Jovu 31

1 Hanki nagrama navuma kezani'afima mago huvempa kema hu'noana, mago mofa'ma negesuna havi antahintahia e'orisnue hu'na huvempa hu'noe.

I vowed to myself never to look with desire at young women.

2 E'inahu havi avu'ava'zama hanugeno'a, manisgama hu'nea Hankavenentake Anumzamo'a ana havi avu'ava zanirera havi mizana namigahie.

What should people expect to receive from God? What reward should the Almighty on high give them?

3 Havizama hu'za refkoma hu so'ema nosaza vahera Anumzamo'a knaza nezamino, kumi'ma haza vahetera hazenkeza atregeno ne-e.

Isn't it disaster for the wicked and destruction for those who do wrong?

4 Ana nehuno maka zama hua zampina Anumzamo'a avua anteno nenageno, nagama rerakaure'na vuana nenage.

Doesn't God see everything I do—even count every step I take?

5 Nagra mago vahera havigea hu'na revataga nosu'na, havige zantera nagia re'na ovu'noe.

Have I lived a deceitful life? Have I been eager to tell lies?

6 Atrenkeno Anumzamo'a navu'navazania erinteno, fatgoma huno refko'ma nehia sigerire negeno refko huno nageno. Na'ankure nagrama fatgo navu'nava zama nehuana Agrake keno antahino hu'ne.

No! Let God weigh me on the scales of his justice and let him discover my integrity.

7 Hagi Anumzamofo kama atre'na hazama negre'na, navumo kea zante'ma havi antahintahima hu'na kumi'ma hu'nesnua kumiro, mago'a kumi'enema hu'nesnuana,

If I have wandered from God's way, if I have let what I see become my desires, if there's any stain of sin on my hands,

8 atrenkeno nagrama hankre'nesnua ne'zana, ru vahe'mo'za vasage'za neho. Hagi nagrama hankre'nesnua avimzana eri tasagi hutreho.

then let someone else eat what I have sown, and all that I have grown be uprooted.

9 Hagi mago a'ma nege'na havi antahintahima eri'nesnuano, tvaonire'ma nemanisnia ne'mofo a'ma nege'na kenunuma hu'nesanuana,

If a woman has seduced me, or if I have looked for an opportunity to sleep with my neighbor's wife,

10 atrenkeno nagri a'mo'a ru vemofo a' nemanina, ru venenemo'za a'ni'a ante'za maseho.

then let my wife serve another, let other men sleep with her.

11 Hagi nagra mago vemofo a'enema hazenkema hu'nesanuana, nagra'a tusi nagaze eri nami'noanki'na, ana kumi'ma hu'nesua zantera mizama'a nagra'a erigahue.

For that would be wicked, a sin deserving punishment,

12 E'i ana kumi'mo'a, mago tevegna hu'neankino, tevava huno nevuno, teve kumapi vugahie. Ana hu'neankino ana maka'zama ante'noa zana, tevemo te fanene hugahie.

for this sin is like a fire that leads to destruction, destroying everything I have.

13 Hagi ko'ma nagri eri'za venenemozane a'nemo'zanema, knazamima eri'za neazage'nama, knazazamima e'orinesnuana,

If I had refused to listen to my menservants or maidservants when they brought their complaints to me,

14 inankna hu'na Anumzamofo avurera nagra keagafina otigahue? Inankna hunka eri'za vaheka'a kegava hu'nane huno Anumzamo'ma nagenokama hanige'na, na'ane hu'na kenona huntegahue?

what would I do when God came to judge me? How would I reply if he investigated me?

15 Na'ankure Anumzamo'a Agrake nagri'ene eri'za vahe'ni'anena, antatimofo arimpafina tro hurante'ne.

Didn't the same God make all of us?

16 Hagi zamunte omane vahe'mo'zama mago'a zanku'ma kema nehazage'na, i'ora osu'na amne nezami'na, kento a'nanemo'zama zamazama hanuegu'ma nagrite'ma zamavuma nentazage'na amne zamaza nehu'na,

Have I refused to give the poor what they needed, or caused widows to despair?

17 nagragukera ontahi'noanki megusa mofavreramina, ne'zana refko hu'na zami'noe.

Have I even eaten just a piece of bread by myself? Haven't I always shared my food with orphans?

18 Nagra osi'ma mani'noregati'ma eno meninte'ma e'neana, megusa mofavre nagara nafa zamigna hu'na kegava hunezmante'na, kento a'nane nagara zamaza hu'na e'noe.

From when I was young I was a father to orphans and took care of widows.

19 Hagi nonkumazmima omne vahe'ma kukenagu'ma atupa'ma nehazage'na, kukena nezami'na, mago'a zanku'ma atupa'ma nehaza vahera kukenane nakreku'enena zami'noe.

If ever I saw someone needing clothes, the poor without anything to wear,

20 Ana nehu'na zamazeri amuhoma hanigu sipisipi azokateti'ma trohu'naza nakre kura zamuge'za antani'za amuhogu'ma nehu'za musema nehu'za, nagrira husga hunante'naze.

they always thanked me for the wool clothing that kept them warm.

