Jovu 3

1 Ana'ma hutegeno'a Jopu'a agira reaka huno nerera'ma kasente'nea knamofona hu haviza hunteno,

Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.

2 amanage huno hu'ne,

He said,

3 nenarera'ma kasenante'nea knamo'a omanegeno, ese'ma nenarera arimpafima fore'ma nehugeno ne' fore hugahie hu'nea kenagemo'a omaneasina knare hisine.

“I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated, and also the night when I was conceived.

4 Hagi atregeno e'i ana knamo'a hani fore nehigeno, zagemo'a remsa hunontegeno Anumzamo'enema ana knama kegavama osiresina knare hisine.

I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness. I wish that God who is in heaven [MTY] would have forgotten about that day, and that the sun would not have shone on it.

5 Hagi e'i ana knama kumazu hanimo'ma kintrako nehigeno, hampoma kino refitentegeno hanintirima huno ana knama azeri koroma hiasina knare hisine.

I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day, and that a black cloud would have come over it and blotted out all light and caused people to be terrified.

6 Hagi e'i ana kenage'ma fore'ma hu'noa kenage'ma fore osigeno, mago kafumofo knaramima nehamprizafina ohamprige, ikamofo knama hamprizafina ohamprizaresina knare hisine.

I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar, with the result that it would never again appear as one night in any month, and that it would not be included in any calendar.

7 Hagi e'i ana kenagera kasefa mofavrea forera osigeno, vahe'mo'za musena osazasina knare hisine.

I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET], and that no one would again be happy on that night.

8 Hagi kazusima huzante'ma ugotama hu'naza vahe'mo'zama kazusima hazageno, hagerimpima tusizaga krokotairima azeri oneti'za ana knama kazusima huntazaresina knare hisine.

I want those people who (curse/put evil spells on) days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.

9 Hagi ko'matu hanafimo'a remsa huontegeno, masagura amuhara hugahianagi, amnezampi amuhara nehuno nanterama segeno'ma ko'manetia zana onkeresina knare hisine.

I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day [after I was conceived] will not shine again. I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; and that they would not have shone on that day.

10 Hagi ana knarera nenrerana arimpa erigigeno, kaseonantege'na ama hazenkeramina onkoasina knare hisine.

[That was an evil day] because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.

11 Hagi nagra nerera agu'afima fri'nogeno kasenantege, kasemanantea kna zupama fruresina knare hisine.

“I wish that I had died [RHQ] when I was born— at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb.

12 Nahigeno nenrera'a amotera navrentege'na mani'nogeno ami'na nami'ne?

I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me.

13 Hagi nenrera'ma kasemanantea knazupama frusina, menina mago knazana onke fri'na knare hu'na mani fru husine.

If I had died at the time when I was born, I would be asleep, resting peacefully [in the place where the dead people are].

14 Kini vahetamine, mago mago mopare'ma kegavama hu'naza vahetamima frizageno'ma knare nonkumazmimo'ma menima havizama huno me'nea vahetaminema frina umanigasa huresina knare hiresine.

I would be resting with kings whose [beautiful palaces] that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt [palaces] that had previously been destroyed), and I would be resting with their officials [who have also died].

15 Ana nehu'na goline silvanema nozmifima antevite'naza ugagota kva vahetmimo'zama fri'naza vahe'enema menina manigasa huresina knare hisine.

I would be resting with princes who were wealthy, whose palaces were filled with gold and silver.

16 Hagi nahigeno nenarera'a fri mofavrea kasenantege'na masa onke'na ofri'noe?

I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb and never lived to see the light.

17 Na'ankure kefo avu'ava'ma nehaza vahe'mo'zane nomani zampima amuhoma nehu'za maraguzamati'za e'naza vahe'mo'zanena fri vahe kumapina mani fru nehaze.

After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest.

18 Hagi kazokzo eri'zama e'neriza vahe'mo'zama fri'za fri vahe kumapima vazana, kegava huzmante vahera omanizage'za knare hu'za ana kumapina mani fru nehaze.

Those who were in prison rest peacefully [after they die]; they no longer have slave-drivers who curse them.

19 Feno vahe'ene zamunte omne vahe'enena anampi manizageno, kazo kazo eri'za vahetmina kvazmia omani'ne.

Rich people and poor people are alike after they die, and those who were slaves are no longer controlled by their masters.

20 Nagafare knazampima mani'naza vahe'ene hazenkefima nemaniza vahera tavira nezaminka nomanizazmimo'ma amuhoma nehia vahera zamatranke'za zamasimura eri'za nemanize?

(“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive.) [RHQ] Why does he allow those who are very miserable/distressed to keep living [RHQ]?

21 Fri'zanku'ma avega antaza vahe'mo'za nofrize. Hagi knare zama mopa agu'afima me'nege'za keri kafi'za hakazaza hu'za fri'zankura nehakraze.

They long/want to die, but they do not die. They desire to die more than people desire to find a hidden treasure.

22 Hagi ana vahe'ma frizage'za asezmantage'za tusi muse nehaze.

When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.

23 Nagafare nomani zamo'ma amuhoma huntea vahera remsa hunteno Anumzamo'a asimura amigeno mani'negeno, hazenkezanura azeri kanegie?

Those who do not know where they are [eventually] going when they die [RHQ], people whom God has forced [MET] to continue to live in misery, (it is not right that they continue to live./why do they continue to live?) [RHQ]

24 Ra nasimu'ma nente'na kragi'ma neruna zavi'ma atoazamo'a tinkna huno navunumo'a herafiramige'na ne'zana one'noe.

I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat; and I can never stop groaning.

25 Koro'ma hunentoa zamo navatera ne-egeno, nagogogu'ma nehua zamo nagritera fore huno nazeri haviza nehie.

Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me; things that I always dreaded have happened to me.

26 Nagra mani fru hu'na manirava nohe'na manigasa nosuanki, hazenkefi manivava nehue.

Now I have no peace [in my inner being], I have no peace; I cannot rest; instead, I have only troubles.”