale othulini; uzangidinga, kanti ngizabe ngingasekho.”
