Obutukuvu bwa Yobu
131:1 Mat 5:28“Nakola endagaano n’amaaso gange;
obutatunuulira muwala n’amaaso ag’obukaba.
231:2 Yob 20:29Kiki Katonda kye yandinsasudde okuva waggulu,
omugabo ogwandivudde eri oyo Ayinzabyonna ali waggulu?
331:3 a Yob 21:30 b Yob 34:22Emitawaana tegijjira abo abatali batukuvu,
n’okulaba ennaku ne kujjira abakola eby’obujeemu?
431:4 a 2By 16:9 b Nge 5:21Amakubo gange gonna tagalaba,
era tamanyi ntambula yange?
531:5 Mi 2:11Obanga natambulira mu bulimba
era nga n’ekigere kyange kyayanguyiriza okukola obukuusa;
631:6 Yob 6:2; 27:5-6leka mpimibwe ku minzaani ya Katonda
amanye obutuukirivu bwange.
731:7 a Yob 23:11 b Yob 9:30Obanga ekigere kyange kyali kikyamye okuva mu kkubo,
n’omutima gwange ne gugoberera amaaso gange,
engalo zange ne zibaako ebbala lyonna;
831:8 a Lv 26:16; Yob 20:18 b Mi 6:15kale nsige, omulala abirye,
weewaawo ebirime byange bikuulibwe.
931:9 Yob 24:15Obanga omutima gwange gwali gusendeddwasendeddwa omukazi,
oba ne mmuteegera ku mulyango gwa muliraanwa,
1031:10 Ma 28:30; Yer 8:10kale omukazi wange ase eŋŋaano y’omusajja omulala,
n’abasajja abalala beebake naye.
1131:11 Lub 38:24; Lv 20:10; Ma 22:22-24Kubanga ekyo kyandibadde kya kivve,
ekibi ekiŋŋwanira okubonerezebwa.
1231:12 a Yob 15:30 b Yob 26:6 c Yob 20:28Ogwo gwandibadde muliro ogwokya okutuusa mu kuzikirira,
ogwandyokezza ebyange byonna bye nasimba.”
Abaddu n’Abaavu Okubassaako Omwoyo
1331:13 Ma 24:14-15“Obanga nnali nnyoomye ensonga y’omuddu wange oba omuddu wange omukazi,
bwe banninaako ensonga,
14kale ndikola ntya Katonda bw’alinnyimukiramu?
Era bw’alimbuuza, ndimuddamu ki?
1531:15 Yob 10:3Eyantonda mu lubuto nabo si ye yabatonda?
Ffenna si ye yatukola mu mbuto za bannyaffe?
1631:16 a Yob 5:16; 20:19 b Yob 22:9“Obanga nnamma omwavu ekintu kyonna,
era obanga nakaabya nnamwandu;
1731:17 Yob 22:7; 29:12obanga nnali ndidde akamere kange nzekka
atalina kitaawe n’atalyako,
18kubanga okuva mu buto bwange namulera nga kitaawe,
era okuva mu lubuto lwa mmange nayamba nnamwandu.
1931:19 a Yob 22:6 b Yob 24:4Obanga nnali ndabye omuntu yenna ng’afa olw’okubulwa ebyambalo,
oba ali mu kwetaaga atalina kye yeebikka;
20mpozzi omutima gwe, gwe gutansiima,
olw’okumubugumya n’ebyoya by’endiga zange;
2131:21 Yob 22:9obanga nayimusa omukono gwange eri abatalina bakitaabwe,
kubanga mmanyi nti, mmanyiganye n’ab’obuyinza,
2231:22 Yob 38:15kale omukono gwange gukutuke ku kibegabega kyange,
leka gukutukireyo mu kinywa we guyungira.
2331:23 Yob 13:11Olw’okutya okuzikirizibwa Katonda n’olw’obukulu bwe,
nnali sisobola kukola bintu ng’ebyo.
2431:24 a Yob 22:25 b Mat 6:24; Mak 10:24“Obanga nateeka obweyamo bwange mu zaabu
oba ne ŋŋamba zaabu ennongoose nti, ‘Ggwe bwesige bwange;’
2531:25 Zab 62:10obanga neeyagala olw’okuba n’obugagga obungi,
oba olw’okuba emikono gyange gy’ali ginfunyisizza bingi;
2631:26 Ez 8:16obanga nnali ntunuulidde enjuba,
oba omwezi nga byaka mu kitiibwa,
27omutima gwange ne gusendebwasendebwa mu kyama,
ne mbinywegera nga mbisaamu ekitiibwa,
2831:28 Ma 17:2-7era n’ekyo kyandibadde kibi ekiŋŋwanyiza okusalirwa omusango
olw’obutaba mwesigwa eri Katonda ali waggulu.”
