Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Awo Yobu n’addamu nti,
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
“N’okutuusa leero okwemulugunya kwange kubalagala, omukono gwe gunzitoowerera wadde mbadde mu kusinda.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
Singa nnali mmanyi aw’okumusanga nandisobodde okulaga gy’abeera!
4 I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Nanditutte empoza yange gy’ali, akamwa kange nga nkajjuzizza ensonga zange.
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
Nanditegedde kye yandinzizeemu, ne neetegereza kye yandiŋŋambye.
6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
Yandimpakanyizza n’amaanyi mangi? Nedda, teyandinteeseko musango.
7 There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Eyo omuntu omutuukirivu asobola okutwalayo ensonga ye, era nandisumuluddwa omulamuzi wange emirembe n’emirembe.
8 See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
“Bwe ŋŋenda ebuvanjuba, nga taliiyo; ne bwe ŋŋenda ebugwanjuba, simusangayo.
9 To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
Bw’aba akola mu bukiikakkono simulaba, bw’adda mu bukiikaddyo, simulabako.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Naye amanyi amakubo mwe mpita, bw’anaamala okungezesa, nzija kuvaamu nga zaabu.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
Ebigere byange bimugoberedde; ntambulidde mu makubo ge nga sikyamakyama.
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
Saava ku biragiro by’akamwa ke. Nayagala ebigambo by’akamwa ke okusinga emmere yange gyendya bulijjo.
13 But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
“Naye yeemalirira, ani ayinza okumuwakanya? Akola kyonna ekimusanyusa.
14 For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
Weewaawo ajja kutuukiriza by’asazzeewo okunjolekeza, era bingi byategese by’akyaleeta.
15 Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
Kyenva mba n’entiisa nga ndi mu maaso ge; bwe ndowooza ku bino byonna, ne mmutya.
16 For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
Katonda anafuyizza nnyo omutima gwange, Ayinzabyonna antiisizza nnyo.
17 I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
Naye ekizikiza tekinsirisizza, ekizikiza ekikutte ennyo ekibisse amaaso gange.”
