Job 7
1 Is there not a war-service for man on the earth? Are not his days as the days of a hireling?
Kakukho yini imfazo kumuntu emhlabeni, lensuku zakhe kazinjengensuku zoqhatshiweyo yini?
2 As a servant panteth for the shade, And as a hireling looketh for his wages,
Njengesigqili sikhefuzelela umthunzi, lanjengesiqatshwa silindele iholo laso,
3 So am I made to possess months of affliction, And wearisome nights are appointed for me.
ngokunjalo mina ngidliswe ilifa lenyanga zeze, lobusuku bezinhlupheko bubalelwe mina.
4 If I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of restlessness until the dawning of the day.
Lapho ngilala phansi ngithi: Ngizavuka nini? Ngoba ubusuku bude, njalo ngigcwele ukutshukuma kuze kuse.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms, and clods of dust; My skin is broken and become loathsome.
Inyama yami yembethe impethu lamagade othuli; isikhumba sami siyadabuka siyenyanyeka.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; They pass away without hope.
Insuku zami ziyaphangisa kuleselukiso someluki, ziphele kungelathemba.
7 O remember that my life is a breath; That mine eye shall no more see good!
Khumbula ukuthi impilo yami ingumoya; ilihlo lami kaliyikuphinda libone okuhle.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more; Thine eyes shall look for me, but I shall not be.
Ilihlo longibonayo kaliyikungibona futhi; amehlo akho aphezu kwami, kodwa ngizakuba ngingasekho.
9 As the cloud dissolveth and wasteth away, So he that goeth down to the grave shall arise no more; (Sheol h7585)
Iyezi liyaphela linyamalale; ngokunjalo owehlela engcwabeni kayikwenyuka. (Sheol h7585)
10 No more shall he return to his house, And his dwelling-place shall know him no more.
Kaphindi abuyele emzini wakhe, lendawo yakhe kayisayikumazi.
11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Ngakho mina kangiyikubamba umlomo wami; ngizakhuluma ekucindezelweni komoya wami, ngisole ekubabeni komphefumulo wami.
12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?
Ngilulwandle yini, kumbe isilo solwandle, ukuze lingibekele abalindi?
13 When I say, My bed shall relieve me, My couch shall ease my complaint,
Lapho ngisithi: Umbheda wami uzangiduduza, icansi lami liphungule ukusola kwami;
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me with visions;
ubusungiqhaqhazelisa ngamaphupho, angethuse ngemibono;
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, Yea, death, rather than these my bones.
ukuze umphefumulo wami ukhethe ukuklinywa, ukufa kulamathambo ami.
16 I am wasting away; I shall not live alway: Let me alone, for my days are a vapor!
Ngiyanengwa yikho, kangiyikuphila njalonjalo; ngiyekele, ngoba insuku zami ziyize.
17 What is man, that thou shouldst make great account him, And fix thy mind upon him?—
Uyini umuntu ukuthi umkhulise, lokuthi ubeke inhliziyo yakho kuye,
18 That thou shouldst visit him every morning, And prove him every moment?
lokuthi umhambele ikuseni yonke, umlinge sonke isikhathi?
19 How long ere thou wilt look away from me, And let me alone, till I have time to breathe?
Koze kube nini ungayekeli ukungiqaphela, ungangiyekeli ngize ngiginye amathe ami yini?
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to thee, O thou watcher of men! Why hast thou set me up as thy mark, So that I have become a burden to myself?
Ngonile, ngizakwenzani kuwe, wena mlindi wabantu? Ungimiseleni ngibe yinto yakho yokunenjwa, ngize ngibe ngumthwalo kimi?
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, And take away mine iniquity? For soon shall I sleep in the dust; And, though thou seek me diligently, I shall not be.
Njalo kawuthetheleli ngani isiphambeko sami, ususe isono sami? Ngoba sengizalala phansi othulini; uzangidinga ngovivi, kodwa kangiyikuba khona.
