UJobe 7
1 Kakukho yini imfazo kumuntu emhlabeni, lensuku zakhe kazinjengensuku zoqhatshiweyo yini?
Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?
2 Njengesigqili sikhefuzelela umthunzi, lanjengesiqatshwa silindele iholo laso,
As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,
3 ngokunjalo mina ngidliswe ilifa lenyanga zeze, lobusuku bezinhlupheko bubalelwe mina.
So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.
4 Lapho ngilala phansi ngithi: Ngizavuka nini? Ngoba ubusuku bude, njalo ngigcwele ukutshukuma kuze kuse.
If I layed me downe, I sayde, When shall I arise? and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and from vnto the dawning of the day.
5 Inyama yami yembethe impethu lamagade othuli; isikhumba sami siyadabuka siyenyanyeka.
My flesh is clothed with wormes and filthinesse of the dust: my skinne is rent, and become horrible.
6 Insuku zami ziyaphangisa kuleselukiso someluki, ziphele kungelathemba.
My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope.
7 Khumbula ukuthi impilo yami ingumoya; ilihlo lami kaliyikuphinda libone okuhle.
Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.
8 Ilihlo longibonayo kaliyikungibona futhi; amehlo akho aphezu kwami, kodwa ngizakuba ngingasekho.
The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer.
As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Kaphindi abuyele emzini wakhe, lendawo yakhe kayisayikumazi.
He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.
11 Ngakho mina kangiyikubamba umlomo wami; ngizakhuluma ekucindezelweni komoya wami, ngisole ekubabeni komphefumulo wami.
Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.
12 Ngilulwandle yini, kumbe isilo solwandle, ukuze lingibekele abalindi?
Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde?
13 Lapho ngisithi: Umbheda wami uzangiduduza, icansi lami liphungule ukusola kwami;
When I say, My couch shall relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation,
14 ubusungiqhaqhazelisa ngamaphupho, angethuse ngemibono;
Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions.
15 ukuze umphefumulo wami ukhethe ukuklinywa, ukufa kulamathambo ami.
Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones.
16 Ngiyanengwa yikho, kangiyikuphila njalonjalo; ngiyekele, ngoba insuku zami ziyize.
I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.
17 Uyini umuntu ukuthi umkhulise, lokuthi ubeke inhliziyo yakho kuye,
What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?
18 lokuthi umhambele ikuseni yonke, umlinge sonke isikhathi?
And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment?
19 Koze kube nini ungayekeli ukungiqaphela, ungangiyekeli ngize ngiginye amathe ami yini?
Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle.
20 Ngonile, ngizakwenzani kuwe, wena mlindi wabantu? Ungimiseleni ngibe yinto yakho yokunenjwa, ngize ngibe ngumthwalo kimi?
I haue sinned, what shall I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?
21 Njalo kawuthetheleli ngani isiphambeko sami, ususe isono sami? Ngoba sengizalala phansi othulini; uzangidinga ngovivi, kodwa kangiyikuba khona.
And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.
