Yobu 10
1 “Obulamu bwange mbukyayidde ddala, noolwekyo leka nfukumule okwemulugunya kwange, njogerere mu kulumwa kw’emmeeme yange.
My soul doth loathe my life, —I let loose my complaint, I speak, in the bitterness of my soul.
2 Nnaagamba Katonda nti, Tonsalira musango ne gunsinga, ntegeeza ky’onvunaana.
I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!
3 Kikusanyusa okunnyigiriza, okunyooma omulimu gw’emikono gyo, n’owagira emirimu gy’abakozi b’ebibi?
Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone?
4 Amaaso go ga mubiri? Olaba ng’omuntu bw’alaba?
Eyes of flesh, hast thou? or, as a mortal seeth, seest thou?
5 Ennaku zo zisinga ez’omuntu, n’emyaka gyo gisinga egy’omuntu,
As the days of a mortal, are thy days? or, thy years, as the days of a man?
6 olyoke onoonye ebisobyo byange era obuulirize ekibi kye nkoze,
That thou shouldst seek for mine iniquity, and, for my sin, shouldst make search:
7 newaakubadde ng’omanyi nti sirina musango era nga tewali n’omu ayinza kunzigya mu mukono gwo?
Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?
8 “Emikono gyo gye gyammumba, gye gyankola. Ate kaakano onookyuka okunsanyaawo?
Thine own hands, shaped me, and made me, all in unison round about, and yet thou hast confounded me.
9 Jjukira nti wammumba ng’ebbumba, ate kaakano onoonfuula ng’enfuufu?
Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return.
10 Tewanzitulula ng’amata n’onkwasa ng’omuzigo?”
Didst thou not, like milk, pour me forth? and, as cheese, curdle me?
11 Tewannyambaza omubiri n’olususu, n’oluka amagumba n’ebinywa n’ongatta?
With skin and flesh, clothe me? and, with bones and sinews, interweave me?
12 Kale wampa okuganja mu maaso go, era walabirira, n’omwoyo gwange.
Life and lovingkindness, thou didst bestow upon me, —and, thy watchful care, preserved my breath.
13 Naye bino wabikweka mu mutima gwo, era mmanyi nga byali mu birowoozo byo.
Yet, these things, thou didst hide in thy heart, I know that, this, hath been with thee!
14 Singa nyonoona, ondaba era tewandindese n’otombonereza.
If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me:
15 Bwe mba nga nsingibbwa omusango, zinsanze nze! Newaakubadde nga sirina musango, sisobola kuyimusa mutwe gwange, kubanga nzijjudde obuswavu era mu kunyigirizibwa kwange, mwe nsaanikiddwa.
If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.
16 Bwe mba ng’asituka, n’onjigga ng’empologoma, era n’onnumba n’amaanyi go amangi ennyo.
When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me.
17 Oleeta abajulizi abajja okunnumiriza, era obusungu bwo ne bweyongera gye ndi; amayengo ne gajja okunnumba olutata.
Thou renewest thy witnesses before me, and dost increase thy vexation with me, Relays—yea an army, is with me.
18 “Kale lwaki wanziggya mu lubuto lwa mmange? Wandindese nga tewannabaawo liiso lyonna lindabyeko.
Wherefore then, from the womb, didst thou bring me forth? I might have breathed my last, and, no eye, have seen me.
19 Singa satondebwa, oba singa natwalibwa butereevu okuva mu lubuto ne nzikibwa.
As though I had not been, should I have become, —from the womb to the grave, might I have been borne.
20 Ennaku zange entono kumpi teziweddeeko? Ndeka mbeeko n’akaseera ak’okusanyuka,
Are not my days, few?—then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little;
21 nga sinnaba kugenda mu kifo eteri kudda, ekiri mu nsi ejjudde ekizikiza, n’ekisiikirize eky’ebuziba,
Before I go, and not return, unto a land of darkness and death-shade:
22 y’ensi ey’ekizikiza ekikutte, eyeekisiikirize eky’ebuziba era n’okutabukatabuka, ng’omusana gwayo guli nga ekizikiza.”
A land of obscurity, like thick darkness, of death-shade and disorder, and which shineth like thick darkness.
