Job
1Then Job replied:
2“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
and wisdom will die with you!
3But I have a mind as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?
4“I have become a laughingstock to my friends,
though I called on God and he answered—
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
5Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6The tents of marauders are undisturbed,
and those who provoke God are secure—
those God has in his hand.12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand
7“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
10In his hand is the life of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.
11Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?
12Is not wisdom found among the aged?
Does not long life bring understanding?
13“To God belong wisdom and power;
counsel and understanding are his.
14What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;
those he imprisons cannot be released.
15If he holds back the waters, there is drought;
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
16To him belong strength and insight;
both deceived and deceiver are his.
17He leads rulers away stripped
and makes fools of judges.
18He takes off the shackles put on by kings
and ties a loincloth12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt around their waist.
19He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows officials long established.
20He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.
21He pours contempt on nobles
and disarms the mighty.
22He reveals the deep things of darkness
and brings utter darkness into the light.
23He makes nations great, and destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25They grope in darkness with no light;
he makes them stagger like drunkards.
Yobu Ayanukula
1Awo Yobu n’amuddamu nti,
212:2 Yob 17:10“Awatali kubuusabuusa muli bantu.
Bwe mulifa n’amagezi gammwe ne gafa.
312:3 Yob 13:2Naye nange nnina amagezi ntegeera,
temunsinga.
Ani atabimanyi ebyo byonna?
412:4 a Yob 21:3 b Zab 91:15 c Yob 6:29Nfuuse ekisekererwa eri mikwano gyange.
Nze eyakoowolanga Katonda n’anziramu,
ne nsekererwa obusekererwa, ate nga ndi mutukuvu ataliiko musango!
5Abantu abali mu ddembe lyabwe batera okusekerera abali mu mitawaana,
ng’ebizibu bwe biba ku abo ababa batuuse awazibu.
612:6 a Yob 22:18 b Yob 9:24; 21:9Weema z’abanyazi tezibaako mutawaana,
era abo abanyiiza Katonda babeera mu ddembe
abo abeetikka katonda waabwe mu mikono gyabwe.
7Naye buuza ensolo zijja kukuyigiriza,
oba ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga binaakubuulira.
8Oba yogera n’ettaka linaakusomesa
oba ebyennyanja eby’omu nnyanja binaakunnyonnyola.
912:9 Is 41:20Biki ku bino ebitamanyi nti,
omukono gwa Mukama gwe gukoze ebyo?
1012:10 Yob 27:3; 33:4; Bik 17:28Buli bulamu bwa kitonde buli mu mukono gwe,
na buli mukka ogussibwa abantu bonna.
1112:11 Yob 34:3Okutu tekugezesa bigambo
ng’olulimi bwe lukomba ku mmere?
1212:12 a Yob 15:10 b Yob 32:7, 9Amagezi tegasangibwa mu bakaddiye?
Okuwangaala tekuleeta kutegeera?
1312:13 a Yob 11:6 b Yob 9:4 c Yob 32:8; 38:36Katonda y’alina amagezi n’amaanyi;
y’ateesa ebigambo era y’alina okutegeera.
1412:14 a Yob 19:10 b Yob 37:7; Is 25:2Ky’amenya teri ayinza kuddamu kukizimba;
ky’asiba mu kkomera tekiyinza kuteebwa.
1512:15 a 1Bk 8:35 b 1Bk 17:1 c Lub 7:11Bw’aziyiza amazzi, ekyeeya kijja,
bw’agata gazikiriza ensi.
1612:16 Yob 13:7, 9Ye, ye nannyini maanyi n’obuwanguzi,
abalimba n’abalimbibwa bonna babe.
1712:17 a Yob 19:9 b Yob 3:14Aggyawo abawi b’amagezi nga tebalina kantu,
abalamuzi n’abafuula abasirusiru.
1812:18 Zab 116:16Bakabaka abaggyako enjegere ze beesiba ebiwato byabwe,
n’abasibamu obukete.12:18 Obukete bwe bugoye bwokka abaddu abawambe bwe bakkirizibwanga okwambala.
1912:19 Yob 24:12, 22; 34:20, 28; 35:9Bakabona abatwala nga tebalina kantu,
n’asuula abasajja abaanywera.
2012:20 Yob 32:9Aziba emimwa egy’abawi b’amagezi abeesigwa,
era n’aggyawo okwolesebwa kw’abakadde.
21Ayiwa ekivume ku bakungu,
era n’aggya ebyokulwanyisa ku b’amaanyi.
2212:22 a 1Ko 4:5 b Yob 3:5 c Dan 2:22Abikkula ebintu eby’ebuziba eby’ekizikiza,
n’aleeta n’ebisiikirize eby’amaanyi mu kitangaala.
2312:23 a Yer 25:9 b Zab 107:38; Is 9:3; 26:15Afuula amawanga okuba ag’amaanyi, era n’agazikiriza;
agaziya amawanga n’agasaasaanya.
2412:24 Zab 107:40Abakulembeze baamawanga abaggyako okukola ebisaanidde;
n’abasindika nga bagwirana mu ddungu eritaliimu kkubo.
2512:25 a Yob 5:14 b Zab 107:27; Is 24:20Bawammantira mu kizikiza awatali kitangaala;
abaleetera okutagala ng’abatamiivu.”
