Job 4 | Old Testament

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Job 4English

Jobe 4African Kalanga

English1
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
African Kalanga
Ipapo Elifazi we N'temani kashandula eti,
English2
“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
African Kalanga
“Apa ha nthu angagwisa kulebeleka nawe ungan'gwadzila moyo kene? Ngono dumbu ndiani ungazwidziba mu kulebeleka kene?
English3
Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
African Kalanga
Bona, wakadiya banjinji, wakasimisa bana maboko ano lengezha.
English4
Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
African Kalanga
Matama awo akasimisa bakabe bedenga denga, wakasimisa ne zwidwi zwakabe zwitetema.
English5
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
African Kalanga
Koga ngwenu zwawila iwe, ngono unopela meya, zwakuwila ngono unozwitoboka.
English6
Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
African Kalanga
Apa kutja Ndzimu kuko akuzofanila kube kudzikama kuko kene? Ne kube ne ntutshi kuko apa akuzofanila kube kugalabgwe kuko kene?
English7
“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
African Kalanga
“Tongokumbula koga, ndiani wakati asina nlandu kalobesiwa? Kene ndingayi kwakatongo lobesiwa nlulwami?
English8
As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
African Kalanga
Tjandakabona whuti banolima mbipo, ne banodzwala mbipo banovuna izo.
English9
At the breath of God they are destroyed; at the blast of his anger they perish.
African Kalanga
Mafemo e Ndzimu anobalobesa, banopelela mu phepo, nge phutuka kwe bushongola gwawo gobakolomodza.
English10
The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
African Kalanga
Kubomba kwe shumba ne tjema kwe shumbana, koga meno adzo anovunika.
English11
The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
African Kalanga
Shumba yakasima inofa nge zhala ngosheta tjaingabhata, ngono shumbana dze shumbakadzi dzopalala nge shango.
English12
“A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
African Kalanga
“Dama lakazhisiwa kundili nge kwakasumbikala, zebe dzangu dzakaliwha linyebezegwa.
English13
Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
African Kalanga
Mu mikumbulo yakadwa mu mbono dze busiku, ha bathu bakaizela whope whulu,
English14
fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
African Kalanga
kutja ne kutetema kwakandiwila, mafupa angu wose akatetema ngotja.
English15
A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
African Kalanga
Meya ikapinda mbeli kwangu, abhudiwa nge bana be mbaba.
English16
It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
African Kalanga
Ikama, koga ndakabe ndisingabonesese kuti ini, ifano tjikama mbeli kwangu kukabe ne kunyalala, ipapo awha whi liti,
English17
‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?
African Kalanga
‘Apa nthu koga unofa, ungabe nlulwami mbeli kwe Ndzimu kene? Apa ungabe mbuyanana kupinda Mbumbi uwe kene?
English18
If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
African Kalanga
Ha Ndzimu usingagalebgwe balanda bawo, utubula tilika batumwa bawo nlandu,
English19
how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
African Kalanga
kungapani kwaungathama ibabo banogala mu ng'umba dze vu, ibo bakadwa mu whuluba, ibo banotsatugwa se whungubele kene?
English20
Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
African Kalanga
Pakati kwe mangwanana banokolomodziwa, kusina iye una njele nge kwabo.
English21
Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
African Kalanga
Atenti ha mbambo dze nshasha wabo dzishomogwa banofa basina butjenjedu?’

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.