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.
As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 Otunuulira omuntu afaanana bw’atyo? Olimuleeta gy’oli asalirwe omusango?
And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring 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.
If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.
6 Kale tomufaako muleke yekka, okutuusa lw’alimala okutuukiriza emirimu gye ng’omupakasi.
Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.
7 “Wakiri waliwo essuubi ng’omuti guloka: Bwe gutemebwa, guloka nate, era ekikolo kyagwo ekiggya tekifa.
Though there is—for a tree—hope, —if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;
8 Emirandira gyagwo gyandikaddiyidde mu ttaka era n’ekikonge ne kifiira mu ttaka,
If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:
9 naye olw’emirandira okutambula ne ginoonya amazzi kimulisa ne kireeta amatabi ng’ekisimbe.
Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,
10 Naye omuntu afa era n’agalamizibwa, assa ogw’enkomerero n’akoma.
Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?
11 Ng’amazzi bwe gaggwa mu nnyanja oba omugga bwe gukalira ne guggwaawo,
Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;
12 bw’atyo omuntu bw’agalamira, era n’atasituka okutuusa eggulu bwe linaggwaawo, abantu tebajja kuzuukuka oba kuggyibwa mu tulo twabwe.
So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up 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, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed 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, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: —
15 Olimpita nange ndikuyitaba; olyegomba ekitonde emikono gyo kye gyatonda.
Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, —For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.
16 Ddala ku olwo bw’olibala ebigere byange, naye tolyekaliriza bibi byange.
For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:
17 Ebisobyo byange biriba bisibiddwa mu kisawo; olibikka ku kibi kyange.
Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.
18 “Naye ng’olusozi bwe luseebengerera ne luggwaawo, era ng’ejjinja bwe liva mu kifo kyalyo,
But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved 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.
Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:
20 Omumalamu amaanyi omuwangula lumu n’aggweerawo ddala; okyusa enfaanana ye n’omugoba.
Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.
21 Abaana be bwe bafuna ekitiibwa, takimanya, bwe bagwa, takiraba.
His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.
22 Obulamu bw’omubiri gwe bwokka bw’awulira ne yeekungubagira yekka.”
But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.
