Job 16 | Old Testament

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Job 16English

Jobe 16African Kalanga

English1
Then Job replied:
African Kalanga
Jobe kashandula eti,
English2
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all!
African Kalanga
“Ndakawha zwithu zwinjinji zwinonga izwezwi, mose banyaladzi ndimwi motjenamisa!
English3
Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?
African Kalanga
Apa matama e phepo sa iyawa anowopela kene? Kene ini tjinomusendedzela kuti mulebeleke?
English4
I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.
African Kalanga
Namibo ndabe ndingatubula kulebeleka, ha mabe muli mu tjimo tjangu. Ndabe ndowomulukila matama zubuyanana, ndimu zunguzila nsholo.
English5
But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
African Kalanga
Ndingabe ndimusimisa nge nlomo wangu, nyaladzo yangu yabe yozhisa kutebama mu muli.
English6
“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.
African Kalanga
“Nenguba ndilebeleka kugwadziwa kwangu akutotapudzika, kakale ne ndinganyalala naiko akutotapudza zogwadza zwangu.
English7
Surely, O God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.
African Kalanga
Nge malebeswa wakanditolela matatabuko, wakalobesa nsha wangu wose.
English8
You have bound me–and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
African Kalanga
Wakandisunga, zogwadza zwangu butendeki, ndatjibe mafupa woga, kwatjibe igo butendeki guno nyanyaidzana nami.
English9
God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
African Kalanga
Wakandipalulanya nge bushongola gwawo, nge mesho mashaba, wakandilinga nge lubengo kundilumanya nge meno, tjita tjangu tjakandilinga ne mesho anopitsha.
English10
Men open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
African Kalanga
Bathu bakandiashamila, banondipkhwaula mu lushaya, bendiseka mahanya banozwishanganya kuti bandigwise.
English11
God has turned me over to evil men and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
African Kalanga
Ndzimu wakandilashila mu maboko e bakabipa meya, kandiposela mu maboko e babi.
English12
All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
African Kalanga
Ndakabe ndili gele ndakaliga makumbo, ukandibhata ne ntshibha, ukandipkhwanya, asala ndili zwitibhutibhu. Wakandithama tjilipo tjawo,
English13
his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
African Kalanga
Baposi bawo be misebe bakandipoteleka, unondipubulanya so dzangu asina ngoni, kapubula ndulu kaitebulila pasi.
English14
Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.
African Kalanga
Unondipubula pubula ubgwilulula, unondiwila se mbhayani.
English15
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
African Kalanga
Ndatjithumila saka pezhugwi kwe ganda langu, ndatjibe gele mu whuluba ndisina matatabuko.
English16
My face is red with weeping, deep shadows ring my eyes;
African Kalanga
Buso gwangu gwazwimba ngolila whope dzangu dzotjindilemela ngolila.
English17
yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
African Kalanga
Nenguba ndisina butjinyi mu maboko angu, ne ntembezelo wangu mbuyanana.
English18
“O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
African Kalanga
“Shango wee, usizwimbe malopa angu! Usitongo wanila tjililo tjangu magalo ekunyaluluka.
English19
Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
African Kalanga
Na ngwenu kose ntendeki wangu ukudzimu, ne mmilili wangu uku zhuzhugwi.
English20
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
African Kalanga
Bakwinya bangu banondiseka, mesho angu anotebulila mishodzi ku Ndzimu,
English21
on behalf of a man he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend.
African Kalanga
kuti abhatilile ndulamo pakati kwe nthu ne Ndzimu, se nthu ali n'gadzanyi egadzanya bakwinya babe.
English22
“Only a few years will pass before I go on the journey of no return.
African Kalanga
Ngoti mu makole asimuni anozha ndowoyenda kwandisowoshanduka!

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.