1 “Tjitongo dana ngwenu, apa kuna unowokudabila kene?
Apa ndiupi we bayengemali waunowoshandukila kunli kene?
2 Shungu dzobulaya tjilengwe!
Fupa lobulaya nlelulelu.
3 Imi ndakabona tjilen'gwe tjiwatshika nge midzi,
koga tjinyolotjo alonga bhiso mu nsha watjo.
4 Bana batjo abazobakililika,
bano tshambilidziwa ku lubazhe akuna unobalebelekela.
5 Banofa nge zhala banozwitolegwa tjaakavuna,
bakatola nenge mathunde awe akamela pakati kwe mihwa,
bana njemulo dzinopisa banoyemula thundu dzidze.
6 Ngoti zogwadza azwitodwa mu hwuluba,
mang'oni aatomela mu mavu.
7 Koga nthu iye unozwaligwa mang'oni,
anonga sasi dze moto dzinowuluka.
8 “Koga imi, ndingabe ndishaka bhatsho ku Ndzimu,
ndabe ndowobikila Ndzimu ndebo yangu,
9 iwo unothama zwithu zwinotjenamisa kakale zwisingahwisisike,
iwo unothama matjenamiso manjinji asina mbalo.
10 Iwo unonisa vula mu shango,
iwo unodilidzila shango.
11 Unomilidzila pezhugwi bapasi,
ibabo banolila unobamilidzila kuna mbakililo.
12 Iwo unodzinganyidza butjakwani gwe batjenjedu,
kuti ndizo kushete tjabanothama tjinotubuka.
13 Unobhatila batjenjedu mu butjakwani gwabo,
njanga dze bupitipiti dzozha ku bhelelo tjinyolotjo.
14 Zhalima lobawila kuli masikati,
bakazwiwana beambaamba masikati se mu lima.
15 Unodzutunula nshayi mu thumo linodwa mu milomo yabo,
unobadzutunula mu maboko ebana masimba.
16 Kuti ndizo bashayi bawane kugalabgwe,
nekuti anyaladze banobashayila ndulamo.
17 “Bona, wakakombolegwa nthu unotjemegwa nge Ndzimu!
Ndizo usilingile pasi kutjemegwa ndi Masimbawose.
18 Ngobe unobanga banga, ngono ukalisunga,
unoloba ngono maboko awo kapodza!
19 Unowokudzutunula mu mang'oni ali tathatu,
ngono gwe butendeka akuna mbipo inowoku kutha.
20 Mu nsi we bhamba unowokudzutunula mu lufu,
mu nsi we ngwa unowokudzutunula mu simba le thumo.
21 Unowokubakilila mu matama anopitsha,
ngono autowotja ha golomodzo lizha.
22 Unowoti ubona bhamba ne golomodzo ukamwemwetela,
ngono autotja zwibandana zwe shango.
23 Ngoti paunowolima kowobe kuli pa buyanana,
zwibandana zwe shango zowobe zwakabakidzana nawe.
24 Unowoziba kuti nshasha uwo wakabakililika,
unowoti ulinga zwithuwo zwizo ukawana zwilipo zose.
25 Unowoziba kuti bana babo bawanda,
zwizekugwana zwizo zowobe zwinji
zwikanga bushwa gwakaambadza shango.
26 Unowongina mu ikumbu wakula,
se mathunde abidwa atjilulwamila vung'wa.
27 Bona, woku takakushakisisa, i lebeswa,
bhulutana ngobe kwakululwamila.”
1 Call out, Job. See if anyone answers.
Is there any angel to whom you can turn?
2 To worry yourself to death with resentment
would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.
3 I have seen fools who looked secure,
but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.
4 Their children can never find safety;
no one stands up to defend them in court.
5 Hungry people will eat the fool's crops—
even the grain growing among thorns —
and thirsty people will envy his wealth.
6 Evil does not grow in the soil,
nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
7 No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves,
as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
8 If I were you, I would turn to God
and present my case to him.
9 We cannot understand the great things he does,
and to his miracles there is no end.
10 He sends rain on the land
and he waters the fields.
11 Yes, it is God who raises the humble
and gives joy to all who mourn.
12-13 He upsets the plans of cunning people,
and traps the wise in their own schemes,
so that nothing they do succeeds;
14 even at noon they grope in darkness.
15 But God saves the poor from death;
he saves the needy from oppression.
16 He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.
17 Happy is the person whom God corrects!
Do not resent it when he rebukes you.
18 God bandages the wounds he makes;
his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.
19 Time after time he will save you from harm;
20 when famine comes, he will keep you alive,
and in war protect you from death.
21 God will rescue you from slander;
he will save you when destruction comes.
22 You will laugh at violence and hunger
and not be afraid of wild animals.
23 The fields you plow will be free of rocks;
wild animals will never attack you.
24 Then you will live at peace in your tent;
when you look at your sheep, you will find them safe.
25 You will have as many children
as there are blades of grass in a pasture.
26 Like wheat that ripens till harvest time,
you will live to a ripe old age.
27 Job, we have learned this by long study.
It is true, so now accept it.