Job 6 | Old Testament

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Job 6English

Jobe 6African Kalanga

English1
Then Job replied:
African Kalanga
Ipapo Jobe kashandula eti,
English2
“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
African Kalanga
“Dumbu shungu yangu ha ingabe ingayegwa, mang'oni angu wose kabigwa mu zwiyelo,
English3
It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas–no wonder my words have been impetuous.
African Kalanga
nge lebeswa angalema kupinda nsetje we gungwa, ndizo dumbu matama angu epitsha zwingapa.
English4
The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
African Kalanga
Ngoti misebe ya Masimbawose imundili meya yangu inong'wa bushongola gwayo, Kutjisa kwe Ndzimu kwakandilingisana.
English5
Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
African Kalanga
Dumbu donki ye shango ingalilila zojiwa ina fulo kene? Kene ng'ombe ingalilila zojiwa yakabhata ija kene?
English6
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
African Kalanga
Apa zojiwa zwisina n'jo zwingajika zwisina mwenyu kene? Kene kutjena kwe bumbulu kungazipa kuli koga kene?
English7
I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
African Kalanga
Moyo wangu unoti zwi ha ndibona zojiwa zwakajali, zojiwa zwakajali zondibuzisa moyo.
English8
“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
African Kalanga
“Ungati ndingawana tjandinokumbila, ungati Ndzimu ungandipa tjandinoyemula.
English9
that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!
African Kalanga
Ungati kunga shathisa Ndzimu kundipeleledza, ungati ungatambunudza luboko gwawo ukandithubulila kutjena!
English10
Then I would still have this consolation–my joy in unrelenting pain–that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
African Kalanga
Ipapo ndingabe ndowobe nditjina kunyaladzika, ndabe ndowoshatha nenguba ndili mu zogwadza zwingapani, ngoti andizonyanyayidza matama e Wakayengemala.
English11
“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
African Kalanga
Dumbu simba langu ndilipi kuti ndingadzikitadza kene? Kakale bhelelo langu ini kuti ndingabe moyo nlefu kene?
English12
Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
African Kalanga
Apa simba langu longa simba le bgwe kene? Apa mbili wangu unonga phangula kene?
English13
Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
African Kalanga
Apa ndina simba kuzwibhatsha kene? Bhudilila kwatatiwa mundili.
English14
“A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
African Kalanga
“Iye wakadziyidzika wakafanila thamigwa buthu nge nkwinya uwe, nenguba angadwa akafupatila kutja Masimbawose.
English15
But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
African Kalanga
Koga imwi zwikamu zwangu mu batjengedzi, motjengedza se lukobana gunotuta makuni,
English16
when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
African Kalanga
guna vula ina kapuku ne makaa akazwisumbika,
English17
but that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
African Kalanga
koga kuti mu tjibaka tjekupisa enyawuka, kuti kopisa enyelela mu magalo awo.
English18
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go up into the wasteland and perish.
African Kalanga
Bayendi banopambuka mu zila yabo betola zila ipoga, bakayenda mu shango yakawomelela ngono bakafa.
English19
The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
African Kalanga
Bayendi be Tema banoshaka vula, bayendi be Sheba banoishaka vula nge kugalabgwe!
English20
They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
African Kalanga
Banotemeka mafupa ngoti babe begalabgwe, banoswika pa lukobana ngono bakapuna moyo.
English21
Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
African Kalanga
Saikoku ndiko sekwa muli iko kundili, mobona tjiga tjandiwila ngono motja.
English22
Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
African Kalanga
Apa ndatongoti, ‘Mundipe tjipo?’ Kene kuli kuti, ‘Mu fumwa yenyu mundipe tjizwimba nlomo kene?’
English23
deliver me from the hand of the enemy, ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
African Kalanga
Kene kuli kuti, ‘Mundiangule mu luboko gwe tjita kene?’ Kene kuli kuti, ‘Mundidzutunule mu luboko gwe batshambilidzi kene?’
English24
“Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
African Kalanga
“Mundidiye, ndowonyalala, Ndakatjinyani? Munditjenesele.
English25
How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
African Kalanga
Lebeswa logwadza seni! Koga kutjemela kwenyu kotjemelani?
English26
Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
African Kalanga
Apa mungati motjemela matama kene, ngono mutola matama e nthu wazwitoboka se phepo koga kene?
English27
You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
African Kalanga
Mubuya mukalobela siyang'wa hakata, mubuya muteetshanya nkwinya wenyu.
English28
“But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
African Kalanga
“Koga ngwenu, shathilani kundilinga, andingatjanyepe mbeli kwenyu.
English29
Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
African Kalanga
Shandukani kaa, letjani kulelekela ntome, ndomukumbila. Shandukani kaa, imi andina nlandu ipapa.
English30
Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
African Kalanga
Kene kuna salulwama mu nlomo wangu? Kene moti anditoziba lebeswa kene?

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.