1 Ipapo Jobe kashandula eti,
2 “Nge malebeswa ndimwi bathu dumbu,
butjenjedu gowofa namwi!
3 Koga ndina hwisiso koga samwi,
andite ndili ntukununu mu muli.
Ndiani usinga zibe zwithu izwezwi zwakajali kene?
4 Ndatjibe tjiseko ku bakwinya bangu,
imi ndakabe ndidana Ndzimu ukandidabila,
nlulwami kakale usina nlandu watjibe itjo tjiseko.
5 Iwoyu wakaliga makumbo una kulingila pasi kusheta phazha,
beti kuwigwa nge mang'oni koshingikalila ibabo banodengadenga.
6 Koga mishasha ye batoleli imile nge kunyalala,
na ibabo banotanga Ndzimu bakabakililika,
ibo banosenga ndzimu wabo nge maboko abo.
7 “Koga bhuzwa phuka ngono dzowokudiya,
kene nyuni ngono dzowokubudza,
8 kene lebeleka ne shango ngono inowokudiya,
kene hwobe dze gungwa dzowokubudza.
9 Ndizwipi zwe zwithu izwezwi zwisingazibe
kuti luboko gwa Yahwe gwakathama ikoku kene?
10 Ibo mu luboko gwabo kuna butjilo gwe zwitjili zose,
ne meya ye bathu bose.
11 Apa zebe aitoshakisisa matama kene,
koga se bgwasha guhwa kuzipa kwe zojiwa?
12 Apa butjenjedu ate guli mu sholotjena kene,
ne kuhwisisa akutozha nge mazhuba manji kene?
13 “Ku Ndzimu kuna butjenjedu ne simba
ndiwo una gumbuludzo ne hwisiso.
14 Bona, aukolomola akuna ungamusa,
auzhalilila nthu akuna ungazhula.
15 Bona, ha udzibila vula kuna kobe ne bhamba,
ha uiletjedza kobe ne nkubila ngono zokulila shango.
16 Ku uli kuna simba ne butjenjedu
batjebeli ne banotjebegwa nge bawo.
17 Unotatila kutjena bakumbuludzi basakasungila,
basumikilisi ukabathama zwilengwe.
18 Unosungunula misungo ya bomambo,
ukasunga thunji dza bomambo nge mwandabula we jila.
19 Unotatila kutjena bapirisiti basakasungila,
ukakudubhula bakasima.
20 Unonyaladza milomo ye banogalikabgwe,
katola butjenjedu gwe sholotjena.
21 Unolonga kulingigwa pasi mu bakololo ba bomambo,
ukanyebesa mwandabula we balume bakasima.
22 Unozumbunula masazibgwe mu zhalima,
ukadusila zwimu zhalima gulu mu tjedza.
23 Unothama zwitjaba zwikabe zwikulu ngono ukabuya ukazwikolomodza,
unothama zwitjaba kuti zwiwande ngono ukazwipaladzila kutjena.
24 Unotolela batungamili be shango mikumbulo,
ukabamaamisa bakalashika pasina zila.
25 Banoambaamba mu zhalima kusina tjedza,
ukabathama kuti batshatsharike se bakalaladza.
Job
1-2 Yes, you are the voice of the people.
When you die, wisdom will die with you.
3 But I have as much sense as you have;
I am in no way inferior to you;
everyone knows all that you have said.
4 Even my friends laugh at me now;
they laugh, although I am righteous and blameless;
but there was a time when God answered my prayers.
5 You have no troubles, and yet you make fun of me;
you hit someone who is about to fall.
6 But thieves and godless people live in peace,
though their only god is their own strength.
7 Even birds and animals have much they could teach you;
8 ask the creatures of earth and sea for their wisdom.
9 All of them know that the Lord's hand made them.
10 It is God who directs the lives of his creatures;
everyone's life is in his power.
11 But just as your tongue enjoys tasting food,
your ears enjoy hearing words.
12-13 Old people have wisdom,
but God has wisdom and power.
Old people have insight;
God has insight and power to act.
14 When God tears down, who can rebuild,
and who can free those God imprisons?
15 Drought comes when God withholds rain;
floods come when he turns water loose.
16 God is strong and always victorious;
both deceived and deceiver are in his power.
17 He takes away the wisdom of rulers
and makes leaders act like fools.
18 He dethrones kings and makes them prisoners;
19 he humbles priests and men of power.
20 He silences those who are trusted,
and takes the wisdom of old people away.
21 He disgraces those in power
and puts an end to the strength of rulers.
22 He sends light to places dark as death.
23 He makes nations strong and great,
but then he defeats and destroys them.
24 He makes their leaders foolish
and lets them wander confused and lost;
25 they grope in the dark and stagger like drunkards.