Job 31
1 I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look with desire on a virgin?
“Ndinachita pangano ndi maso anga kuti sindidzapenya namwali momusirira.
2 For what is the portion from God above, the inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Kodi Mulungu kumwambako wandisungira zotani? Kodi cholowa changa chochokera kwa Wamphamvuzonse kumwambako nʼchotani?
3 I used to think that calamity is for unrighteous people, and that disaster is for doers of wickedness.
Kodi si chiwonongeko kwa anthu oyipa, tsoka kwa iwo amene amachita zolakwa?
4 Does not God see my ways and count all my steps?
Kodi Mulungu saona zochita zanga, ndi kudziwa mayendedwe anga?
5 If I have walked with falsehood, if my foot has hurried to deceit,
“Ngati ndachita zinthu mwachiphamaso, kapena kufulumira kukachita zachinyengo,
6 let me be weighed in an even balance so that God will know my integrity.
Mulungu andiyeze ndi muyeso wake wolungama ndipo Iye adzadziwa kuti ine ndine wosalakwa,
7 If my step has turned aside from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, if any spot has stuck to my hands,
ngati mayendedwe anga asempha njira, ngati mtima wanga wakhumbira zimene maso anga aona, kapena ngati ndachita choyipa chilichonse.
8 then let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.
Pamenepo ena adye zimene ndinadzala, ndipo zomera zanga zizulidwe.
9 If my heart has been deceived by a woman, if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
“Ngati mtima wanga unakopekapo ndi mkazi, ndipo ngati ndinalakalaka mkazi wa mnansi wanga,
10 then let my wife grind grain for another, and let others bow down on her.
pamenepo mkazi wanga aphikire mwamuna wina chakudya, ndipo amuna ena azigona naye.
11 For that would be a terrible crime; indeed, it would be a crime to be punished by judges.
Pakuti zimenezo zikanakhala zochititsa manyazi, tchimo loyenera kulangidwa nalo.
12 For that is a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn all my harvest to the root.
Ndi moto umene umayaka mpaka chiwonongeko; ukanapsereza zokolola zanga.
13 If I ignored the plea for justice from my male or female servant when they argued with me,
“Ngati ndinkapondereza mlandu wa akapolo anga aamuna kapena aakazi, pamene ankabwera kwa ine ndi milandu yawo,
14 what then would I do when God rises up to accuse me? When he comes to judge me, how would I answer him?
ndidzatani pamene Mulungu adzanditsutsa? Nanga ndidzayankha chiyani akadzandifunsa?
15 Did the one who made me in the womb not make them also? Did not the same one mold us all in the womb?
Kodi amene anapanga ine mʼmimba mwa amayi anga si yemwe anapanganso iwo? Kodi si mmodzi yemweyo amene anatipanga tonsefe mʼmimba mwa amayi athu?
16 If I have withheld poor people from their desire, or if I have caused the eyes of the widow to grow dim from crying,
“Ngati ndinawamana aumphawi zinthu zimene ankazikhumba, kapena kuwagwiritsa fuwa lamoto akazi amasiye amene amafuna thandizo kwa ine,
17 or if I have eaten my morsel alone and not allowed those without fathers to eat it also—
ngati chakudya changa ndinadya ndekha, wosagawirako mwana wamasiye,
18 because from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided his mother, a widow, from my own mother's womb.
chonsechotu kuyambira unyamata wanga ndinamulera monga abambo ake, ndipo moyo wanga wonse ndakhala ndikusamalira akazi amasiye,
19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or if I have seen that a needy man had no clothing;
ngati ndinaona wina aliyense akuzunzika ndi usiwa, kapena munthu wosauka alibe chofunda,
20 if his heart has not blessed me because he has not been warmed with the wool of my sheep,
ndipo ngati iyeyo sananditamandepo chifukwa chomufunditsa ndi nsalu ya ubweya wankhosa,
21 if I have lifted up my hand against fatherless people because I saw my support in the city gate, then bring charges against me!
ngati ndinaopsezapo mwana wamasiye, poganiza kuti ndinali ndi mphamvu mʼbwalo la milandu,
22 If I have done these things, then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken from its joint.
pamenepo phewa langa lipokonyeke, mkono wanga ukonyoke polumikizira pake.
