UJobe 18
1 Wasephendula uBilidadi umShuhi wathi:
and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
2 Koze kube nini libekela amazwi imigibe? Nanzelelani, lemva kwalokho sikhulume.
till where? to set: make [emph?] snare to/for speech to understand and after to speak: speak
3 Kungani sithiwa sizinyamazana, singcolile emehlweni enu?
why? to devise: think like/as animal to defile in/on/with eye: seeing your
4 Udwengula umphefumulo wakhe ngokuthukuthela kwakhe. Umhlaba uzatshiywa ngenxa yakho yini, loba idwala lisuswe endaweni yalo?
to tear soul: myself his in/on/with face: anger his because you to leave: forsake land: country/planet and to proceed rock from place his
5 Yebo, ukukhanya kwabakhohlakeleyo kuzacitshwa, lenhlansi yomlilo wakhe kayiyikukhanya.
also light wicked to put out and not to shine flame fire his
6 Ukukhanya kuzafiphala ethenteni lakhe, lesibane sakhe ngaphezu kwakhe sizacitshwa.
light to darken in/on/with tent his and lamp his upon him to put out
7 Izinyathelo zamandla akhe zizafinyezwa, lecebo lakhe lizamwisela phansi.
be distressed step strength his and to throw him counsel his
8 Ngoba uzaphoselwa embuleni zinyawo zakhe, ahambe phezu kwembule.
for to send: depart in/on/with net in/on/with foot his and upon latticework to go: walk
9 Umjibila uzambamba isithende, isihitshela sizamkhulela.
to grasp in/on/with heel snare to strengthen: hold upon him snare
10 Igoda lakhe lifihlwe emhlabathini, lomjibila wakhe endleleni.
to hide in/on/with land: soil cord his and snare his upon path
11 Izesabiso zizamethusa inhlangothi zonke, zixotshane laye enyaweni zakhe.
around: side to terrify him terror and to scatter him to/for foot his
12 Amandla akhe azaqedwa yindlala, lengozi ilindele ukukhubeka kwakhe.
to be hungry strength his and calamity to establish: prepare to/for stumbling his
13 Kuzakudla ingxenye zesikhumba sakhe; izibulo lokufa lidle ingxenye zakhe.
to eat alone: pole skin his to eat alone: pole his firstborn death
14 Ithemba lakhe lizahluthunwa ethenteni lakhe, njalo kumenze aye enkosini yezesabiso.
to tear from tent his confidence his and to march him to/for king terror
15 Kuzahlala ethenteni lakhe elingeyisilo lakhe; isolufa izavuvuzelwa phezu kwendawo yakhe yokuhlala.
to dwell in/on/with tent his from without to/for him to scatter upon pasture his brimstone
16 Impande zakhe zizakoma ngaphansi, logatsha lwakhe lubune ngaphezulu.
from underneath: under root his to wither and from above to languish foliage his
17 Ukukhunjulwa kwakhe kuzabhubha emhlabeni, angabi labizo ezitaladeni.
memorial his to perish from land: country/planet and not name to/for him upon face: surface outside
18 Bazamfuqa bamsuse ekukhanyeni bamuse emnyameni, bamxotshe emhlabeni.
to thrust him from light to(wards) darkness and from world to wander him
19 Kayikuba lenzalo lasizukulwana ebantwini bakibo; kakuyikuba lansali endaweni zakhe zokuhlala.
not offspring to/for him and not progeny in/on/with people his and nothing survivor in/on/with sojourning his
20 Abalandelayo bazakwethuswa lusuku lwakhe, labokuqala bazabanjwa yisesabiso.
upon day: today his be desolate: appalled last and eastern to grasp shuddering
21 Isibili zinjalo indawo zokuhlala zomubi, njalo yiyo le indawo yongamaziyo uNkulunkulu.
surely these tabernacle unjust and this place not to know God
