Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said:
Awo Yobu n’addamu nti,
2 Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
“N’okutuusa leero okwemulugunya kwange kubalagala, omukono gwe gunzitoowerera wadde mbadde mu kusinda.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Singa nnali mmanyi aw’okumusanga nandisobodde okulaga gy’abeera!
4 I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
Nanditutte empoza yange gy’ali, akamwa kange nga nkajjuzizza ensonga zange.
5 I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
Nanditegedde kye yandinzizeemu, ne neetegereza kye yandiŋŋambye.
6 Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
Yandimpakanyizza n’amaanyi mangi? Nedda, teyandinteeseko musango.
7 Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
Eyo omuntu omutuukirivu asobola okutwalayo ensonga ye, era nandisumuluddwa omulamuzi wange emirembe n’emirembe.
8 But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
“Bwe ŋŋenda ebuvanjuba, nga taliiyo; ne bwe ŋŋenda ebugwanjuba, simusangayo.
9 To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
Bw’aba akola mu bukiikakkono simulaba, bw’adda mu bukiikaddyo, simulabako.
10 But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Naye amanyi amakubo mwe mpita, bw’anaamala okungezesa, nzija kuvaamu nga zaabu.
11 My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Ebigere byange bimugoberedde; ntambulidde mu makubo ge nga sikyamakyama.
12 I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
Saava ku biragiro by’akamwa ke. Nayagala ebigambo by’akamwa ke okusinga emmere yange gyendya bulijjo.
13 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
“Naye yeemalirira, ani ayinza okumuwakanya? Akola kyonna ekimusanyusa.
14 He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
Weewaawo ajja kutuukiriza by’asazzeewo okunjolekeza, era bingi byategese by’akyaleeta.
15 Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
Kyenva mba n’entiisa nga ndi mu maaso ge; bwe ndowooza ku bino byonna, ne mmutya.
16 For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
Katonda anafuyizza nnyo omutima gwange, Ayinzabyonna antiisizza nnyo.
17 Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
Naye ekizikiza tekinsirisizza, ekizikiza ekikutte ennyo ekibisse amaaso gange.”
