Job 23
1 Then Job replied again,
Eka Ayub nodwoko niya,
2 “Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly [to God]; I [continue] groaning, but he [SYN] [continues to] (punish me/cause me to suffer).
“Kata kawuono pod aywagora ka an gi chuny malit; nikech kum mapek ma Nyasaye oketo kuoma miya achur ka an gi rem malich.
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.
Ka dine bed ni angʼeyo kuma dayudie Nyasaye; kendo kata dabed ni anyalo dhi nyaka kuma odakie;
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]).
to dine aterone ywakna, kendo anyise gik mopongʼo chunya,
5 Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].
mondo afweny gima doduoka kendo angʼe gima onyalo wacho.
6 Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.
Bende doti gi tekone maduongʼ mondo okweda? Ooyo, ok dochun weche kuoma ni an jaketho.
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.
Kuno ema ngʼama ja-adiera teroe ywakne, kendo kuno ema jal mangʼadona bura diweyae thuolo.
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.
“To kata ka adhi yo wuok chiengʼ to oonge kuno; ka adhi yo podho chiengʼ bende ok ayude.
9 I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere.
Ka odich otiyo yo nyandwat, to ok anene; to ka olokore ochomo yo milambo to kuno bende ok anyal nene.
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].
To ongʼeyo yora maluwo; bangʼ tema to abiro wuok aa e tem ka achalo dhahabu.
11 I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped [obeying] him.
Tiendena osebedo kaluwo okangene adimba; asebedo ka aluwo yorene ma ok abar.
12 I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
Pok aweyo mak aluwo chike mowuok e dhoge; to asekawo weche mowuok e dhoge kaka mwandu maduongʼ moloyo chiemba mapile.
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.
“En to ochungʼ kar kende, koso en ngʼa madipiem kode? Otimo gima en owuon ema ohero.
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.
Obiro chopo gima nosechano chon, kendo pod en gi chenro machal kamago mokanona mathoth.
15 So I am terrified in his presence; when I think [about what he can do], I am very afraid [DOU].
Mano emomiyo kibaji maduongʼ omaka e nyime, kendo kaparo gigi duto to amiye luor.
16 Almighty God has caused me [SYN] to feel terrified [DOU].
Nyasaye osemiyo chunya ool; Jehova Nyasaye Maratego osemiyo kibaji omaka.
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.”
Kata bed ni mudho odino wangʼa kamano, to mudhono ok nyal miya luoro.
