Job 12
1 Then Job answered and said:
Awo Yobu n’amuddamu nti,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
“Awatali kubuusabuusa muli bantu. Bwe mulifa n’amagezi gammwe ne gafa.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Naye nange nnina amagezi ntegeera, temunsinga. Ani atabimanyi ebyo byonna?
4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,
Nfuuse ekisekererwa eri mikwano gyange. Nze eyakoowolanga Katonda n’anziramu, ne nsekererwa obusekererwa, ate nga ndi mutukuvu ataliiko musango!
5 A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Abantu abali mu ddembe lyabwe batera okusekerera abali mu mitawaana, ng’ebizibu bwe biba ku abo ababa batuuse awazibu.
6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.
Weema z’abanyazi tezibaako mutawaana, era abo abanyiiza Katonda babeera mu ddembe abo abeetikka katonda waabwe mu mikono gyabwe.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
Naye buuza ensolo zijja kukuyigiriza, oba ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga binaakubuulira.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;
Oba yogera n’ettaka linaakusomesa oba ebyennyanja eby’omu nnyanja binaakunnyonnyola.
9 Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Biki ku bino ebitamanyi nti, omukono gwa Mukama gwe gukoze ebyo?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. —
Buli bulamu bwa kitonde buli mu mukono gwe, na buli mukka ogussibwa abantu bonna.
11 Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?
Okutu tekugezesa bigambo ng’olulimi bwe lukomba ku mmere?
12 Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —
Amagezi tegasangibwa mu bakaddiye? Okuwangaala tekuleeta kutegeera?
13 With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
Katonda y’alina amagezi n’amaanyi; y’ateesa ebigambo era y’alina okutegeera.
14 Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Ky’amenya teri ayinza kuddamu kukizimba; ky’asiba mu kkomera tekiyinza kuteebwa.
15 Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Bw’aziyiza amazzi, ekyeeya kijja, bw’agata gazikiriza ensi.
16 With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
Ye, ye nannyini maanyi n’obuwanguzi, abalimba n’abalimbibwa bonna babe.
17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.
Aggyawo abawi b’amagezi nga tebalina kantu, abalamuzi n’abafuula abasirusiru.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
Bakabaka abaggyako enjegere ze beesiba ebiwato byabwe, n’abasibamu obukete.
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
Bakabona abatwala nga tebalina kantu, n’asuula abasajja abaanywera.
20 He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.
Aziba emimwa egy’abawi b’amagezi abeesigwa, era n’aggyawo okwolesebwa kw’abakadde.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
Ayiwa ekivume ku bakungu, era n’aggya ebyokulwanyisa ku b’amaanyi.
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Abikkula ebintu eby’ebuziba eby’ekizikiza, n’aleeta n’ebisiikirize eby’amaanyi mu kitangaala.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.
Afuula amawanga okuba ag’amaanyi, era n’agazikiriza; agaziya amawanga n’agasaasaanya.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Abakulembeze baamawanga abaggyako okukola ebisaanidde; n’abasindika nga bagwirana mu ddungu eritaliimu kkubo.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Bawammantira mu kizikiza awatali kitangaala; abaleetera okutagala ng’abatamiivu.”
