Job 19 | Old Testament

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Job 19English

Jobe 19African Kalanga

English1
Then Job replied:
African Kalanga
Jobe kashandula eti,
English2
“How long will you torment me and crush me with words?
African Kalanga
“Apa kowodza kukabe lini mundigongobola kene, kakale mundikowobedza nge matama kene?
English3
Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me.
African Kalanga
Kwabe ka gumi makabhata mundituka, apa amutobhakhwa nge shoni kunditanga kene?
English4
If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.
African Kalanga
Ngono nenguba pamwe kuli lebeswa ndakatjinya, nlandu wangu umu ndili ndoga.
English5
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,
African Kalanga
Ha nge malebeswa muzwikudza, mushingisa kulengudzika kwangu kundibona nlandu,
English6
then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
African Kalanga
zibani ngono kuti Ndzimu ndiwo wanditanga, wandibhatshila nge gwanga gwawo.
English7
“Though I cry, ‘I’ve been wronged!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
African Kalanga
Bonani, ndomimila nditi, ‘Ndatangiwa kaa!’ Akuna unonditeedza! Ndolila ndishaka bhatsho koga akuna ndulamo.
English8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
African Kalanga
Wakazhalila zila yangu kuti ndisipinde, ukabiga zhalima mu zila dzangu.
English9
He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
African Kalanga
Wakanditolela gudzo langu, ukandiambula tjiala mu nsholo wangu.
English10
He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.
African Kalanga
Unondipalulanya mbizho dzose, ndatjipelela, ukadzikunula kugalabgwe kwangu se nti.
English11
His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.
African Kalanga
Unothutidza bushongola gwawo mundili, unonditola se tjita tjawo.
English12
His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
African Kalanga
Babhayani bawo banozwibumba bakabaka matuluthulu kundipoteleka, bakakomba nshasha wangu.
English13
“He has alienated my brothers from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
African Kalanga
“Wakandithubukanya ne zwikamu zwangu, bandakawolobelana nabo banozwithama basingandizibe.
English14
My kinsmen have gone away; my friends have forgotten me.
African Kalanga
Makamu angu bamile kule nami bakwinya bangu batjindikangang'wa,
English15
My guests and my maidservants count me a stranger; they look upon me as an alien.
African Kalanga
bezi mu nzi wangu batjindikangang'wa, balandakadzi bangu banonditola se nzhi, ndatjibe ntaya ku bali.
English16
I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.
African Kalanga
Nenguba ndidana nlanda wangu aatondidabila, ne ndinkumbila dumbu nge wangu nlomo.
English17
My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own brothers.
African Kalanga
Meya yangu inonuwhila nkadzi wangu, bana ba mmeyangu bakati ndonuwha.
English18
Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.
African Kalanga
Ne bana batukununu banondilengudza, anditi ndomilika banondiseka.
English19
All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
African Kalanga
Bose bakwinya bangu bakulu banondishima, ibabo bandakabe ndida kwazo bakandifupatila.
English20
I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
African Kalanga
Mafupa angu akanamatilana ne ganda, ndabuya pa tukununu koga.
English21
“Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
African Kalanga
“Mundiwhile zogwadza, mundiwhile zogwadza kaa bakwinya bangu! Ngobe luboko gwe Ndzimu gwandiloba!
English22
Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
African Kalanga
Ini mundidziyidza se Ndzimu kene? Apa kudziyidza nyama yangu kwenyu akuzogala kene?
English23
“Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll,
African Kalanga
“Ekee, ungati matama angu angakwagwa! Ekee, ungati angakwagwa mu bhuka!
English24
that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever!
African Kalanga
Ekee, ungati angakwagwa nge peni ye butale ne mu bgwe, kuti akobolegwe mu bgwe ndizo agalile tjose!
English25
I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
African Kalanga
Ngobe ndoziba kuti Ndzutunuli wangu unotjila, kowoti ku bupelo kama mu shango,
English26
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
African Kalanga
nenguba ganda langu lapela sa ikoku, koga mu mbili wangu iwoyu ndowobona Ndzimu.
English27
I myself will see him with my own eyes–I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
African Kalanga
Ndiwo wandinowobona ku lubizho gwangu, nge mesho angu ndowoubona kusi upoga. Moyo wangu unoyemula ikoku.
English28
“If you say, ‘How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him,’
African Kalanga
“Amuti, ‘Towon'sala shule kuti!’ Kakale kuti, ‘Budwilo gwe mang'oni ini ne nlandu waakathama ndiupi?’
English29
you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment.”
African Kalanga
Itjani thumo, imwi nge kwenyu, ngobe bushongola gozhisa kulobgwa shamu nge thumo, kuti muzibe kuti kuna kusumikilisa.”

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.