1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2And Job spake, and said,3.2 spake: Heb. answered 3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.3.5 stain: or, challenge3.5 let the…: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day 6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.3.6 let it not be…: or, let it not rejoice among the days 7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.3.8 their…: or, leviathan 9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:3.9 the dawning…: Heb. the eyelids of the morning 10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; 15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: 16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. 17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.3.17 weary: Heb. wearied in strength 18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;3.21 long: Heb. wait 22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.3.24 I eat: Heb. my meat 25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.3.25 the thing…: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me 26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Yobu Akolimira Olunaku kwe Yazaalirwa
1Oluvannyuma lw’ebyo, Yobu n’ayasamya akamwa ke n’akolimira olunaku kwe yazaalirwa. 2N’agamba nti,
33:3 Yob 10:18-19; Yer 20:14-18“Olunaku kwe nazaalirwa luzikirire,
n’ekiro lwe kyalangirirwa nti omwana mulenzi.
4Olunaku olwo lubuutikirwe ekizikiza,
omusana guleme okulwakako,
Katonda aleme okulufaako.
53:5 Yob 10:21, 22; Zab 23:4; Yer 2:6; 13:16Ekizikiza n’ekisiikirize eky’okufa birujjule,
ekire kirutuuleko,
ekizikiza kikankanye ekitangaala kyalwo.
63:6 Yob 23:17Ekizikiza ekikutte be zigizigi kirunyage,
luleme okubalirwa awamu n’ennaku eziri mu mwaka,
wadde okuyingizibwa mu ezo eziri mu mwezi.
7Yee, lubeere lugumba,
waleme okuba eddoboozi lyonna ery’essanyu eririwulirwako.
83:8 Yob 41:1, 8, 10, 25Abo abakolimira ennyanja n’ennaku balukolimire,
n’abo abamanyi okuzuukusa agasolo galukwata mu nnyanja, balukolimire.
93:9 Yob 41:18Emmunyeenye ez’omu matulutulu gaalwo zibe ekizikiza,
lulindirire ekitangaala kirubulwe,
luleme okulaba ebikowe by’oku nkya.
10Kubanga terwaggala nzigi za lubuto lwa mmange,
nneme okulaba obuyinike.
113:11 Yob 10:18“Lwaki saafa nga nzalibwa,
oba ne nfa nga nva mu lubuto lwa mmange?
123:12 Lub 30:3; Is 66:12Lwaki amaviivi ganzikiriza okugatuulako
era n’amabeere okugayonka?
133:13 a Yob 17:13 b Yob 7:8-10, 21; 10:22; 14:10-12; 19:27; 21:13, 23Kaakano nandibadde ngalamidde nga neesirikidde,
nandibadde neebase nga neewummulidde,
143:14 a Yob 12:17 b Yob 15:28wamu ne bakabaka n’abakungu ab’ensi,
abezimbira embiri kaakano amatongo,
153:15 a Yob 12:21 b Yob 27:17oba n’abalangira abaalina zaabu,
abajjuzanga ffeeza mu nnyumba zaabwe.
163:16 Zab 58:8; Mub 6:3Oba lwaki saaziikibwa ng’omwana azaaliddwa ng’afudde,
atalabye ku kitangaala?
173:17 Yob 17:16Eyo ababi gye batatawaanyizibwa,
era n’abakooye gye bawummulira.
183:18 Yob 39:7Abasibe gye bawummulira awamu,
gye batawulirira kiragiro ky’oyo abaduumira.
19Abakopi n’abakungu gye babeera;
abaddu gye batatuntuzibwa bakama baabwe.
203:20 1Sa 1:10; Yer 20:18; Ez 27:30-31“Lwaki omuyinike aweebwa ekitangaala,
ne kimulisiza oyo alumwa mu mwoyo,
213:21 a Kub 9:6 b Nge 2:4era lwaki yeegomba okufa naye ne kutajja,
n’akunoonya okusinga obugagga obuziikiddwa,
22abajaguza ekisukkiridde,
ne basanyuka ng’atuuse ku ntaana?
233:23 Yob 19:6, 8, 12; Zab 88:8; Kgb 3:7Lwaki okuwa ekitangaala oyo,
atayinza kulaba kkubo,
Katonda gw’akomedde?
243:24 a Yob 6:7; 33:20 b Zab 42:3, 4Kubanga nkaaba mu kifo ky’okulya,
n’okusinda kwange kufukumuka ng’amazzi.
253:25 Yob 30:15Ekintu kye nantiiranga ddala
era kye nakyawa kye kyantukako.
263:26 Yob 7:4, 14Siwummudde wadde okusiriikirira wadde okuba n’emirembe,
wabula buzibu bwereere bwe bunzijidde.”
