Job 7
1 Does not man have hard labor on earth? Are not his days like the days of a hired man?
Kakukho yini imfazo kumuntu emhlabeni, lensuku zakhe kazinjengensuku zoqhatshiweyo yini?
2 Like a slave earnestly desires the shadows of evening, like a hired man looks for his wages—
Njengesigqili sikhefuzelela umthunzi, lanjengesiqatshwa silindele iholo laso,
3 so I have been made to endure months of misery; I have been given trouble-filled nights.
ngokunjalo mina ngidliswe ilifa lenyanga zeze, lobusuku bezinhlupheko bubalelwe mina.
4 When I lie down, I say to myself, 'When will I get up and when will the night be gone?' I am full of tossing to and fro until the day's dawning.
Lapho ngilala phansi ngithi: Ngizavuka nini? Ngoba ubusuku bude, njalo ngigcwele ukutshukuma kuze kuse.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; the sores in my skin harden up and then dissolve and run afresh.
Inyama yami yembethe impethu lamagade othuli; isikhumba sami siyadabuka siyenyanyeka.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they pass without hope.
Insuku zami ziyaphangisa kuleselukiso someluki, ziphele kungelathemba.
7 God, call to mind that my life is only a breath; my eye will no more see good.
Khumbula ukuthi impilo yami ingumoya; ilihlo lami kaliyikuphinda libone okuhle.
8 The eye of God, who sees me, will see me no more; God's eyes will be on me, but I will not exist.
Ilihlo longibonayo kaliyikungibona futhi; amehlo akho aphezu kwami, kodwa ngizakuba ngingasekho.
9 As a cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
Iyezi liyaphela linyamalale; ngokunjalo owehlela engcwabeni kayikwenyuka. (Sheol h7585)
10 He will return no more to his house; neither will his place know him again.
Kaphindi abuyele emzini wakhe, lendawo yakhe kayisayikumazi.
11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Ngakho mina kangiyikubamba umlomo wami; ngizakhuluma ekucindezelweni komoya wami, ngisole ekubabeni komphefumulo wami.
12 Am I the sea or a sea monster that you place a guard over me?
Ngilulwandle yini, kumbe isilo solwandle, ukuze lingibekele abalindi?
13 When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'
Lapho ngisithi: Umbheda wami uzangiduduza, icansi lami liphungule ukusola kwami;
14 then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
ubusungiqhaqhazelisa ngamaphupho, angethuse ngemibono;
15 so that I would choose strangling and death rather than preserving these bones of mine.
ukuze umphefumulo wami ukhethe ukuklinywa, ukufa kulamathambo ami.
16 I loathe my life; I would not wish to always be alive; let me alone for my days are useless.
Ngiyanengwa yikho, kangiyikuphila njalonjalo; ngiyekele, ngoba insuku zami ziyize.
17 What is man that you should pay attention to him, that you should set your mind on him,
Uyini umuntu ukuthi umkhulise, lokuthi ubeke inhliziyo yakho kuye,
18 that you should observe him every morning and test him every moment?
lokuthi umhambele ikuseni yonke, umlinge sonke isikhathi?
19 How long will it be before you look away from me, before you let me alone long enough for me to swallow down my own saliva?
Koze kube nini ungayekeli ukungiqaphela, ungangiyekeli ngize ngiginye amathe ami yini?
20 Even if I have sinned, what would that do to you, you who watch men? Why have you made a target of me, so that I am a burden for you?
Ngonile, ngizakwenzani kuwe, wena mlindi wabantu? Ungimiseleni ngibe yinto yakho yokunenjwa, ngize ngibe ngumthwalo kimi?
21 Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust; you will seek me carefully, but I will not exist.”
Njalo kawuthetheleli ngani isiphambeko sami, ususe isono sami? Ngoba sengizalala phansi othulini; uzangidinga ngovivi, kodwa kangiyikuba khona.
