Job 22 | Old Testament

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Job 22English

Jobe 22African Kalanga

English1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
African Kalanga
Ipapo Elifazi we N'temani kadabila eti,
English2
“Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise man benefit him?
African Kalanga
“Apa nthu ungabhatsha Ndzimu ngeni? Apa naiye unoyi ntjenjedu ungaubhatsha kene?
English3
What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
African Kalanga
Apa kuna tjinoshathisa Masimbawose ha uli nlulwami, kene kuna tjinoubuyila ha ululwamisa zila dzidzo kene?
English4
“Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?
African Kalanga
Apa ndi ngekwe kutja Ndzimu kuko kunothama kuti ukutjemele, kwaunodza ukakusumikilisa kene?
English5
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?
African Kalanga
Atenditi ndi ngekwe bubi gugo bukulu kene? Akuna bhelelo mu milandu iyo.
English6
You demanded security from your brothers for no reason; you stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked.
African Kalanga
Ngoti wakalipisa bana ba tate babo basina nlandu, ukabaambula zwiambalo zwabo bakasala bali mbujo.
English7
You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,
African Kalanga
Wakanyima wakanyala vula kuti ang'we, ukanyima una zhala zojiwa.
English8
though you were a powerful man, owning land–an honored man, living on it.
African Kalanga
Shango ngeye nlume una masimba! Unokudziwa unogala muili.
English9
And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
African Kalanga
Wakatatila tjilikadzi kutjena dzakalembedza maboko, ukapkhwapkhwata siyang'wa maboko.
English10
That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
African Kalanga
Ndizo ngwenu mapuzhu akakupoteleka, tjinyolotjo unowigwa ngekutja kukulu.
English11
why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
African Kalanga
Tjedza tjitjo tjatjiti zwititi autjabona ne bona, nkubila we vula unokukulila.
English12
“Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!
African Kalanga
“Apa Ndzimu autogala pezhugwizhugwi kene? Bona nyenyedzi kuti dzizhuzhugwi tjini!
English13
Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?
African Kalanga
Ngono iwe ukati, ‘Apa Ndzimu unozibani wali? Apa ungasumikila uli yeno kwe makole tjini wali?
English14
Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’
African Kalanga
Makole matema akaufukidza kuti ndizo usibone, unoyenda yenda mu tjilungwane tje zhuzhugwi.’
English15
Will you keep to the old path that evil men have trod?
African Kalanga
Apa unowobhatilila mu zila dza ntolo, dzakabe dzitobegwa nge babi kene?
English16
They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.
African Kalanga
Bakadzamugwa tjibaka tjabo tjisathu tjaswika, thiwa dzabo dzikasengwa nge nkubila.
English17
They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’
African Kalanga
Bakadwa Ndzimu bakati, ‘Idwani patili. Masimbawose ungatithamani wali?’
English18
Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.
African Kalanga
Nenguba uli iwo wakazhadza ng'umba dzabo nge zwithu zwakanaka, dumbu, gumbuludzo le babi ngalibe kutjena nami!
English19
“The righteous see their ruin and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,
African Kalanga
Balulwami banokubona ngono bakashatha, basina nlandu banoseka bakadada beti,
English20
‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire devours their wealth.’
African Kalanga
‘Nge malebeswa zwita zwedu zwalobesiwa, ne thundu dzabo dzakasala dzajiwa nge moto.’
English21
“Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
African Kalanga
“Ndizoke uzwigadzanye ne Ndzimu, ube ne mbakiso nawo, ngekujalo unowozhigwa ne makombolelo.
English22
Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.
African Kalanga
Amutjila tjaunolayiwa kaa, tjinodwa mu nlomo wawo, ubiganye matama awo mu moyo uwo.
English23
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent
African Kalanga
Ha ubgwilila kuna Masimbawose, unowokubgwiliza mu tjimo tjitjo ha udusila kutjena kushaya ndulamo mu nshasha uwo,
English24
and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
African Kalanga
ha ulashila kutjena golide ku whuluba, ne golide ye Ofiri mu mabgwana amu mikuku,
English25
then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
African Kalanga
ipapo Masimbawose banowobe golide iyo, ne siliva iyo yakanaka,
English26
Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
African Kalanga
ipapo unowoshatha muna Masimbawose, ukalingisana nabo usina shoni.
English27
You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
African Kalanga
Unowobatembezela bakakuteedza, ndizo unowoshingikadza kutuna kuko.
English28
What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.
African Kalanga
Muna tjaunozwimisila thama tjowoshingikala, ne tjedza tjowopenya mu zila dzidzo.
English29
When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.
African Kalanga
Ha bathu bedelusigwa pasi iwe unowoti, ‘Ngabamilidziwe’ unowotjidza banozwiyisa pasi.
English30
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
African Kalanga
Unowosunungula na iye usina nlandu, iye unowosunungugwa nge bubuyanana gwe maboko awo.”

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.