Job 24
1 “(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
“Lwaki Ayinzabyonna tagera biseera? Lwaki abo abamumanyi tebalaba nnaku zaageze?
2 [Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
Abantu bajjulula amayinja agalamba ensalo, ne balunda ebisolo bye babbye.
3 [Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
Batwala endogoyi ya mulekwa ne batwala ennume ya nnamwandu ng’omusingo.
4 [Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
Basindiikiriza omunaku ne bamuggya mu kkubo, ne bawaliriza abaavu bonna mu ggwanga okwekweka.
5 The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
Endogoyi ez’omu ddungu nga bwe zeeyisa, n’abaavu bagenda bategana nnyo nga balondalonda obumere; mu ddungu mwe balonderera emmere y’abaana baabwe.
6 The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
Essubi eririibwa ensolo zaabwe baliggya ku ttale lye, ne banoga n’emizabbibu gy’aboonoonyi.
7 During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
Olw’okubulwa engoye, basula bwereere; tebalina kye beebikka mu mpewo.
8 When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
Enkuba y’oku nsozi ebatobya, ne banywegera enjazi olw’okubulwa we beggama.
9 [Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
Omwana atalina kitaawe bamusika ku mabeere; omwana omuwere ow’omwavu bamuwamba olw’ebbanja.
10 But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
Olw’okubulwa engoye bayita bwereere; betikka ebinywa by’emmere naye basigala tebalidde.
11 Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
Basogolera emizabbibu ku mayinja, ne basambira mu ssogolero, naye ne basigala nga balumwa ennyonta.
12 In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
Okusinda kw’abantu kuwulirwa mu kibuga, n’emmeeme z’abafunye ebisago zikaabira obuyambi. Naye Katonda talina gw’asinzisa musango.
13 Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
“Waliwo abo abajeemera omusana, abatamanyi makubo ge, abatasigala mu kwaka kwagwo.
14 Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
Omutemu agolokoka nga obudde buzibye n’atta omwavu n’ali mu kwetaaga; ekiro abbira ddala.
15 Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
Eriiso ly’omwenzi lirinda buzibe, ng’agamba nti, ‘Tewali liiso linandaba,’ n’abikka ne ku maaso ge.
16 It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
Mu kizikiza mwe basimira amayumba, kyokka emisana baba beggalidde. Tebaagala kitangaala.
17 All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
Eri abo bonna ekizikiza ekikutte bwe budde bwabwe obw’oku makya. Kubanga bakola omukwano n’ebitiisa eby’omu nzikiza.
18 “[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
Bali ng’ebyovu ebiri kungulu ku mazzi, era omugabo gwabwe mukolimire mu nsi. Tewali musogozi n’omu alaga mu nnimiro zaabwe ez’emizabbibu.
19 Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Nga ekyeeya n’ebbugumu bwe bimalawo amazzi agava mu muzira, aboonoonyi bwe batyo bwe bamalibwawo emagombe. (Sheol h7585)
20 Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
Olubuto lunaamwerabiranga; envunyu eneemulyanga n’ewoomerwa. Tajjukirwenga nate, omukozi w’ebibi amenyeka ng’omuti.
21 They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
Bayiikiriza ne banyaga omugumba atazaala. Tebakolera nnamwandu bya kisa.
22 But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
Naye Katonda awalula ab’amaanyi olw’obuyinza bwe. Newaakubadde nga bakulaakulana, kyokka tebalina bukakafu ku bulamu bwabwe.
23 God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
Ayinza okubaleka ne babeera mu mirembe n’amaaso ge gabeera ku makubo gaabwe.
24 They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
Bayimusibwa akaseera katono, oluvannyuma nga tebakyaliwo. Bakkakkanyizibwa ne bakala ne baggyibwawo nga abalala bonna. Basalibwa ng’emitwe gy’ebirimba by’eŋŋaano.
25 If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
“Bwe kiba nga si bwe kiri, ani anannumiriza obulimba, n’afuula okwogera kwange okutaliimu?”