21 Hagi keaga refkohu ne'mo'a, nagri kaziga antegahie nehu'na, nagra keagafina oti'na megusa mofavre naga'ma keagama huzmantesnuana,

If I raised my hand to hit an orphan, confident that if it came to court the judges would be on my side,

22 nazamo'a nazo'nafinti rutasagi huramigahie.

then let my shoulder be pulled from its joint, my arm wrenched out of its socket.

23 Na'ankure nagrama koro'ma nehuana, Anumzamo'a knazana atreni'geno eme nazeri haviza hugahie hu'na nentahue. Hagi Anumzamo'ma hankaveareti'ma nazeri havizama nehaniana, nagrira amuhazani'a omane'ne.

Since I'm terrified of what punishment God may have in store for me, and because of his majesty, I could never do this.

24 Hagi nagra zagofina amuha zani'a nonte'na, golimo'a naza hugahie hu'na namentintia nosue.

Have I put my trust in gold, calling fine gold, ‘My security’?

25 Nagra'a nazapinti'ma erifore hu'na ante'noa zago fenokura navufga erisga nosu'na,

Have I delighted in being rich, happy at all my wealth I had gained?

26 monare'ma me'neno nerea zagere'ene ikamo'ma knare zantfama huno remsama nehige'na monora huonte'na,

Have I looked at the sun shining so brilliantly or the moon moving in majesty across the sky

27 e'i ana zantera mago narimpa hu'na monora hunonte'na, nzantetira zanahe'na antakora osu'noe.

and been tempted to secretly worship them by kissing my hand to them in devotion?

28 Hanki nagrama anama hu'nesanuana kumi hu'noankino, kema refko'ma hunantesnia nemo'a knaza namigahie. Na'ankure onagamu monafinkama nemania Anumzamofontera havige hu'na eri fraki'nogu anara hugahie.

This too would be a sin deserving punishment for it would mean I had denied God above.

29 Hagi ha' vahe'nimo'zama knazampima mani'nazage'na nezamage'na, nagra musena nehu'na zamagizana ore'noe.

Have I ever been happy when disaster destroyed those who hated me, or celebrated when evil took them down?

30 Ana nehu'na magore hu'na zamazeri haviza hu nanekea hu'na kumira nosu'na, havizama hunante'nazarera nona osu'noe.

I have never allowed my mouth to sin by putting a curse on someone's life.

31 Hagi nagri nompima nemaniza eri'za vahe'nimo'za hu'za, maka eri'za vahe'a ne'zana nezamino magore huno zamatrege'za amnea novaza ne' mani'ne hu'za nagrikura nehaze.

Haven't my family asked, ‘Is there anyone who has not eaten as much as they wanted of his food?’

32 Nagra ozamageno'a vahe'ma nonire'ma azage'na magore hu'na zamatroge'za megira omase'nazanki, kahana anagi hagaro nehu'na, zamavare nompi antoge'za maka zupa mase'naze.

I have never let strangers sleep in the street; I have opened my doors to travelers.

33 Mago'a vahe'mo'zama nehazaza hu'na kumi'ni'a nagu'afina eri frakinaku hu'noanagi, anara osu'noe.

Have I concealed my sins from others, hiding my wrongdoing deep inside me?

34 Hagi rama'a vahe'mo'zama nenage'za, kiza zokago kema hunenantesage'za, naga'nimo'zama eme nasami'zankura korera hu'na nompina omani'noe.

Was I afraid of what everybody else would think, scared of the contempt families would show me, so that I kept quiet and didn't go outside?

35 Hagi nagra nagesama antahuana, nagrama nehuankema mago vahe'mo'ma agesama anteno antahiresina knare hisine. Nagra nazanko avona ama antoanki atre'nenkeno Hankavenentake Anumzamo negeno kenona hunanteno. Hagi mago vahe'mo'ma nagri'ma keagama hunantenaku'ma hanuno'a avompi krenteno.

Why won't anyone listen to what I'm saying! I'm signing my name to endorse everything I've said. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write down what he is charging me with.

36 Anama hanige'na muse nehu'na ana avona nazo'nare erigofi'na vano nehu'na, kini fetori'ma hiaza hu'na nasenire antanigahue.

I would hold them up high; I would wear them on my head like a crown.

37 Ana nehu'na kini vahe'mofo mofavremo'ma hiaza hu'na, Anumzamofo avuga uoti'na nagra'ama maka navu'nava zama hu'nesanuana ome eri ama hu'na asamigahue.

I would explain to him everything I'd done; I would hold my head high before him.

38 Hagi mopa'nimo'ma haviza hu'nane huno'ma keagama hunantenigeno, hoza tinkamo'a tusi zavi'netenigeno,

If my land has cried out against me; if her furrows have wept over me;

39 mago vahe'mofo hozafinti ne'za musufa sege, ana hozamofo nefa ahe frige'ma hu'nesanuana,

if I have taken its crops without payment or if I have caused harm to the farmers;

40 anama eri nafa'ama hu'nesanua mopafina witimo'a ohesianki ave've trazamoke hageno marenerisanigeno, amne tra'zamo balimofo nona erino hageno marerigahie. Ama ana nanekema huvagareteno'a, Jopua kea osu'ne.

then let thorns grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.