23 For I dreaded destruction from God; because of his majesty, I was not able to do those things.
Popeza ine ndinaopa kwambiri chiwonongeko chochokera kwa Mulungu, ndinachitanso mantha ndi ulemerero wake, sindikanatha kuchita zinthu zimenezi.
24 If I have made gold my hope, and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in';
“Ngati ndinayika mtima wanga pa chuma kapena kunena kwa golide wabwino kwambiri kuti, ‘Iwe ndiye chitetezo changa,’
25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, because my hand had gotten many possessions, then bring charges against me!
ngati ndinakondwera chifukwa choti chuma changa chinali chambiri, zinthu zimene manja anga anazipeza,
26 If I have seen the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in its brightness,
ngati pamene ndinaona dzuwa likuwala, kapena mwezi ukuyenda mwa ulemerero wake,
27 and if my heart has been secretly attracted, so that my mouth has kissed my hand in worship of them—
ndipo kuti mtima wanga unakopeka nazo nʼkuyika dzanja langa pakamwa mozilemekeza,
28 this also would be a crime to be punished by judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
pamenepo zimenezinso zikanakhala machimo oti ndilangidwe nawo, chifukwa ndikanakhala wosakhulupirika kwa Mulungu wakumwamba.
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of anyone who hated me or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him, then bring charges against me!
“Ngati ndinasangalala ndi kuwonongeka kwa mdani wanga, kapena kusekera mavuto pamene mavuto anamugwera,
30 Indeed, I have not even allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.
ine sindinachimwe ndi pakamwa panga potulutsa matemberero a mdani wanga kuti awonongeke,
31 If the men of my tent have never said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with Job's food?'
ngati anthu amene ndimakhala nawo mʼnyumba mwanga sananenepo kuti, ‘Kodi ndani amene sakhuta ndi chakudya cha Yobu?’
32 (even the foreigner has never had to stay in the city square, because I have always opened my doors to the traveler), and if that is not so, then bring charges against me!
Komatu mlendo sindinamusiye pa msewu usiku wonse, pakuti khomo langa linali lotsekuka nthawi zonse kwa alendo,
33 If, like mankind, I have hidden my sins by hiding my guilt inside my tunic
ngati ndinabisa tchimo langa monga amachitira anthu ena, kubisa kulakwa mu mtima mwanga
34 (because I feared the great multitude, because the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside), then bring charges against me!
chifukwa choopa gulu la anthu, ndi kuchita mantha ndi mnyozo wa mafuko kotero ndinakhala chete ndipo sindinatuluke panja.
35 Oh, if only I had someone to hear me! See, here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me! If only I had the indictment that my opponent has written!
“Aa, pakanakhala wina wondimva! Tsopano ndikutsiriza mawu anga odzitetezera. Wamphamvuzonse andiyankhe; mdani wanga achite kulemba pa kalata mawu ake ondineneza.
36 Surely I would carry it openly on my shoulder; I would put it on like a crown.
Ndithu ine ndikanakoleka kalatayo pa phewa langa, ndikanayivala kumutu ngati chipewa chaufumu.
37 I would declare to him an accounting for my steps; as a confident prince I would go up to him.
Ndikanamufotokozera zonse zimene ndinachita; ndikanafika pamaso pake ngati kalonga.
38 If my land ever cries out against me, and its furrows weep together,
“Ngati minda yanga ikulira monditsutsa ine ndipo malo ake onse osalimidwa anyowa ndi misozi,
39 if I have eaten its harvest without paying for it or have caused its owners to lose their lives,
ngati ndinadya za mʼminda mwake osapereka ndalama kapena kukhumudwitsa anthu olima mʼmindamo,
40 then let thorns grow instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are finished.
pamenepo mʼmindamo mumere namsongole mʼmalo mwa tirigu ndi udzu mʼmalo mwa barele.” Mawu a Yobu athera pano.
