Job 7
1 not army: duty to/for human (upon *Qk) land: country/planet and like/as day hired day his
“Umuntu kakho ekutshikatshikeni okunzima yini emhlabeni? Insuku zakhe kazifani lezomuntu oqhatshiweyo na?
2 like/as servant/slave to long for shadow and like/as hired to await work his
Njengesigqili siloyisa amathunzi okuhlwa, lanjengoqhatshiweyo elindele umholo wakhe,
3 so to inherit to/for me month vanity: vain and night trouble to count to/for me
kanjalo ngibekelwe izinyanga ezingelambadalo, lobusuku bosizi sebabelwe mina.
4 if to lie down: lay down and to say how to arise: rise and to measure evening and to satisfy tossing till twilight
Ngithi nxa ngilala ngicabange ngithi, ‘Kuzakusa nini na’? Ubusuku buyadonsa ngiqwayize kuze kuse.
5 to clothe flesh my worm (and clod *Qk) dust skin my to harden and to flow
Umzimba wami uphihlika impethu lamathuthuva, isikhumba sami siyobukile siyabhibhidla.
6 day my to lighten from shuttle and to end: finish in/on/with end hope
Insuku zami ziyaphangisa kulosungulo lomaluki, zisuka ziphele kungekho ithemba.
7 to remember for spirit: breath life my not to return: again eye my to/for to see: see good
Khumbula, Oh Nkulunkulu, ukuthi impilo yami ngumoya nje; amehlo ami kawayikufa akubona njalo ukuthokoza.
8 not to see me eye sight eye your in/on/with me and nothing I
Ilihlo elingibonayo khathesi alisayikuphinde lingibone futhi; lizangidinga, kodwa ngizakuba ngingasekho.
Njengeyezi elinyamalalayo liphele, kanjalo lowo ongena engcwabeni kaphenduki. (Sheol h7585)
10 not to return: return still to/for house: home his and not to recognize him still place his
Kasoze lanini aphinde angene endlini yakhe; indawo yakhe kayisayikubuye imazi lanini.
11 also I not to withhold lip my to speak: speak in/on/with distress spirit my to muse in/on/with bitter soul my
Ngakho-ke kangizukuthula; ngizakhuluma ubuhlungu obusemoyeni wami, ngizasola ngokudabuka komphefumulo wami.
12 sea I if serpent: monster for to set: make upon me custody
Ngilulwandle yini, kumbe ngiyisilo semanzini okungaze lihlale lingilindile?
13 for to say to be sorry: comfort me bed my to lift: forgive in/on/with complaint my bed my
Ngithi lapho ngicabanga ukuthi umbheda wami uzangiduduza lecansi lami liphungule ukusola kwami,
14 and to to be dismayed me in/on/with dream and from vision to terrify me
lakhona lapho liyangethusa ngamaphupho njalo lingethusele ngemibono,
15 and to choose strangling soul: myself my death from bone my
okwenza ngiqome ukuklinywa lokufa, kulalo umzimba wami.
16 to reject not to/for forever: enduring to live to cease from me for vanity day my
Ngiyayeyisa impilo yami; kangiloyisi ukuphila okwaphakade. Ngiyekelani; insuku zami kazisatsho lutho.
17 what? human for to magnify him and for to set: make to(wards) him heart your
Umuntu uyini ongaze uzihluphe kangaka ngaye, ungaze umnake kangaka,
18 and to reckon: visit him to/for morning to/for moment to test him
uze umhlole ekuseni insuku zonke njalo umlinge imizuzwana yonke na?
19 like/as what? not to gaze from me not to slacken me till to swallow up I spittle my
Kawusoze uke ukhangele eceleni kwami na, loba uke ungixekele okomzuzwana yini?
20 to sin what? to work to/for you to watch [the] man to/for what? to set: make me to/for target to/for you and to be upon me to/for burden
Aluba ngenze isono, kuyini engikwenzileyo kuwe, wena mlindi wabantu? Kungani ukhethe ukuhlukuluza mina na? Sengingumthwalo kuwe na?
21 and what? not to lift: forgive transgression my and to pass: bring [obj] iniquity: crime my for now to/for dust to lie down: be dead and to seek me and nothing I
Kungani ungaxoleli iziphambeko zami na, uthethelele izono zami? Ngoba kakusekhatshana ukuthi ngilale othulini; uzangidinga, kanti ngizabe ngingasekho.”
