UJobe 7
1 “Umuntu kakho ekutshikatshikeni okunzima yini emhlabeni? Insuku zakhe kazifani lezomuntu oqhatshiweyo na?
not army: duty to/for human (upon *Q(k)*) land: country/planet and like/as day hired day his
2 Njengesigqili siloyisa amathunzi okuhlwa, lanjengoqhatshiweyo elindele umholo wakhe,
like/as servant/slave to long for shadow and like/as hired to await work his
3 kanjalo ngibekelwe izinyanga ezingelambadalo, lobusuku bosizi sebabelwe mina.
so to inherit to/for me month vanity: vain and night trouble to count to/for me
4 Ngithi nxa ngilala ngicabange ngithi, ‘Kuzakusa nini na’? Ubusuku buyadonsa ngiqwayize kuze kuse.
if to lie down: lay down and to say how to arise: rise and to measure evening and to satisfy tossing till twilight
5 Umzimba wami uphihlika impethu lamathuthuva, isikhumba sami siyobukile siyabhibhidla.
to clothe flesh my worm (and clod *Q(K)*) dust skin my to harden and to flow
6 Insuku zami ziyaphangisa kulosungulo lomaluki, zisuka ziphele kungekho ithemba.
day my to lighten from shuttle and to end: finish in/on/with end hope
7 Khumbula, Oh Nkulunkulu, ukuthi impilo yami ngumoya nje; amehlo ami kawayikufa akubona njalo ukuthokoza.
to remember for spirit: breath life my not to return: again eye my to/for to see: see good
8 Ilihlo elingibonayo khathesi alisayikuphinde lingibone futhi; lizangidinga, kodwa ngizakuba ngingasekho.
not to see me eye sight eye your in/on/with me and nothing I
to end: expend cloud and to go: went so to go down hell: Sheol not to ascend: rise (Sheol h7585)
10 Kasoze lanini aphinde angene endlini yakhe; indawo yakhe kayisayikubuye imazi lanini.
not to return: return still to/for house: home his and not to recognize him still place his
11 Ngakho-ke kangizukuthula; ngizakhuluma ubuhlungu obusemoyeni wami, ngizasola ngokudabuka komphefumulo wami.
also I not to withhold lip my to speak: speak in/on/with distress spirit my to muse in/on/with bitter soul my
12 Ngilulwandle yini, kumbe ngiyisilo semanzini okungaze lihlale lingilindile?
sea I if serpent: monster for to set: make upon me custody
13 Ngithi lapho ngicabanga ukuthi umbheda wami uzangiduduza lecansi lami liphungule ukusola kwami,
for to say to be sorry: comfort me bed my to lift: forgive in/on/with complaint my bed my
14 lakhona lapho liyangethusa ngamaphupho njalo lingethusele ngemibono,
and to to be dismayed me in/on/with dream and from vision to terrify me
15 okwenza ngiqome ukuklinywa lokufa, kulalo umzimba wami.
and to choose strangling soul: myself my death from bone my
16 Ngiyayeyisa impilo yami; kangiloyisi ukuphila okwaphakade. Ngiyekelani; insuku zami kazisatsho lutho.
to reject not to/for forever: enduring to live to cease from me for vanity day my
17 Umuntu uyini ongaze uzihluphe kangaka ngaye, ungaze umnake kangaka,
what? human for to magnify him and for to set: make to(wards) him heart your
18 uze umhlole ekuseni insuku zonke njalo umlinge imizuzwana yonke na?
and to reckon: visit him to/for morning to/for moment to test him
19 Kawusoze uke ukhangele eceleni kwami na, loba uke ungixekele okomzuzwana yini?
like/as what? not to gaze from me not to slacken me till to swallow up I spittle my
20 Aluba ngenze isono, kuyini engikwenzileyo kuwe, wena mlindi wabantu? Kungani ukhethe ukuhlukuluza mina na? Sengingumthwalo kuwe na?
to sin what? to work to/for you to watch [the] man to/for what? to set: make me to/for target to/for you and to be upon me to/for burden
21 Kungani ungaxoleli iziphambeko zami na, uthethelele izono zami? Ngoba kakusekhatshana ukuthi ngilale othulini; uzangidinga, kanti ngizabe ngingasekho.”
and what? not to lift: forgive transgression my and to pass: bring [obj] iniquity: crime my for now to/for dust to lie down: be dead and to seek me and nothing I
