1“I loathe my very life;
therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
2I say to God: Do not declare me guilty,
but tell me what charges you have against me.
3Does it please you to oppress me,
to spurn the work of your hands,
while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
4Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as a mortal sees?
5Are your days like those of a mortal
or your years like those of a strong man,
6that you must search out my faults
and probe after my sin—
7though you know that I am not guilty
and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
8“Your hands shaped me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me?
9Remember that you molded me like clay.
Will you now turn me to dust again?
10Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese,
11clothe me with skin and flesh
and knit me together with bones and sinews?
12You gave me life and showed me kindness,
and in your providence watched over my spirit.
13“But this is what you concealed in your heart,
and I know that this was in your mind:
14If I sinned, you would be watching me
and would not let my offense go unpunished.
15If I am guilty—woe to me!
Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,
for I am full of shame
and drowned in10:15 Or and aware of my affliction.
16If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion
and again display your awesome power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me
and increase your anger toward me;
your forces come against me wave upon wave.
18“Why then did you bring me out of the womb?
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
19If only I had never come into being,
or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
20Are not my few days almost over?
Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy
21before I go to the place of no return,
to the land of gloom and utter darkness,
22to the land of deepest night,
of utter darkness and disorder,
where even the light is like darkness.”
110:1 a 1Bk 19:4 b Yob 7:11“Obulamu bwange mbukyayidde ddala,
noolwekyo leka nfukumule okwemulugunya kwange,
njogerere mu kulumwa kw’emmeeme yange.
210:2 Yob 9:29Nnaagamba Katonda nti, Tonsalira musango ne gunsinga,
ntegeeza ky’onvunaana.
310:3 a Yob 9:22 b Yob 14:15; Zab 138:8; Is 64:8 c Yob 21:16; 22:18Kikusanyusa okunnyigiriza,
okunyooma omulimu gw’emikono gyo,
n’owagira emirimu gy’abakozi b’ebibi?
410:4 1Sa 16:7Amaaso go ga mubiri?
Olaba ng’omuntu bw’alaba?
510:5 Zab 90:2, 4; 2Pe 3:8Ennaku zo zisinga ez’omuntu,
n’emyaka gyo gisinga egy’omuntu,
610:6 Yob 14:16olyoke onoonye ebisobyo byange
era obuulirize ekibi kye nkoze,
7newaakubadde ng’omanyi nti sirina musango
era nga tewali n’omu ayinza kunzigya mu mukono gwo?
810:8 Zab 119:73“Emikono gyo gye gyammumba, gye gyankola.
Ate kaakano onookyuka okunsanyaawo?
910:9 a Is 64:8 b Lub 2:7Jjukira nti wammumba ng’ebbumba,
ate kaakano onoonfuula ng’enfuufu?
10Tewanzitulula ng’amata
n’onkwasa ng’omuzigo?”
1110:11 Zab 139:13, 15Tewannyambaza omubiri n’olususu,
n’oluka amagumba n’ebinywa n’ongatta?
1210:12 Yob 33:4Kale wampa okuganja mu maaso go,
era walabirira, n’omwoyo gwange.
1310:13 Yob 23:13Naye bino wabikweka mu mutima gwo,
era mmanyi nga byali mu birowoozo byo.
1410:14 Yob 7:21Singa nyonoona, ondaba
era tewandindese n’otombonereza.
1510:15 a Yob 9:13; Is 3:11 b Yob 9:15Bwe mba nga nsingibbwa omusango,
zinsanze nze!
Newaakubadde nga sirina musango, sisobola kuyimusa mutwe gwange,
kubanga nzijjudde obuswavu era mu kunyigirizibwa kwange, mwe nsaanikiddwa.
1610:16 a Is 38:13; Kgb 3:10 b Yob 5:9Bwe mba ng’asituka, n’onjigga ng’empologoma,
era n’onnumba n’amaanyi go amangi ennyo.
1710:17 a Yob 16:8 b Lus 1:21Oleeta abajulizi abajja okunnumiriza,
era obusungu bwo ne bweyongera gye ndi;
amayengo ne gajja okunnumba olutata.
1810:18 Yob 3:11“Kale lwaki wanziggya mu lubuto lwa mmange?
Wandindese nga tewannabaawo liiso lyonna lindabyeko.
19Singa satondebwa,
oba singa natwalibwa butereevu okuva mu lubuto ne nzikibwa.
2010:20 a Yob 14:1 b Yob 7:19 c Yob 7:16Ennaku zange entono kumpi teziweddeeko?
Ndeka mbeeko n’akaseera ak’okusanyuka,
2110:21 a 2Sa 12:23; Yob 3:13; 16:22 b Zab 23:4; 88:12nga sinnaba kugenda mu kifo eteri kudda,
ekiri mu nsi ejjudde ekizikiza, n’ekisiikirize eky’ebuziba,
22y’ensi ey’ekizikiza ekikutte, eyeekisiikirize eky’ebuziba
era n’okutabukatabuka,
ng’omusana gwayo guli nga ekizikiza.”
