< Job 7 >

1 not army: duty to/for human (upon *Qk) land: country/planet and like/as day hired day his
Kakukho yini imfazo kumuntu emhlabeni, lensuku zakhe kazinjengensuku zoqhatshiweyo yini?
2 like/as servant/slave to long for shadow and like/as hired to await work his
Njengesigqili sikhefuzelela umthunzi, lanjengesiqatshwa silindele iholo laso,
3 so to inherit to/for me month vanity: vain and night trouble to count to/for me
ngokunjalo mina ngidliswe ilifa lenyanga zeze, lobusuku bezinhlupheko bubalelwe 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
Lapho ngilala phansi ngithi: Ngizavuka nini? Ngoba ubusuku bude, njalo ngigcwele ukutshukuma kuze kuse.
5 to clothe flesh my worm (and clod *Qk) dust skin my to harden and to flow
Inyama yami yembethe impethu lamagade othuli; isikhumba sami siyadabuka siyenyanyeka.
6 day my to lighten from shuttle and to end: finish in/on/with end hope
Insuku zami ziyaphangisa kuleselukiso someluki, ziphele kungelathemba.
7 to remember for spirit: breath life my not to return: again eye my to/for to see: see good
Khumbula ukuthi impilo yami ingumoya; ilihlo lami kaliyikuphinda libone okuhle.
8 not to see me eye sight eye your in/on/with me and nothing I
Ilihlo longibonayo kaliyikungibona futhi; amehlo akho aphezu kwami, kodwa ngizakuba ngingasekho.
9 to end: expend cloud and to go: went so to go down hell: Sheol not to ascend: rise (Sheol h7585)
Iyezi liyaphela linyamalale; ngokunjalo owehlela engcwabeni kayikwenyuka. (Sheol h7585)
10 not to return: return still to/for house: home his and not to recognize him still place his
Kaphindi abuyele emzini wakhe, lendawo yakhe kayisayikumazi.
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 mina kangiyikubamba umlomo wami; ngizakhuluma ekucindezelweni komoya wami, ngisole ekubabeni komphefumulo wami.
12 sea I if serpent: monster for to set: make upon me custody
Ngilulwandle yini, kumbe isilo solwandle, ukuze lingibekele abalindi?
13 for to say to be sorry: comfort me bed my to lift: forgive in/on/with complaint my bed my
Lapho ngisithi: Umbheda wami uzangiduduza, icansi lami liphungule ukusola kwami;
14 and to to be dismayed me in/on/with dream and from vision to terrify me
ubusungiqhaqhazelisa ngamaphupho, angethuse ngemibono;
15 and to choose strangling soul: myself my death from bone my
ukuze umphefumulo wami ukhethe ukuklinywa, ukufa kulamathambo ami.
16 to reject not to/for forever: enduring to live to cease from me for vanity day my
Ngiyanengwa yikho, kangiyikuphila njalonjalo; ngiyekele, ngoba insuku zami ziyize.
17 what? human for to magnify him and for to set: make to(wards) him heart your
Uyini umuntu ukuthi umkhulise, lokuthi ubeke inhliziyo yakho kuye,
18 and to reckon: visit him to/for morning to/for moment to test him
lokuthi umhambele ikuseni yonke, umlinge sonke isikhathi?
19 like/as what? not to gaze from me not to slacken me till to swallow up I spittle my
Koze kube nini ungayekeli ukungiqaphela, ungangiyekeli ngize ngiginye amathe ami 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
Ngonile, ngizakwenzani kuwe, wena mlindi wabantu? Ungimiseleni ngibe yinto yakho yokunenjwa, ngize ngibe ngumthwalo kimi?
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
Njalo kawuthetheleli ngani isiphambeko sami, ususe isono sami? Ngoba sengizalala phansi othulini; uzangidinga ngovivi, kodwa kangiyikuba khona.

< Job 7 >