1My strength is almost gone.
I won’t live much longer.
A grave is waiting for me.
2People who make fun of me are all around me.
I’m forced to watch as they attack me with their words.
3“God, please pay the price to have me set free.
Who else would put up money for me?
4You have closed the minds of those who are trying to comfort me.
They don’t understand that I haven’t done anything wrong.
So don’t let them win the argument.
5Suppose someone tells lies about their friends to get a reward.
Then their own children will suffer for it.
6“God has made an example of me.
People spit in my face.
7My eyes have grown weak because I’m so sad.
My body is so thin it hardly casts a shadow.
8People who claim to be honest
are shocked when they see me.
Those who think they haven’t sinned
are stirred up against me.
They think I’m ungodly.
9But godly people will keep doing what is right.
Those who have clean hands will grow stronger.
10“Come on, all of you! Try again!
I can’t find a wise person among you.
11My life is almost over. My plans are destroyed.
Yet the desires of my heart
12turn night into day.
Even though it’s dark,
‘Light is nearby.’
13Suppose the only home I can hope for is a grave.
And suppose I make my bed in the darkness of death.
14Suppose I say to the grave,
‘You are like a father to me.’
And suppose I say to its worms,
‘You are like a mother or sister to me.’
15Then what hope do I have?
Who can give me any hope?
16Will hope go down to the gates of death with me?
Will we go down together into the dust of the grave?”
117:1 Zab 88:3-4Omutima gwange gwennyise,
ennaku zange zisalibbwaako,
entaana enninze.
217:2 1Sa 1:6-7Ddala abansekerera bannetoolodde;
amaaso gange gabeekengera.
317:3 a Zab 119:122 b Nge 6:1 c Is 38:14“Ompe, Ayi Katonda akakalu k’onsaba.
Ani omulala ayinza okunneeyimirira?
4Ozibye emitima gyabwe obutategeera;
noolwekyo toobakkirize kuwangula.
517:5 Yob 11:20Omusajja avumirira mikwano gye olw’empeera
alireetera amaaso g’abaana be okuziba.
617:6 Yob 30:9“Katonda anfudde ekisekererwa eri buli omu,
anfudde buli omu gw’afujjira amalusu mu maaso.
717:7 Yob 16:8Amaaso gange gayimbadde olw’okunakuwala;
omubiri gwange gwonna kaakano guli nga kisiikirize.
817:8 Yob 22:19Abantu ab’amazima beesisiwala olwa kino;
atalina musango agolokokedde ku oyo atatya Katonda.
917:9 a Nge 4:18 b Yob 22:30Naye era abatuukirivu banaakwatanga amakubo gaabwe,
n’abo ab’emikono emirongoofu baneeyongeranga amaanyi.
1017:10 Yob 12:2“Naye mukomeewo mwenna kaakano, mujje,
naye siraba muntu mugezi mu mmwe!
1117:11 Yob 7:6Ennaku zange ziyise entegeka zange zoonoonese,
era bwe kityo n’okwegomba kw’omutima gwange.
12Abantu bano ekiro bakifuula emisana;
mu kizikiza mwennyini mwe bagambira nti, Ekitangaala kinaatera okujja.
1317:13 Yob 3:13Amagombe bwe gaba nga ge maka mwe nnina essuubi,
bwe njala obuliri bwange mu kizikiza,
1417:14 a Yob 13:28; 30:28, 30; Zab 16:10 b Yob 21:26ne ŋŋamba amagombe nti, ‘Ggwe kitange,’
era n’eri envunyu nti, ‘Ggwe mmange,’ oba nti, ‘Ggwe mwannyinaze,’
1517:15 Yob 7:6kale essuubi lyange liba ludda wa?
Ani ayinza okuliraba?
1617:16 Yob 3:17-19; Yon 2:6Nalyo lirigenda eri enzigi z’emagombe
Oba tuligenda ffenna mu nfuufu?”
