Yobu 19
1 Awo Yobu n’addamu nti:
And Job answered and said,
2 “Mulikomya ddi okunnyigiriza ne mummenya n’ebigambo?
How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
3 Emirundi kkumi nga munvuma; temukwatiddwa nsonyi kunnumba.
These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.
4 Bwe kiba nga kituufu nti nawaba, obukyamu bwange, bwange nzekka.
And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5 Bwe muba munneegulumiririzaako ne mukozesa obulumi bwange okunfeebya,
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,
6 mumanye nga Katonda ankoze bubi era anzingizza mu kitimba kye.
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
7 “Wadde nga nkaaba nti, ‘Mpisiddwa bubi,’ siddibwamu; ne bwe nkuba enduulu, tewali antaasa.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 Azibye ekkubo lyange sisobola kuyita; amakubo gange agalese mu kizikiza.
He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 Anziggyeeko ekitiibwa kyange n’anziggyako n’engule ku mutwe gwange.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 Anjuzaayuza ku buli ludda okutuusa lwe watasigalawo kantu, asigula essuubi lyange ng’omuti.
He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.
11 Obusungu bwe bumbubuukirako; ambala ng’omu ku balabe be.
And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 Amaggye ge galumba n’amaanyi; ganzimbako enkomera ne gagumba okwetooloola weema yange.
His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.
13 “Anziggyeeko baganda bange; abo bwe twali tumanyiganye banviiriddeko ddala.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
14 Ab’ekika kyange banviiriddeko ddala, mikwano gyange ginneerabidde.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.
15 Abagenyi bange n’abaweereza bange abawala, bampisa nga gwe batamanyi, ne bandaba nga munnagwanga.
The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
16 Mpita omuddu wange naye tawulira, wadde nga mwegayirira n’akamwa kange.
I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
17 Omukka gwange gwe nzisa, guwunyira bubi mukyala wange; nakyayibwa baganda bange bennyini.
My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.
18 N’obulenzi obuto bunsekerera; buli lwe bundaba bunvuma.
Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
19 Mikwano gyange gyonna enfirabulago gya nkyawa; abo be nnayagalanga banneefuukira.
All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 Siriiko bwe ndi wabula ndi ddiba na magumba: nsigazzaawo bibuno byokka.
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 “Munkwatirwe ekisa mikwano gyange, munkwatirwe ekisa, kubanga omukono gwa Katonda gunkubye.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22 Lwaki munjigga nga Katonda bw’anjigga? Omubiri gwe mufunye tegumala?
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 “Singa nno ebigambo byange byawandiikibwa, Singa byawandiikibwa ku muzingo, bandiguwadde ani?
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 Singa byawandiikibwa n’ekyuma ku lubaati, oba okuwandiikibwa ku lwazi ne bibeerawo emirembe n’emirembe!
That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
25 Mmanyi nga Omununuzi wange mulamu, era nga ku nkomerero aliyimirira ku nsi.
And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;
26 Era ng’olususu lwange bwe luweddewo, kyokka mu mubiri gwange ndiraba Katonda;
And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see God;
27 nze mwene ndimulaba, n’amaaso gange, Nze, so si mulala. Emmeeme yange ng’eyaayaana munda mu nze!
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: — my reins are consumed within me.
28 “Bwe mugamba nti, ‘Tujja kumuyigganya, kubanga ensibuko y’emitawaana eri mu ye;’
If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
29 nammwe bennyini musaana mutye ekitala. Kubanga obusungu buleeta okubonereza okw’ekitala, olwo mulyoke mumanye ng’eriyo okusalirwa omusango.”
Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.
