Yobu 16
1 Yobu n’addamu nti,
Then Job answered:
2 “Mpulidde ebintu bingi ebiri nga bino; mwenna muli mikwano gyange egitagasa.
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
3 Ebigambo byammwe bingi, tebiikome? Kiki ekibaluma ne mutalekeraawo kuwakana?
Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
4 Nange nandyogedde nga mmwe, singa mmwe mubadde mu kifo kyange; nandyogedde ebigambo ebisengeke obulungi ebibanyiga, ne mbanyeenyeza n’omutwe gwange.
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
5 Naye akamwa kange kandibazizzaamu amaanyi; ebigambo eby’essuubi okuva mu kamwa kange byandibaleetedde eddembe.
But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
6 “Ate bwe njogera, obulumi bwange tebuwona, bwe nsirika era busigalawo.
Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
7 Mazima ddala, Ayi Katonda, ommazeemu amaanyi; osaanyiririzzaawo ddala ennyumba yange yonna.
Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
8 Onsibye n’onyweza ekinnumiririza ddala, obukovvu bwange bwe bukulaga bwe ndi, kirabika ne ku maaso.
You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
9 Katonda annumba n’obusungu bwe n’anjuzaayuza, annumira emba; omulabe wange antunuulira nkaliriza n’amaaso ge agafumita.
His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
10 Abantu bayasamya emimwa gyabwe ne bansekerera; bankuŋŋaanirako ne bankuba empi ku matama.
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
11 Katonda ampaddeyo eri omukozi w’ebibi, era n’ansuula mu mikono gy’ababi.
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
12 Nnali bulungi, n’anjuzaamu wakati; yankwata ku nsingo n’ammenyamu. Anfudde ssabbaawa,
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
13 abakubi b’obusaale banneetoolodde. Awatali kusaasira, afumita ensigo zange, omususa gwange ne guyiika ku ttaka.
His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Annumba, emirundi n’emirundi, n’anfubutukirako ng’omulwanyi omuzira.
He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
15 “Neetungidde ebikutiya eby’okukungubagiramu, ne nkweka obwenyi bwange mu nfuufu.
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
16 Nzenna mmyuse amaaso olw’okukaaba, ekisiikirize ekikwafu ennyo kyetoolodde amaaso gange,
My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
17 newaakubadde ng’emikono gyange tegirina bibi bye gikoze, n’okusaba kwange nga kutukuvu.
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
18 “Ggwe ensi, tobikka ku musaayi gwange; nneme okusirisibwa!
O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
19 Era kaakano omujulirwa wange ali mu ggulu; omuwolereza wange ali waggulu nnyo ddala.
Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
20 Mikwano gyange bansekerera, amaaso gange nga gakulukusa amaziga eri Katonda.
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
21 Ku lw’omuntu, yeegayirira eri Katonda ng’omuntu bwe yeegayiririra mukwano gwe.
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
22 “Emyaka mitono eginaayitawo nga sinnakwata lugendo olw’obutadda.”
For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
