Job 3
1 after so to open Job [obj] lip his and to lighten [obj] day his
Ngemva kwalokho uJobe wavula umlomo wakhe waliqalekisa ilanga azalwa ngalo.
2 and to answer Job and to say
Wathi:
3 to perish day to beget in/on/with him and [the] night to say to conceive great man
“Sengathi ilanga lokuzalwa kwami lingatshabalala, lalobobusuku okwathiwa, ‘Kuzelwe umfana!’
4 [the] day [the] he/she/it to be darkness not to seek him god from above and not to shine upon him light
Lolosuku sengathi lungaphenduka ubumnyama; sengathi uNkulunkulu ophezulu angangalunanzi; lokukhanya kucime ngalo.
5 to redeem: redeem him darkness and shadow to dwell upon him cloud to terrify him darkness day
Sengathi ubumnyama lethunzi elikhulu kungaluginya njalo; sengathi iyezi lingalusibekela; sengathi umnyama ungalugubuzela.
6 [the] night [the] he/she/it to take: take him darkness not to rejoice in/on/with day year in/on/with number month not to come (in): come
Lobobusuku, sengathi ubumnyama bungabuthi jwamu; sengathi bungayekelwa ukubalwa kanye lezinsuku zomnyaka futhi bungangeniswa lakuyiphi inyanga.
7 behold [the] night [the] he/she/it to be solitary not to come (in): come triumphing in/on/with him
Sengathi lobobusuku bungaba yinyumba; sengathi kungeze kwezwakala umsindo wentokozo ngalo.
8 to curse him to curse day [the] ready to rouse Leviathan
Sengathi labo abaqalekisa insuku bangaluqalekisa lolosuku, labo abazimisele ukuhlokoza uLeviyathani.
9 to darken star twilight his to await to/for light and nothing and not to see: see in/on/with eyelid dawn
Sengathi izinkanyezi zalo zokusa zingafiphala; lulindele imini kube yize lungayiboni imisebe yokuqala yokusa,
10 for not to shut door belly: womb my and to hide trouble from eye my
ngoba kaluyivalanga iminyango yesibeletho ngisiza ukufihla uhlupho emehlweni ami.
11 to/for what? not from womb to die from belly: womb to come out: produce and to die
Kungani ngingafanga ngizalwa, ngahle ngacitsha ngisaphuma esiswini na?
12 why? to meet me knee and what? breast for to suckle
Kungani kwaba lamadolo okungemukela lamabele okungimunyisa na?
13 for now to lie down: lay down and to quiet to sleep then to rest to/for me
Ngoba manje ngabe ngilele ekuthuleni; ngabe ngisebuthongweni ekuphumuleni
14 with king and to advise land: country/planet [the] to build desolation to/for them
kanye lamakhosi lababusi bomhlaba, ababezakhele izindawo okwamanje sezingamanxiwa,
15 or with ruler gold to/for them [the] to fill house: home their silver: money
kanye lamakhosana ayelegolide, egcwalise izindlu zawo ngesiliva.
16 or like/as miscarriage to hide not to be like/as infant not to see: see light
Kumbe kungani ngingathukuzwanga emhlabathini njengomphunzo na, njengosane oluvele lungazange lubone ukukhanya kosuku?
17 there wicked to cease turmoil and there to rest weary strength
Khonale ababi kabasaxokozeli, njalo khonale abakhatheleyo basekuphumuleni.
18 unitedness prisoner to rest not to hear: hear voice to oppress
Abathunjiweyo labo bazuza ukukhululeka; kabasakuzwa ukuhaladwa ngumtshayeli wabathunjiweyo.
19 small and great: large there he/she/it and servant/slave free from lord his
Abantukazana lezikhulu bakhonale, lesigqili siyakhululwa enkosini yaso.
20 to/for what? to give: give to/for labour(er) light and life to/for bitter soul
Kungani ukukhanya kuphiwa labo abasosizini na, lokuphila kulabo abalobuhlungu emphefumulweni,
21 [the] to wait to/for death and nothing he and to search him from treasure
kulabo abakhalela ukufa okungafikiyo, abakuthungathayo ukwedlula ingcebo efihliweyo,
22 [the] glad to(wards) rejoicing to rejoice for to find grave
abaphuphuma ngenjabulo bathokoza nxa sebefika engcwabeni?
23 to/for great man which way: journey his to hide and to fence god about/through/for him
Kungani impilo iphiwa umuntu ondlela yakhe ifihliwe, uNkulunkulu amhonqolozeleyo na?
24 for to/for face: before food: bread my sighing my to come (in): come and to pour like/as water roaring my
Ngoba ukububula sokuphenduke ukudla kwami kwansukuzonke; ukugomela kwami kuthululeka njengamanzi.
25 for dread to dread and to come me and which to fear to come (in): come to/for me
Ebengikwesaba sekungehlele, obekungitshayisa ngovalo sekwenzakele kimi.
26 not to prosper and not to quiet and not to rest and to come (in): come turmoil
Kangilakho ukuchelesa, kangilakho ukuthula; kangilakuphumula, kodwa ukuhlupheka kuphela.”
