Yobu Ayanukula
1Awo Yobu n’addamu nti,
223:2 a Yob 7:11 b Yob 6:3“N’okutuusa leero okwemulugunya kwange kubalagala,
omukono gwe gunzitoowerera wadde mbadde mu kusinda.
3Singa nnali mmanyi aw’okumusanga
nandisobodde okulaga gy’abeera!
423:4 Yob 13:18Nanditutte empoza yange gy’ali,
akamwa kange nga nkajjuzizza ensonga zange.
5Nanditegedde kye yandinzizeemu,
ne neetegereza kye yandiŋŋambye.
623:6 Yob 9:4Yandimpakanyizza n’amaanyi mangi?
Nedda, teyandinteeseko musango.
723:7 Yob 13:3Eyo omuntu omutuukirivu asobola okutwalayo ensonga ye,
era nandisumuluddwa omulamuzi wange emirembe n’emirembe.
8“Bwe ŋŋenda ebuvanjuba, nga taliiyo;
ne bwe ŋŋenda ebugwanjuba, simusangayo.
923:9 Yob 9:11Bw’aba akola mu bukiikakkono simulaba,
bw’adda mu bukiikaddyo, simulabako.
1023:10 a Zab 66:10; 139:1-3 b 1Pe 1:7Naye amanyi amakubo mwe mpita,
bw’anaamala okungezesa, nzija kuvaamu nga zaabu.
1123:11 a Zab 17:5 b Zab 44:18Ebigere byange bimugoberedde;
ntambulidde mu makubo ge nga sikyamakyama.
1223:12 a Yob 6:10 b Yk 4:32, 34Saava ku biragiro by’akamwa ke.
Nayagala ebigambo by’akamwa ke okusinga emmere yange gyendya bulijjo.
1323:13 Zab 115:3“Naye yeemalirira, ani ayinza okumuwakanya?
Akola kyonna ekimusanyusa.
1423:14 1Bs 3:3Weewaawo ajja kutuukiriza by’asazzeewo okunjolekeza,
era bingi byategese by’akyaleeta.
15Kyenva mba n’entiisa nga ndi mu maaso ge;
bwe ndowooza ku bino byonna, ne mmutya.
1623:16 a Ma 20:3; Zab 22:14; Yer 51:46 b Yob 27:2Katonda anafuyizza nnyo omutima gwange,
Ayinzabyonna antiisizza nnyo.
1723:17 Yob 19:8Naye ekizikiza tekinsirisizza,
ekizikiza ekikutte ennyo ekibisse amaaso gange.”
Job
1Then Job replied:
2“Even today my complaint is bitter;
his hand23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me is heavy in spite of23:2 Or heavy on me in my groaning.
3If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!
4I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would find out what he would answer me,
and consider what he would say to me.
6Would he vigorously oppose me?
No, he would not press charges against me.
7There the upright can establish their innocence before him,
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
14He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.
15That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.
16God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
