1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.39.6 barren…: Heb. salt places 7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.39.7 of the driver: Heb. of the exactor 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? 11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?39.13 wings and…: or, the feathers of the stork and ostrich 14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; 17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. 18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.39.20 terrible: Heb. terror 21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.39.21 He paweth: or, His feet dig39.21 the armed…: Heb. the armour 22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. 25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? 27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?39.27 at…: Heb. by thy mouth 28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
1“Kodi iwe umadziwa nthawi imene mbalale yayikazi imaswera?
Kodi umaonerera pamene nswala ikubala?
2Kodi umawerenga miyezi imene zimakhala ndi bere?
Kodi nthawi imene zimaswana iwe umayidziwa?
3Zimakhala tsonga ndi kuswa ana awo;
pamenepo ululu wobereka nʼkutha.
4Ana a nyamazi amakhala ndi mphamvu ndipo amakulira mʼthengo;
kenaka amachoka ndipo sabwereranso.
5“Kodi bulu wakuthengo amamupatsa ndani ufulu wongodziyendera?
Ndani amamasula zingwe zake?
6Ine ndinamupatsa chipululu kuti chikhale mudzi wake,
nthaka ya mchere kuti ikhale malo ake okhalamo
7Iye amakhala kutali ndi phokoso la mu mzinda;
ndipo samva kufuwula kwa oyendetsa nyama zakatundu.
8Amayendayenda mʼmapiri kudya msipu
ndipo amafunafuna msipu uliwonse wobiriwira.
9“Kodi njati ingavomere kukutumikira?
Kodi ingagone mu gome lako usiku?
10Kodi ungathe kuyimanga ndi zingwe kuti izilima?
Kodi ingasalaze nthumbira mʼmunda mwako?
11Kodi ungadalire njatiyo chifukwa champhamvu zake?
Kodi ungayilekere kuti igwire ntchito zako zolemetsa?
12Kodi ungadalire kuti idzakubweretsera tirigu wako
ndi kumuyika ku malo opunthira?
13“Nthiwatiwa imakupiza mapiko ake monyadira,
koma mapikowo sangafanane ndi mapiko ndi nthenga za kakowa.
14Nthiwatiwa imakwirira mazira ake pansi
ndipo amafundidwa ndi nthaka,
15nthiwatiwayo sidera nkhawa kuti mazira ake angathe kuswanyidwa,
ndi kuti nyama zakuthengo zitha kuwaponda.
16Nthiwatiwa imachitira nkhanza ana ake ngati anawo si ake;
Imayiwala zoti inavutika powabala.
17Chifukwa Mulungu anayimana nzeru,
simvetsa kanthu kalikonse.
18Komatu nthiwatiwa ikadzambatuka ndi kuyamba kuthamanga,
imamusiya kutali kavalo ndi wokwerapo wake.
19“Kodi ndiwe amene umamupatsa mphamvu kavalo
kapena kumuveka chenjerere mʼkhosi mwake?
20Kodi ndiwe amene umalipatsa dzombe ulemerero wolumphira,
ukali wake nʼkumachititsa mantha?
21Iye amalumphalumpha moopseza, kukondwerera mphamvu zake,
ndipo amapita ku nkhondo ndi mphamvu zake zonse.
22Iye sachita mantha, saopa chilichonse;
sabwerera mʼmbuyo akaona lupanga.
23Zida zankhondo zimachita kwichikwichi mʼchimake pambali pake
pamodzi ndi mkondo wonyezimira ndi nthungo.
24Kavaloyo amanjenjemera ndi ukali ndi kulumphalumpha;
satha kungoyima pamene wamva kulira kwa lipenga.
25Lipenga likalira amati, ‘Twee!’
Amamva fungo la nkhondo ali patali,
kufuwula kwa anthu olamulira nkhondo ndi mfuwu wankhondo.
26“Kodi kabawi amawuluka ndi nzeru zako,
ndi kutambasula mapiko ake kupita kummwera?
27Kodi umalamulira chiwombankhanga ndiwe kuti chiziwuluka
ndi kumanga chisa chake pamwamba penipeni?
28Chimakhala pa phiri ndipo chimakhala pamenepo usiku;
chimakhala pa msonga penipeni pa mwala.
29Chili pamenepo chimayangʼanayangʼana choti chigwire kuti chidye;
maso ake amachionera patali chinthucho.
30Ana ake amayamwa magazi,
ndipo kumene kuli mitembo ndiko chimapezeka.”
