Yobu 6
1 Yobu n’ayanukula ng’agamba nti,
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Singa okweraliikirira kwange, n’okubonaabona kwange bipimibwa ne biteekebwa ku minzaani!
O that my grief were but weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 Weewaawo byandisinze omusenyu gw’ennyanja okuzitowa; ebigambo byange kyenvudde mbyanguyiriza.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. Therefore my words have been rash.
4 Obusaale bwa Ayinzabyonna buli mu nze n’omwoyo gwange gunywedde obusagwa bwabwo: entiisa ya Katonda erwana nange.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
5 Entulege ekaaba awali omuddo, oba ente ennume eŋŋooŋŋa awali emmere yaayo?
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?
6 Emmere etaliimu nsa eriika omutali munnyo, oba amazzi g’eggi okubaamu akawoomerera?
Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 Omutima gwange tegusikirizibwa kubikombako, biri ng’emmere etangasa.
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
8 “Singa Katonda ampa kye nsaba, n’ampa kye nsuubira,
O that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 yandisiimye okumbetenta ne mmalibwawo omukono gwe.
Even that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Kino kyandikkakkanyizza obulumi obutakoma kubanga sigaanye bigambo bya Mutukuvu.
And be it still my consolation, yea, let me exult (in pain that does not spare), that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 Amaanyi ngaggya wa, ndyoke mbe n’essuubi? Era enkomerero yange, eruwa ndyoke ngumiikirize?
What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should be patient?
12 Amaanyi gange ga mayinja oba omubiri gwange gwa kikomo?
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
13 Mu mazima sirina maanyi n’obusobozi bwanzigwako.
Is it not that I have no help in me, and that wisdom is driven quite from me?
14 Oyo agaana ebyekisa okuva eri mukwano gwe tafaayo kutya Ayinzabyonna.
To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 Baganda bange tebeesigika, bali ng’akagga akabooga ate ne kakalira,
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away,
16 akaddugalirira buli lwe kakwata, ng’omuzira,
which are black because of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
17 ate ne kaggwaawo buli lwe wabaawo ebbugumu.
What time they grow warm, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 Ebibinja by’abatambuze we biviira ku mugendo ne biraga mu ddungu ne bizikirira.
The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.
19 Abatambuze b’e Teema banoonya, bo ab’e Seeba ne balindirira n’essuubi.
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 Baalina essuubi naye bwe baatuukayo ne banyolwa nnyo.
They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.
21 Kaakano bwe mundabye ne mutya ne mukakasizza ddala nga temuliiko kye muyinza kukola.
For now ye are nothing. Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
22 Nnali mbagambye nti, ‘Mumpe ekirabo,’ oba nti, ‘Mumpeereyo ekintu ku by’obugagga bwammwe,
Did I say, Give to me? Or, Offer a present for me from your substance?
23 okumponya nve mu mukono gw’omulabe, n’okumpeerayo ekintu mpone emitego gy’abakambwe’?
Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
24 “Njigiriza nange n’aba musirise; ndaga we nsobezza.
Teach me, and I will be quiet. And cause me to understand how I have erred.
25 Ebigambo eby’amazima nga bya bulumi! Naye okuwakana kwammwe kukakasa ki?
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
26 Mugezaako okugolola ebigambo byange, ne mufuula ebigambo by’omuntu ali obubi okuba ng’empewo?
Do ye think to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of a man who is desperate are as wind?
27 Mukubira ne bamulekwa akalulu ate ne mukubira ne mukwano gwammwe.
Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
28 “Naye kaakano mubeere ba kisa muntunuulire. Ndabika ng’omulimba?
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me, for truly I shall not lie to your face.
29 Mufumiitirize, temusuula bwenkanya; Mukirowoozeeko, kubanga obujulirwa bwange buli ku kalebwerebwe.
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice. Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
30 Emimwa gyange girabika ng’egirimba? Emimwa gyange tegisobola kutegeera ttima?”
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
