Job 31
1 “I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire [to have sex with her].
“Ne atimo singruok gi wangʼa mondo kik arang nyako moro gi wangʼa mi agombi.
2 [If I did not do what I promised, ] what would God who is in heaven [MTY] do to me [RHQ]? Almighty [God] would certainly not [RHQ] give me any reward!
En kony mane ma dhano yudo kuom Nyasaye man malo, girkeni mane ma Jehova Nyasaye Maratego man malo miye?
3 [Previously I thought that] surely [RHQ] it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters.
Donge kethruok en mar joma timbegi mono, kendo masira mar joricho?
4 God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do, [so why is he causing me to suffer?] [It is as though] he counts every step that I take.
Donge oneno yorena kendo okwano okangena?
5 [“I solemnly declare that] I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.
“Kapo ni asewuotho e yor miriambo kata ka tienda osereto kadhi wuondo ngʼato,
6 I request only that God judge me fairly [MET], and if he does that, he will know that I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong).
to Nyasaye mondo opima e ratil madier kendo obiro yudo ni aonge ketho,
7 If [it were true that] I have stopped living righteously, or [that] I [SYN] have desired the things that I look at [MTY], or [that] I am guilty of any other sin,
kendo kapo ni tienda osebaro moweyo yo, kata wengena osewuondo chunya, kata ka gimoro osechido lwetena,
8 then I hope/wish that when I plant [seeds], someone else will [harvest the crops and] eat [them] and that others will uproot the [fruit trees] that I planted.
to kara joma moko ema ocham gik mochiek e puotha, kendo chamba mondo opudh oko.
9 “If [it were true that] I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or [that] I have hidden myself and waited outside [the] door [to] her [house],
“Kapo ni chunya osegombo dhako moro, kata kapo ni asebuto karito chi ngʼato,
10 I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex [EUP] with him.
to kara chiega otine dichwo machielo, kendo chwo mamoko oterre kode.
11 [For me to do] that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished.
Nikech mano en tim wichkuot maduongʼ kendo en richo marach manyaka kum,
12 My [committing adultery] would [produce in me a fire like] [MET] the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. (questioned)
nimar ochalo mach marach mawengʼo manyalo tieko giga duto ma an-go.
13 “And, if [it were true that] I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something,
“Kapo ni asetamo jotichna machwo gi mamon e adieragi kane gin koda gi wach,
14 God would arise [and declare that he would punish me]; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me [about what I have done], (what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.) [RHQ]
to angʼo ma datim ka Nyasaye ochoma tir? En angʼo ma dadwoki ka Nyasaye obiro yala?
15 God, who created me, certainly also created my servants [RHQ]; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs [RHQ]; [so we all should behave toward each other equally].
Donge Jal mane ochweya e ich ema nochweyogi bende? Donge en onogo ema ne ochweyowa duto ei minewa?
16 “I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if [it were true that] I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or [that] I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or [that] I caused widows to live (in despair/without hope [that they would receive any help from anyone]),
“Kapo ni asetuono jodhier gik magidwaro kata asemiyo wangʼ dhako ma chwore otho chandruok ojonyo,
kata kapo ni asechamo kuona kenda, ma ok apoge ne nyithind kiye,
to nyaka aa e tin-na asekonyo nyithind kiye mana kaka akonyo nyithinda awuon, kendo chakre tin-na asebedo ka atayo mon ma chwogi otho.
19 or [that] I had seen people die [from cold] because they had no clothes, or [that] I had seen poor people who did not have clothes [to keep them warm],
Kapo ni ne aneno ngʼato angʼata ka koyo nego, kata ka jachan moro onge gi law,
20 and they were not able to become warm [from clothes made] from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for [giving them clothes, ]
to donge ne ogwedha gi chunye nikech ne atwangʼone lewni maliet gi yie rombena.
21 or if [it were true that] I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would (decide in my favor);
Kapo ni asesando nyithind kiye moko, nikech an gi teko kama ingʼadoe bura,
22 [if those things were true about me], I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder.
to kara bada ochodi olwar piny oa e goka, kendo mad ochodi olwar piny koa kama ochomoree.
23 I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster [if I did any of those evil things], and I would not have been able to endure the powerful [things that he would do to punish me].
Nikech ne aluoro kethruok ma Nyasaye nyalo kelona nikech luoro mane aluorogo duongʼne, omiyo ne ok anyal timo gik ma kamago.
24 “If [it were true that] I trusted in my gold/money [DOU],
“Kapo ni aseketo genona e dhahabu kata asewachone dhahabu maler ni in e kar pondona,
25 or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich,
kata kapo ni chunya osetingʼore nikech mwandu mangʼeny ma an-go, kata ka asemor kuom mwandu mathoth ma lweta osechoko,
26 or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon
kapo ni ne achomo wangʼa e ler mar wangʼ chiengʼ kata ka dwe ringo e tekone mos,
27 and I [SYN] had been tempted [to worship them] by kissing my hand to revere them,
mi dipo chunya nogombo lingʼ-lingʼ kendo ne atingʼonegi bada ka agombo lamogi,
28 those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God [by doing those things].
to mago bende gin richo manyaka bi kum, nikech ginyiso ni ok asebedo ja-ratiro ne Nyasaye man malo.
29 “[It is not true that] I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].
“Kapo ni asebedo mamor ka jasika ni e chandruok kata ka asenyiere ka masira obirone,
to chutho pod ok ayiene dhoga mondo otim richo ka aluongo kwongʼ e ngimane.
31 [It is also not true that] I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but [forced them to] sleep in the streets. [All] the men who work for me certainly know that [RHQ]!
Kapo ni jooda ne pok owacho nyaka nene ni, ‘Ere ngʼama pok Ayub omiyo chiemo moyiengʼ?’
to adier, onge ngʼama wendo mosenindo oko e laru, nikech dho oda nosiko koyaw ne jawuoth.
33 Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that;
Kapo ni asepando richona kaka dhano ohero timoga, kata ka akuot gi kethona e chunya,
34 and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very (afraid of/worried about) what people would say [about me], and that they would hate/scorn me.
nikech ne aluoro ogandana ahinya kendo ne aluor ni anywolana ne nyalo sin koda mine alingʼ, kendo ne ok anyal wuok oko.
35 “I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare [that all that I have said is true]. I wish that those who oppose me would write down [on a scroll] the evil things that they say that I did.
“Yaye, mad dine ngʼato bedie manyalo winja, nikech koro e akwongʼora ni weche ma awachogi gin adier mondo Jehova Nyasaye Maratego obed janeno mara; to ka ok kamano, to ngʼat modonjona oket wechegego e ndiko.
36 [If they did that, ] I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, [in order that everyone could see it].
Adier, dine arwake e goka, dine asidhe ka osimbo.
37 I would tell [God] everything that I have done, and I would approach him [confidently], like a ruler would.
Dine anyise sigand ngimana kaka chalo; kendo dine adhi e nyime kaka ruoth.
38 If [it were true that] I have stolen land, with the result that [it was as though] its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;
“Kapo ni asemayo ngʼato puothe mi apuro,
39 or [if it were true that] I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying [for those crops], with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died [from hunger];
kata kapo ni asechamo cham monyakie puothe ka ok achulo, to eka jopur mane opure to kech nego,
40 then I wish/desire that thorns would grow [in my fields] instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said [to his three friends].
to ber mondo kuthe odongi kar ngano kendo buya odongi e puothano kar shairi.” Weche Ayub orumo gi ka.
