Yobu 40 – LCB & NIV

Luganda Contemporary Bible

Yobu 40:1-24

1Awo Mukama n’agamba Yobu nti,

2“Oyo anoonya okuyombera ebitaliimu anaayombesa Ayinzabyonna?

Oyo aleeta empaka ku Katonda, amuddemu.”

3Awo Yobu n’addamu Mukama nti,

4“Laba, sisaanidde, kiki kye nnaakuddamu?

Emimwa kangibikkeko n’engalo.

5Njogedde omulundi gumu, so siddemu;

weewaawo emirundi ebiri sseeyongere mulundi mulala.”

6Awo Mukama ng’ali mu muyaga ogw’amaanyi n’addamu Yobu nti,

7“Weesibe engoye zo onywere ng’omusajja.

Ka nkubuuze,

naawe onziremu.

8“Onojjulula ensala yange ey’emisango;

ononsingisa omusango ggwe atuukiridde?

9Olina omukono ng’ogwa Katonda,

eddoboozi lyo lisobola okubwatuka ng’erirye?

10Kale nno yambala ekitiibwa n’obukulu

weesibe ekitiibwa n’okusukkuluma osukkulume.

11Yolesa obusungu bw’ekiruyi kyo

otunuulire buli wa malala omusse wansi.

12Tunuulira buli musajja ow’amalala omukkakkanye

era olinnyirire abakozi b’ebibi obabetentere we bali.

13Bonna baziikire wamu mu nfuufu,

emitwe gyabwe ogibikkire mu ntaana.

14Nange kennyini ndyoke nzikirize,

ng’omukono gwo ogwa ddyo, gusobola okukuwa amaanyi.”

Amaanyi g’Envubu

15“Laba ekisolo ekyefaananyiriza ng’envubu

kye natonda nga ggwe,

erya omuddo ng’ente,

16nga kirina amaanyi mayitirivu mu kiwato kyakyo

amaanyi mangi mu binywa by’olubuto lwakyo.

17Kiwuuba omukira gwakyo ne guba ng’omukira gw’omuvule

Ebinywa by’ebisambi byakyo byakwatagana nnyo.

18Amagumba gaakyo gali ng’enseke ez’ebikomo;

amagulu n’emikono ng’emitayimbwa.

19Kibalibwa mu bitonde bya Katonda ebisooka,

ate nga Katonda eyakitonda asobola okukisemberera n’ekitala kye.

20Weewaawo ensozi zikireetera emmere,

eyo ku nsozi, ensolo ez’omu nsiko zonna gye zizannyira.

21Wansi w’ebisiikirize by’emiti egy’amaggwa, we kyebaka,

ne kyekweka mu bitoogo ne mu bitosi.

22Ebisiikirize by’emiti bikibikkako,

emiti egiri ku mabbali g’omugga ne gikibikkako.

23Laba omugga ne bwe gusiikuuka tekyekanga;

kiba kinywevu, Yoludaani ne bwajjula n’abooga.

24Eriyo omuntu yenna ayinza okukikwata,

oba okuyuza ennyindo yaakyo n’akasaale?”

New International Version

Job 40:1-24

1The Lord said to Job:

2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?

Let him who accuses God answer him!”

3Then Job answered the Lord:

4“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you?

I put my hand over my mouth.

5I spoke once, but I have no answer—

twice, but I will say no more.”

6Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:

7“Brace yourself like a man;

I will question you,

and you shall answer me.

8“Would you discredit my justice?

Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

9Do you have an arm like God’s,

and can your voice thunder like his?

10Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,

and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

11Unleash the fury of your wrath,

look at all who are proud and bring them low,

12look at all who are proud and humble them,

crush the wicked where they stand.

13Bury them all in the dust together;

shroud their faces in the grave.

14Then I myself will admit to you

that your own right hand can save you.

15“Look at Behemoth,

which I made along with you

and which feeds on grass like an ox.

16What strength it has in its loins,

what power in the muscles of its belly!

17Its tail sways like a cedar;

the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.

18Its bones are tubes of bronze,

its limbs like rods of iron.

19It ranks first among the works of God,

yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

20The hills bring it their produce,

and all the wild animals play nearby.

21Under the lotus plants it lies,

hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

22The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;

the poplars by the stream surround it.

23A raging river does not alarm it;

it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

24Can anyone capture it by the eyes,

or trap it and pierce its nose?