Job 23
1 Then Job replied again,
Pamenepo Yobu anayankha kuti,
2 “Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).
“Leronso kudandaula kwanga nʼkwakukulu kwambiri; Iye akundilanga kwambiri ngakhale ndi kubuwula.
3 I (wish that I knew/want to know) where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.
Ndikanangodziwa kumene ndikanamupeza Mulungu; ndikanangopita kumene amakhalako!
4 If I could do that, I would tell him why [I know that] I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my (arguments/evidence [to show that I have not done what is evil]).
Ndikanafotokoza mlandu wanga pamaso pake ndipo ndikanayankhula mawu odziteteza.
5 Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].
Ndikanadziwa mawu amene Iye akanandiyankha, ndi kulingalira bwino zimene akananena!
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.
Kodi Iye akanalimbana nane mwa mphamvu zake zazikulu? Ayi, Iye sakanayankhula zinthu zotsutsana nane.
7 I am (an honest/a righteous) man; so I would be able to discuss things with him [fairly], and then he would declare that I am innocent, [and that decision would endure] forever.
Kumeneko munthu wolungama akanafotokoza mlandu wake pamaso pake, ndipo woweruzayo akanandipeza wosalakwa nthawi zonse.
8 “But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.
“Taonani, ndikapita kummawa, Iye kulibe kumeneko, ndikapita kumadzulo sinditha kumupeza kumeneko.
9 I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.
Akamagwira ntchito kumpoto, sindimuona kumeneko akapita kummwera, sindimuona.
10 But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, [he] will [see that] I [am] as pure as [SIM] gold [whose impurities have all been burned out].
Koma Iye amadziwa mmene ndimayendera; Iyeyo akandiyesa adzandipeza kuti ndili ngati golide.
11 I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.
Mapazi anga akhala akuponda mʼmapazi ake; ndasunga njira yake ndipo sindinayitaye.
12 I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
Sindinapatuke kusiya malamulo ochokera pakamwa pake; ndasunga mawu a pakamwa pake kupambana chakudya changa cha tsiku ndi tsiku.
13 “He never changes. There is no one who can [RHQ] stop him [from doing what he desires]. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
“Koma Iyeyo ndi wosasinthika, ndipo ndani angatsutsane naye? Iye amachita chilichonse chimene wafuna.
14 And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; [and I am sure that] he has thought about doing many things for me.
Iye amachita chimene watsimikiza kuti chindichitikire, ndipo malingaliro oterowa ali nawobe.
15 So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].
Nʼchifukwa chake ndikuchita mantha kwambiri pamaso pake; ndikamaganiza zonsezi ndimamuopa.
16 Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].
Mulungu walefula mtima wanga; Wamphamvuzonse wandiopseza kwambiri.
17 [It is as though] there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”
Komatu sindinachititsidwe mantha ndi mdima, ndi mdima wandiweyani umene waphimba nkhope yanga.