Abalabe n’abagwira Okubassaako Omwoyo
2931:29 a Ob 12 b Nge 17:5; 24:17-18“Obanga nasanyuka ng’omulabe wange afunye emitawaana
oba ne njaguza olw’ebizibu ebyamutuukako,
30sakkiriza kamwa kange kwonoona
nga nkolimira obulamu bwe.
3131:31 Yob 22:7Abantu b’omu nnyumba yange bwe baba tebabuuzanga nti,
‘Ani atakkuse nnyama?’
3231:32 Lub 19:2-3; Bar 12:13Tewali mutambuze yasula ku kkubo,
kubanga oluggi lwange lwali luggule eri buli muyise.
3331:33 a Nge 28:13 b Lub 3:8Obanga nakweka ekibi kyange ng’abantu bwe bakola,
nga nkweka obutali butuukirivu bwange mu mutima gwange,
3431:34 Kuv 23:2olw’okutya ekibiina,
nga ntya okuswala mu kika,
ne nsirika ne ntya n’okufuluma ebweru,
3531:35 a Yob 19:7; 30:28 b Yob 27:7; 35:14so nga waliwo ayinza okumpulira,
leka nteekeko omukono ku mpoza yange, leka Ayinzabyonna anziremu;
n’oyo ampawaabira abiteeke mu buwandiike.
36“Ddala ddala nandibyambadde ku kibegabega kyange,
nandibyambadde ku mutwe ng’engule.
3731:37 Yob 1:3; 29:25Nandimunnyonnyodde buli kifo we nalinnya ekigere,
nandimusemberedde ng’omulangira.
3831:38 Lub 4:10“Singa ettaka lyange linkaabirira,
n’ebinnya byalyo bye nsimye ne bitotobala n’amaziga;
3931:39 a 1Bk 21:19 b Lv 19:13; Yak 5:4obanga ndiddemu ebibala awatali kusasula,
era ne ndeetera bannannyini lyo okufa,
4031:40 Lub 3:18leka omwennyango gumere mu kifo ky’eŋŋaano,
n’omuddo oguwunya gumere mu kifo kya sayiri.”
Ebigambo bya Yobu byakoma wano.
1‘I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look lustfully at a young woman.
2For what is our lot from God above,
our heritage from the Almighty on high?
3Is it not ruin for the wicked,
disaster for those who do wrong?
4Does he not see my ways
and count my every step?
5‘If I have walked with falsehood
or my foot has hurried after deceit –
6let God weigh me in honest scales
and he will know that I am blameless –
7if my steps have turned from the path,
if my heart has been led by my eyes,
or if my hands have been defiled,
8then may others eat what I have sown,
and may my crops be uprooted.
9‘If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
or if I have lurked at my neighbour’s door,
10then may my wife grind another man’s grain,
and may other men sleep with her.
11For that would have been wicked,
a sin to be judged.
12It is a fire that burns to Destruction31:12 Hebrew Abaddon;
it would have uprooted my harvest.
13‘If I have denied justice to any of my servants,
whether male or female,
when they had a grievance against me,
14what will I do when God confronts me?
What will I answer when called to account?
15Did not he who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
16‘If I have denied the desires of the poor
or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
17if I have kept my bread to myself,
not sharing it with the fatherless –
18but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
and from my birth I guided the widow –
19if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,
or the needy without garments,
20and their hearts did not bless me
for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,
21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
knowing that I had influence in court,
22then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
let it be broken off at the joint.
23For I dreaded destruction from God,
and for fear of his splendour I could not do such things.
24‘If I have put my trust in gold
or said to pure gold, “You are my security,”
25if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,
the fortune my hands had gained,
26if I have regarded the sun in its radiance
or the moon moving in splendour,
27so that my heart was secretly enticed
and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
28then these also would be sins to be judged,
for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
29‘If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune
or gloated over the trouble that came to him –
30I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by invoking a curse against their life –
31if those of my household have never said,
“Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?” –
32but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
for my door was always open to the traveller –
33if I have concealed my sin as people do,31:33 Or as Adam did
by hiding my guilt in my heart
34because I so feared the crowd
and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
that I kept silent and would not go outside –
35(‘Oh, that I had someone to hear me!
I sign now my defence – let the Almighty answer me;
let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
36Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,
I would put it on like a crown.
37I would give him an account of my every step;
I would present it to him as to a ruler.) –
38‘if my land cries out against me
and all its furrows are wet with tears,
39if I have devoured its yield without payment
or broken the spirit of its tenants,
40then let briers come up instead of wheat
and stinkweed instead of barley.’
The words of Job are ended.
