1“But now, Job, listen to my words;
pay attention to everything I say.
2I am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip of my tongue.
3My words come from an upright heart;
my lips sincerely speak what I know.
4The Spirit of God has made me;
the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5Answer me then, if you can;
stand up and argue your case before me.
6I am the same as you in God’s sight;
I too am a piece of clay.
7No fear of me should alarm you,
nor should my hand be heavy on you.
8“But you have said in my hearing—
I heard the very words—
9‘I am pure, I have done no wrong;
I am clean and free from sin.
10Yet God has found fault with me;
he considers me his enemy.
11He fastens my feet in shackles;
he keeps close watch on all my paths.’
12“But I tell you, in this you are not right,
for God is greater than any mortal.
13Why do you complain to him
that he responds to no one’s words33:13 Or that he does not answer for any of his actions?
14For God does speak—now one way, now another—
though no one perceives it.
15In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they slumber in their beds,
16he may speak in their ears
and terrify them with warnings,
17to turn them from wrongdoing
and keep them from pride,
18to preserve them from the pit,
their lives from perishing by the sword.33:18 Or from crossing the river
19“Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain
with constant distress in their bones,
20so that their body finds food repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.
21Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.
22They draw near to the pit,
and their life to the messengers of death.33:22 Or to the place of the dead
23Yet if there is an angel at their side,
a messenger, one out of a thousand,
sent to tell them how to be upright,
24and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
‘Spare them from going down to the pit;
I have found a ransom for them—
25let their flesh be renewed like a child’s;
let them be restored as in the days of their youth’—
26then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,
they will see God’s face and shout for joy;
he will restore them to full well-being.
27And they will go to others and say,
‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right,
but I did not get what I deserved.
28God has delivered me from going down to the pit,
and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’
29“God does all these things to a person—
twice, even three times—
30to turn them back from the pit,
that the light of life may shine on them.
31“Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;
be silent, and I will speak.
32If you have anything to say, answer me;
speak up, for I want to vindicate you.
33But if not, then listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
133:1 Yob 13:6“Kaakano ggwe Yobu, wuliriza ebigambo byange:
ssaayo omwoyo ku byonna bye njogera.
2Laba nnaatera okwasamya akamwa kange,
ebigambo byange bindi ku lulimi.
333:3 Yob 6:28; 27:4; 36:4Ebigambo byange biva mu mutima omulongoofu;
olulimi lwange, mu bwesimbu, lwogera bye mmanyi.
433:4 a Lub 2:7; Yob 10:3 b Yob 27:3Omwoyo wa Katonda ye yankola,
era omukka gw’oyo Ayinzabyonna gumpa obulamu.
533:5 a nny 32 b Yob 13:18Onnyanukule nno bw’oba osobola,
teekateeka ebigambo byo onjolekere.
633:6 Yob 4:19Laba, nange ndi ggwe mu maaso ga Katonda.
Nange nava mu bbumba.
733:7 Yob 9:34; 13:21; 2Ko 2:4Tobaako ky’otya,
sijja kukunyigiriza.
8Ddala ddala oyogedde mpulira,
ebigambo byennyini mbiwulidde ng’ogamba nti,
933:9 a Yob 10:7 b Yob 13:23; 16:17Ndi mulongoofu sirina kibi,
siriiko musango so mu nze temuli butali butuukirivu.
1033:10 Yob 13:24Kyokka Katonda anteekako omusango,
anfudde omulabe we.
1133:11 a Yob 13:27 b Yob 14:16Asiba ebigere byange mu nvuba,
antwala okuba omulabe we.
1233:12 Mub 7:20“Naye leka nkubuulire, mu kino toli mutuufu.
Katonda asinga omuntu.
1333:13 Yob 40:2; Is 45:9Lwaki omwemulugunyiza nti,
taddamu bigambo bya muntu yenna?
1433:14 Zab 62:11Kubanga Katonda ayogerera mu ngeri emu, n’awalala n’ayogerera mu ngeri endala,
wadde ng’omuntu tassaayo mwoyo.
1533:15 Yob 4:13Mu kirooto mu kwolesebwa ekiro
ng’otulo tungi tukutte abantu
nga beebase ku bitanda byabwe,
1633:16 Yob 36:10, 15aggula amatu g’abantu,
n’abalabula n’ebyekango,
17alyoke akyuse omuntu okumuggya mu bikolwa ebibi
n’amalala,
1833:18 a nny 22, 24, 28, 30 b Yob 15:22aziyize emmeeme ye okukka mu bunnya,
n’obulamu bwe buleme okuzikirira n’ekitala.
1933:19 Yob 30:17“Omuntu ayinza okubonerezebwa, olumbe ne lumulumira ku kitanda kye,
n’alumwa olutatadde mu magumba ge,
2033:20 a Zab 107:18 b Yob 3:24; 6:6obulamu bwe ne bwetamira ddala emmere,
emmeeme ye n’ekyayira ddala ebyassava.
2133:21 Yob 16:8; 19:20Omubiri gwe gugwako ku magumba,
n’amagumba ge ne gafubutukayo gye gaali geekwese,
2233:22 Zab 88:3emmeeme ye n’esembera kumpi n’obunnya;
obulamu bwe ne bulaga eri abo abaleeta okufa.
2333:23 Mi 6:8Singa wabaawo malayika ku ludda lwe,
amuwolereza, omu ku lukumi,
okubuulira omuntu ekigwanidde;
2433:24 Is 38:17yandimukwatiddwa ekisa n’amugamba nti,
‘Muwonye aleme kusuulibwa magombe,
mmusasulidde omutango,’
2533:25 2Bk 5:14omubiri gwe guzzibwa buggya ng’ogw’omwana omuwere,
era guddayo ne gubeera nga bwe gwali mu nnaku ze ez’obuvubuka.
2633:26 a Yob 34:28 b Yob 22:26 c Zab 50:15; 51:12Omuntu asaba Katonda, Katonda n’amukwatirwa ekisa.
Alaba amaaso ga Katonda n’ajaguza n’essanyu,
Katonda n’amuddiza nate ekifo kye eky’obutuukirivu.
2733:27 a 2Sa 12:13 b Luk 15:21 c Bar 6:21Awo omuntu n’akomawo eri abantu n’abagamba nti,
Nayonoona, ne nkola ekyo ekitaali kirungi,
naye ne sibonerezebwa nga bwe kyali kiŋŋwanidde.
2833:28 Yob 22:28Yanunula emmeeme yange n’amponya okukka mu bunnya;
kyenaava mbeera omulamu ne nsigala nga mpoomerwa ekitangaala.
2933:29 1Ko 12:6; Bef 1:11; Baf 2:13“Bw’atyo Katonda bw’akola omuntu
emirundi ebiri oba esatu,
3033:30 Zab 56:13okuzza emmeeme ye ng’agiggya emagombe,
ekitangaala eky’obulamu kimwakire.
31“Yobu, weetegereze nnyo, ompulirize;
siriikirira nkubuulire.
32Bw’oba ng’olina eky’okwogera kyonna, nziraamu;
yogera kubanga njagala wejjeerere.
3333:33 Zab 34:11Bwe kitaba kityo, mpuliriza;
sirika nange nnaakuyigiriza amagezi.”
