Job 15 | Old Testament

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Job 15English

Jobe 15African Kalanga

English1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
African Kalanga
Ipapo Elifazi we N'temani kashandula eti,
English2
“Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
African Kalanga
“Apa nthu wakatjenjela ungadabila nge matama asina mongo kene? Kene ezhadza ntumbu uwe ne phepo ye bhezhuba kene?
English3
Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
African Kalanga
Apa ungazwilebelekela nge matama asina nshingo, kene nge ndebo dzisinga mbhatshe nge tjimwe kene?
English4
But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
African Kalanga
Koga auna hanya nge kutja Ndzimu, unoyisa pasi kunamata mbeli kwe Ndzimu.
English5
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
African Kalanga
Ngoti jinyo lilo ndilo linodiya nlomo tjawakafanila kutjileba ngono ube ushalula lulimi guzhele butjebeli.
English6
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
African Kalanga
Nlomo uwo ndiwo unokusumikilisa, kusi imi, milomo iyo ndiyo inopa butendeki gunonyanyayidzana nawe.
English7
“Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
African Kalanga
“Apa ndiwe nthu wekutanga kuzwagwa kene? Kene wakabambiwa kutangila matuthu kene?
English8
Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
African Kalanga
Apa wakatongo teedza gumbuludzo le Ndzimu kene? Apa wakazwibigila butjenjedu woga kene?
English9
What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
African Kalanga
Apa ini tjaunoziba tjatisinga zibe kene? Una whisiso ipi yatisinayo kene?
English10
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
African Kalanga
Tina sholotjena na bokwegu pakati gwedu, bawhola pana tate babo dumbu.
English11
Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
African Kalanga
Apa nyaladzo ye Ndzimu ishomanana mukuli, matama mabuya aunobudziwa kene?
English12
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
African Kalanga
Ini udzipiwa nge moyo zwingapa kene, ne mesho awo ashanduka kabe mashaba zwingapa?
English13
so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
African Kalanga
Uthama kuti bushongola gugo ugulingisanye ne Ndzimu, uletja matama akajali kabhuda mu nlomo uwo wali?
English14
“What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
African Kalanga
“Dumbu nthu ini kwaangabe akatjenapala kene? Iye wakazwagwa nge nkadzi ungabe nlulwami kene?
English15
If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
African Kalanga
Bonani! Ndzimu autogalabgwe bayengemali bawo, ne kudzimu dumbu akuzotjenapala mu mesho awo.
English16
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!
African Kalanga
Bukulu seni iye kee, unoshimisa, wakabola nkumbulo, iye unogungila bubi se vula kene?
English17
“Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
African Kalanga
“Unditeedze ndikutjenesele, ima ndikubudze tjandakabona,
English18
what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from their fathers
African Kalanga
tjakalebgwa ne bathu bakatjenjela, itjo bobatategulu babo tjabasakasumbika,
English19
(to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them):
African Kalanga
ibo boga bakapiwa shango, kusakatongobe ne madeluka akapinda pakati kwabo.
English20
All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
African Kalanga
Mazhuba awe wose mbiimbi unodziyidzika, bukukutu gose mu makole wose wakagubigigwa.
English21
Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
African Kalanga
Misindo inopalusa moyo inowhika mu zebe dzidze, mu kubhudilila ntoleli unowozha kan'wila.
English22
He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.
African Kalanga
Aatoduma kuti ungapudzumuka mu zhalima, wakalulwamisigwa thumo.
English23
He wanders about–food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
African Kalanga
Unoyenda yeno na yeno eshaka zojiwa, eti, ‘Zwingayi?’ Unoziba dumbu kuti zhuba le zhalima labe pejo zubuyanana mu luboko gugwe,
English24
Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
African Kalanga
mang'oni ne zogwadza zowondziyidza, zonkulila sa mambo akazwilulwamisila kugwa!
English25
because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
African Kalanga
Ngobe wakamilidzila Ndzimu luboko kalobela Masimbawose ifuba,
English26
defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
African Kalanga
etshambila Ndzimu nge bukomba akabhata zwivikisi zwikodu zwakasima,
English27
“Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
African Kalanga
ngobe wakazwimba buso gugwe nge mafuta awe wakatjibhuda mitumbu ngo kola,
English28
he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
African Kalanga
unowogala mu matongo e mizi mikulu ne ng'umba dzisina banogala mudzile, ng'umba dzakamisigwa kube matuluthulu e magwada.
English29
He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
African Kalanga
Aatowofuma, fumwa iye aitowobhatilila, ne thundu iye aitowowanda mu shango.
English30
He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
African Kalanga
Aanga pudzumuke mu zhalima nthuto unowowomesa thabi dzidze, nge mafemo e Ndzimu unowotolegwa kutjena.
English31
Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
African Kalanga
Ngaasizwitjengedze nge kugalabgwe tjisi tje tjimwe, ngobe akuna tjinowombuyila.
English32
Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.
African Kalanga
Kowoti tjibaka tjitje tjisathu tjaswika, unowobe alipiwa mbhayilo uwo nge buzhalo, ne lutabi gugwe agutowopasula.
English33
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
African Kalanga
Unowoshashamuka mitjelo se nzhambi ushashamuka zhambi dzisakabidwa unonga nti we zhambi washashamuka mitjelo.
English34
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
African Kalanga
Ngobe goko le basingagalebgwe lowoshaya bana, moto unowoja mishasha ya ibabo banoda tjizwimba nlomo.
English35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”
African Kalanga
Banozwisenga mang'oni, bakazwala bubi, mitumbu yabo inolulwamisila butjebeli.”

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.