1 Jobe kashandula eti,
2 “Apa kowodza kukabe lini mundigongobola kene,
kakale mundikowobedza nge matama kene?
3 Kwabe ka gumi makabhata mundituka,
apa amutobhakhwa nge shoni kunditanga kene?
4 Ngono nenguba pamwe kuli lebeswa ndakatjinya,
nlandu wangu umu ndili ndoga.
5 Ha nge malebeswa muzwikudza,
mushingisa kulengudzika kwangu kundibona nlandu,
6 zibani ngono kuti Ndzimu ndiwo wanditanga,
wandibhatshila nge gwanga gwawo.
7 Bonani, ndomimila nditi, ‘Ndatangiwa kaa!’ Akuna unonditeedza!
Ndolila ndishaka bhatsho koga akuna ndulamo.
8 Wakazhalila zila yangu kuti ndisipinde,
ukabiga zhalima mu zila dzangu.
9 Wakanditolela gudzo langu,
ukandiambula tjiala mu nsholo wangu.
10 Unondipalulanya mbizho dzose, ndatjipelela,
ukadzikunula kugalabgwe kwangu se nti.
11 Unothutidza bushongola gwawo mundili,
unonditola se tjita tjawo.
12 Babhayani bawo banozwibumba
bakabaka matuluthulu kundipoteleka,
bakakomba nshasha wangu.
13 “Wakandithubukanya ne zwikamu zwangu,
bandakawolobelana nabo banozwithama basingandizibe.
14 Makamu angu bamile kule nami
bakwinya bangu batjindikangang'wa,
15 bezi mu nzi wangu batjindikangang'wa,
balandakadzi bangu banonditola se nzhi,
ndatjibe ntaya ku bali.
16 Nenguba ndidana nlanda wangu aatondidabila,
ne ndinkumbila dumbu nge wangu nlomo.
17 Meya yangu inonuhwila nkadzi wangu,
bana ba mmeyangu bakati ndonuhwa.
18 Ne bana batukununu banondilengudza,
anditi ndomilika banondiseka.
19 Bose bakwinya bangu bakulu banondishima,
ibabo bandakabe ndida kwazo bakandifupatila.
20 Mafupa angu akanamatilana ne ganda,
ndabuya pa tukununu koga.
21 “Mundihwile zogwadza,
mundihwile zogwadza kaa bakwinya bangu!
Ngobe luboko gwe Ndzimu gwandiloba!
22 Ini mundidziyidza se Ndzimu kene?
Apa kudziyidza nyama yangu kwenyu akuzogala kene?
23 “Ekee, ungati matama angu angakwagwa!
Ekee, ungati angakwagwa mu bhuka!
24 Ekee, ungati angakwagwa nge peni ye butale ne mu bgwe,
kuti akobolegwe mu bgwe ndizo agalile tjose!
25 Ngobe ndoziba kuti Ndzutunuli wangu unotjila,
kowoti ku bupelo kama mu shango,
26 nenguba ganda langu lapela sa ikoku,
koga mu mbili wangu iwoyu ndowobona Ndzimu.
27 Ndiwo wandinowobona ku lubizho gwangu,
nge mesho angu ndowoubona kusi upoga.
Moyo wangu unoyemula ikoku.
Ndzimu unowomusumikilisa
28 “Amuti, ‘Towon'sala shule kuti!’
Kakale kuti, ‘Budwilo gwe mang'oni ini
ne nlandu waakathama ndiupi?’
29 Itjani thumo, imwi nge kwenyu,
ngobe bushongola gozhisa kulobgwa shamu nge thumo,
kuti muzibe kuti kuna kusumikilisa.”
Job
1-2 Why do you keep tormenting me with words?
3 Time after time you insult me
and show no shame for the way you abuse me.
4 Even if I have done wrong,
how does that hurt you?
5 You think you are better than I am,
and regard my troubles as proof of my guilt.
6 Can't you see it is God who has done this?
He has set a trap to catch me.
7 I protest his violence,
but no one is listening;
no one hears my cry for justice.
8 God has blocked the way, and I can't get through;
he has hidden my path in darkness.
9 He has taken away all my wealth
and destroyed my reputation.
10 He batters me from every side.
He uproots my hope
and leaves me to wither and die.
11 God is angry and rages against me;
he treats me like his worst enemy.
12 He sends his army to attack me;
they dig trenches and lay siege to my tent.
13 God has made my own family forsake me;
I am a stranger to those who knew me;
14 my relatives and friends are gone.
15 Those who were guests in my house have forgotten me;
my servant women treat me like a stranger and a foreigner.
16 When I call a servant, he doesn't answer—
even when I beg him to help me.
17 My wife can't stand the smell of my breath,
and my own brothers won't come near me.
18 Children despise me and laugh when they see me.
19 My closest friends look at me with disgust;
those I loved most have turned against me.
20 My skin hangs loose on my bones;
I have barely escaped with my life.
21 You are my friends! Take pity on me!
The hand of God has struck me down.
22 Why must you persecute me the way God does?
Haven't you tormented me enough?
23 How I wish that someone would remember my words
and record them in a book!
24 Or with a chisel carve my words in stone
and write them so that they would last forever.
25 But I know there is someone in heaven
who will come at last to my defense.
26 Even after my skin is eaten by disease,
while still in this body I will see God.
27 I will see him with my own eyes,
and he will not be a stranger.
My courage failed because you said,
28 “How can we torment him?”
You looked for some excuse to attack me.
29 But now, be afraid of the sword—
the sword that brings God's wrath on sin,
so that you will know there is one who judges.