Job 10 | Old Testament

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Job 10English

Jobe 10African Kalanga

English1
“I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
African Kalanga
“Ndoshima butjilo gwangu, ndowodusa tjipa moyo ngekwe kung'ong'ola kwangu, ndowolebeleka ngogwadziwa kumukati kwangu.
English2
I will say to God: Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me.
African Kalanga
Ndowodwa Ndzimu nditi musindibone nlandu, koga mundibudze kuti ini tjamunondibonela nlandu.
English3
Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
African Kalanga
Apa komushathisa kundidziyidza, kulengudza nshingo we maboko enyu kene? Koga mushathila butjakwani gwe babi kene?
English4
Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?
African Kalanga
Apa muna mesho e nyama kene? Apa mobona sekunobona nthu?
English5
Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a man,
African Kalanga
Apa mazhuba enyu anofanana ne mazhuba e nthu wali? Ne makole enyu apa anofanana ne e nthu wali?
English6
that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin–
African Kalanga
Ini ngono mushakisisa kutjinya kwangu, ne kusala shule tjibi tjangu?
English7
though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
African Kalanga
Nenguba muziba zwenyu kuti andite ndili nlandu ne kuti akuna iye ungandiangula mu luboko gwenyu kene?
English8
“Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?
African Kalanga
“Nge maboko enyu makandisinyanga mukandibumba. Apa ngwenu mungashanduka mukandikolomola kene?
English9
Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
African Kalanga
Kumbulani kuti makandibumba nge ntapkhwi. Apa mowondishandula ndikabe whuluba kakale kene?
English10
Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
African Kalanga
Apa amuzonditebula se nkaka kene? Apa amuzondikununga se tjatjile kene?
English11
clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?
African Kalanga
Apa amuzondiambadza ganda ne nyama, mukandiluka mubhatshanya mafupa angu ne makanyu kene?
English12
You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
African Kalanga
Makandipa butjilo ne ludo gusingazunguzike, makatjengeta meya yangu.
English13
“But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:
African Kalanga
“Koga zwithu izwezwi makazwisumbika mu moyo wenyu, ndoziba kuti ikoku kwagala kuli mu nkumbulo wenyu.
English14
If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
African Kalanga
Ha nditjinya mobe makandilinga, ngono amungandiletje ndisalobgwa shamu.
English15
If I am guilty–woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.
African Kalanga
Ha ndili nlandu, ndabangalaligwa wee! Ha ndili nlulwami, ndokongwa nge kumusa nsholo wangu ngobe ndibhakhwa nge shoni kwazo, andibona kudziyidzika kwangu.
English16
If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
African Kalanga
Ha nditi ndomusa nsholo mondivima se shumba, mothama matjenamiso mundili.
English17
You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.
African Kalanga
Momusidzila batendeki benyu batshwa nge kwangu, mupapha bushongola gwenyu mu ndili, mogala muna zila tshwa kundiloba.
English18
“Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
African Kalanga
“Makathamilani kuti ndizwagwe kene? Ndoyemula ndingabe ndakafa kusina zhisho lathu landibona,
English19
If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
African Kalanga
kuti kunge se ungati andizotongobepo, kene kunge se ungati ndakadwa mu ntumbu ndiyisiwa ku gomba.
English20
Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy
African Kalanga
Apa mazhuba angu e bupenyu ate ali mashomanana kene? Mundiletje nditongobe nge tjibaka tje shatho,
English21
before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow,
African Kalanga
ndisathu ndikayenda kwandisingawoshanduka, ku shango ye buyendasi ne zhalima lakati zwititi,
English22
to the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
African Kalanga
shango yakati zwititi ne kushangashangana shango ina tjedza tjinonga zhalima.”

Source: The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible, Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, 2026. This online edition was extracted and reformatted from the PDF edition. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.