Job 20
1 and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
Wasephendula uZofari umNahama wathi:
2 to/for so disquietings my to return: reply me and in/on/with for the sake of to hasten I in/on/with me
Ngakho imicabango yami ingenza ngiphendule, langenxa yokuphangisa kwami phakathi kwami.
3 discipline shame my to hear: hear and spirit from understanding my to answer me
Ngizwile isijeziso sehlazo lami, lomoya wokuqedisisa kwami ungenza ngiphendule.
4 this to know from perpetuity from to set: put man upon land: country/planet
Uyakwazi lokhu yini, kusukela endulo, selokhu kwabekwa umuntu emhlabeni,
5 for triumphing wicked from near and joy profane till moment
ukuthi injabulo yababi imfitshane, lentokozo yomzenzisi ngeyesikhatshana nje?
6 if to ascend: rise to/for heaven loftiness his and head his to/for cloud to touch
Loba ubukhosi bakhe busenyukela emazulwini, lekhanda lakhe lifinyelela emayezini,
7 like/as dung his to/for perpetuity to perish to see: see him to say where? he
uzabhubha phakade njengobulongwe bakhe; labo abambonileyo bathi: Ungaphi?
8 like/as dream to fly and not to find him and to wander like/as vision night
Uzaphapha njengephupho, bangabe besamthola; yebo, uzaxotshwa njengombono webusuku.
9 eye to see him and not to add: again and not still to see him place his
Ilihlo elike lambona aliyikuphinda, lendawo yakhe kayisayikumbona.
10 son: child his to accept poor and hand his to return: return strength his
Abantwana bakhe bazadinga ukuthokozisa abayanga, lezandla zakhe zibuyisele inotho yakhe.
11 bone his to fill (youth his *Q(K)*) and with him upon dust to lie down: lay down
Amathambo akhe ayegcwele ubutsha bakhe, kodwa azalala kanye laye enhlabathini.
12 if be sweet in/on/with lip his distress: evil to hide her underneath: under tongue his
Uba ububi bumnandi emlonyeni wakhe, ebufihla ngaphansi kolimi lwakhe,
13 to spare upon her and not to leave: release her and to withhold her in/on/with midst palate his
ebugodla, engabuyekeli, kodwa ebugcina phakathi komlomo wakhe,
14 food his in/on/with belly his to overturn gall cobra in/on/with entrails: among his
ukudla kwakhe kuzaphenduka esiswini sakhe, kuzakuba yibuhlungu bezinyoka phakathi kwakhe.
15 strength: rich to swallow up and to vomit him from belly: abdomen his to possess: take him God
Uginye inotho, kodwa uzayihlanza; uNkulunkulu uzayikhupha esiswini sakhe.
16 poison cobra to suckle to kill him tongue viper
Uzamunya ubuhlungu bezinyoka, lolimi lwebululu luzambulala.
17 not to see: see in/on/with stream river torrent: river honey and curd
Kayikubona izifula, imifula, izifudlana zoluju lolaza.
18 to return: return toil and not to swallow up like/as strength: rich exchange his and not to rejoice
Uzabuyisela lokho akusebenzelayo, angakuginyi; njengokwenotho izakuba njalo inhlawulo, njalo kayikuthokoza.
19 for to crush to leave: neglect poor house: home to plunder and not to build him
Ngoba ubacindezele wabadela abayanga, waphanga indlu abengayakhanga.
20 for not to know at ease in/on/with belly: abdomen his in/on/with to desire his not to escape
Ngoba kakwazi ukuthula esiswini sakhe, kayikusindisa lutho kusifiso sakhe.
21 nothing survivor to/for to eat he upon so not be firm goodness his
Kakuyikusala lutho ekudleni kwakhe; ngenxa yalokhu okuhle kwakhe kakuyikuma.
22 in/on/with to fill sufficiency his be distressed to/for him all hand labour(er) to come (in): come him
Ekugcwaleni kokwanela kwakhe uzakuba lencindezelo; sonke isandla sohluphekayo sizamfikela.
23 to be to/for to fill belly: abdomen his to send: depart in/on/with him burning anger face: anger his and to rain upon them in/on/with intestine his
Kuzakuthi lapho egcwalisa isisu sakhe, uNkulunkulu athumele kuye ukuvutha kwentukuthelo yakhe, akunise phezu kwakhe ekudleni kwakhe.
24 to flee from weapon iron to pass him bow bronze
Uzabalekela isikhali sensimbi, idandili lethusi lizamhlaba.
25 to draw and to come out: come from back and lightning from gall his to go: come upon him terror
Uyalihwatsha, liphume emhlana, lokubenyezelayo kuzaphuma enyongweni yakhe; izesabiso ziphezu kwakhe.
26 all darkness to hide to/for to treasure his to eat him fire not to breathe be evil survivor in/on/with tent his
Ubumnyama bonke bugcinelwe izinto zakhe ezibekelelweyo; umlilo ongavuthelwayo uzamqeda; kuzakuba kubi kunsali ethenteni lakhe.
27 to reveal: reveal heaven iniquity: crime his and land: country/planet to arise: attack to/for him
Amazulu azakwembula ububi bakhe, lomhlaba umvukele.
28 to reveal: remove crops house: home his to pour in/on/with day face: anger his
Ukwanda kwendlu yakhe kuzanyamalala, kukhukhulwe osukwini lwentukuthelo yakhe.
29 this portion man wicked from God and inheritance word his from God
Lesi yisabelo somuntu omubi esivela kuNkulunkulu, lelifa alimiselwa nguNkulunkulu.
