Yobu 14
1 “Omuntu azaalibwa omukazi, abeera ku nsi akaseera katono era abeera mu kutegana.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
2 Amulisa ng’ekimuli n’awotoka; abulawo mangu ng’ekisiikirize, tabeerera.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 Otunuulira omuntu afaanana bw’atyo? Olimuleeta gy’oli asalirwe omusango?
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
4 Ani ayinza okuggya ekirongoofu mu kitali kirongoofu? Tewali n’omu!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 Ennaku z’omuntu zaagererwa, wagera obungi bw’emyezi gye era n’oteekawo ekkomo ly’atasobola kusukka.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Kale tomufaako muleke yekka, okutuusa lw’alimala okutuukiriza emirimu gye ng’omupakasi.
Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
7 “Wakiri waliwo essuubi ng’omuti guloka: Bwe gutemebwa, guloka nate, era ekikolo kyagwo ekiggya tekifa.
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Emirandira gyagwo gyandikaddiyidde mu ttaka era n’ekikonge ne kifiira mu ttaka,
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 naye olw’emirandira okutambula ne ginoonya amazzi kimulisa ne kireeta amatabi ng’ekisimbe.
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
10 Naye omuntu afa era n’agalamizibwa, assa ogw’enkomerero n’akoma.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 Ng’amazzi bwe gaggwa mu nnyanja oba omugga bwe gukalira ne guggwaawo,
[As] the waters fail from the sea, and the river decayeth and drieth up;
12 bw’atyo omuntu bw’agalamira, era n’atasituka okutuusa eggulu bwe linaggwaawo, abantu tebajja kuzuukuka oba kuggyibwa mu tulo twabwe.
So man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
13 “Singa kale onkweka emagombe era n’onziika okutuusa obusungu bwo lwe buliggwaawo! Singa ongerera ekiseera n’onzijukira! (Sheol h7585)
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! (Sheol h7585)
14 Omuntu bw’afa, addamu n’abeera omulamu? Ennaku zange zonna ez’okuweereza nnaalindanga okuwona kwange kujje.
If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my warfare would I wait, till my release should come.
15 Olimpita nange ndikuyitaba; olyegomba ekitonde emikono gyo kye gyatonda.
Thou shouldest call, and I would answer thee: thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16 Ddala ku olwo bw’olibala ebigere byange, naye tolyekaliriza bibi byange.
But now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 Ebisobyo byange biriba bisibiddwa mu kisawo; olibikka ku kibi kyange.
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
18 “Naye ng’olusozi bwe luseebengerera ne luggwaawo, era ng’ejjinja bwe liva mu kifo kyalyo,
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
19 ng’amazzi bwe gaggwereeza amayinja era ng’okwanjaala kwago bwe kutwala ettaka ly’oku nsi; bw’atyo bw’azikiriza essuubi ly’omuntu.
The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Omumalamu amaanyi omuwangula lumu n’aggweerawo ddala; okyusa enfaanana ye n’omugoba.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 Abaana be bwe bafuna ekitiibwa, takimanya, bwe bagwa, takiraba.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22 Obulamu bw’omubiri gwe bwokka bw’awulira ne yeekungubagira yekka.”
But his flesh upon him hath pain, and his soul within him mourneth.
