Job 8 | Old Testament

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Job 8English

Jobe 8African Kalanga

English1
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
African Kalanga
Bhilidadi we N'shuhi kashandula eti,
English2
“How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
African Kalanga
“Apa kowodza kukabe lini wakabhata uleba zwithu izwezwi kene? Matama e nlomo uwo i phepo isishoma!
English3
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
African Kalanga
Apa Ndzimu unotongo peyamisa ndulamo kene? Apa Masimbawose unotongo peyamisa tjakatambunuka kene?
English4
When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
African Kalanga
Ha bana babo bauthamila tjibi, wakabaloba shamu yakalingisana tjibi tjabo.
English5
But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,
African Kalanga
Koga iwe ha ushaka Ndzimu, ukumbila iye Masimbawose,
English6
if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
African Kalanga
ha uli mbuyanana kakale wakatambunuka, nge malebeswa unowomilika kakumilila, ngono kakubgwilizila zwakakulingisana.
English7
Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
African Kalanga
Nenguba kutangisa kuko kwakabe kuli kutukununu, misi imbeli kowobe kukulu.
English8
“Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned,
African Kalanga
“Bhuzwa ba ntolo ndokukumbila, ngono ubone kuti bobatategulu babo bakazwidiyani,
English9
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
African Kalanga
ngoti iswi takazwagwa madekwe akuna tjatinoziba, ne mazhuba edu mu shango mitutshi koga.
English10
Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
African Kalanga
Apa abangakudiye bakakubudza tjimwe wali? Apa abangalebe matama anodwa mu whisiso yabo kene?
English11
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
African Kalanga
“Apa litokwe gungamela pasina dope kene? Apa lushanga gungapasula pasina vula kene?
English12
While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
African Kalanga
Zoti zwitjakula zwisathu zwikatemiwa, zwikabuna tjinyolotjo kupinda mimwe miti.
English13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
African Kalanga
Kwakajalo ndiyo zila ya bose banokangang'wa Ndzimu, kugalabgwe kukwe kon'pelela iye usina Ndzimu.
English14
What he trusts in is fragile; what he relies on is a spider’s web.
African Kalanga
Kugalabgwe kukwe konga jegwa linofa kugalabgwe kukwe konga ludandi gwe tjibubi.
English15
He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.
African Kalanga
Unonaila ng'umba iye, koga aitoma, unozwibhatilila nayo ngono aitosima.
English16
He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;
African Kalanga
Unonga nti unodilidzigwa nenguba kuli zhuba midzi yawo yakawala mu nnda.
English17
it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
African Kalanga
Midzi iye inozwipomba mu mabgwe, unoshaka bugalo mu mabgwe.
English18
But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
African Kalanga
Koga ha angasimugwa pa magalo awe, magalo anozwin'landula eti, ‘Andithu akubona.’
English19
Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.
African Kalanga
Nge lebeswa ndiko kushatha kwe zila iye, koga mu mavu mimwe miti inowomela.
English20
“Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
African Kalanga
“Nge malebeswa Ndzimu autolamba nthu usina nlandu, kene kubhatsha banothama mbipo.
English21
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
African Kalanga
Koga unowozhadza nlomo uwo nge tjiseko, milomo iyo inozhala nsindo we mpululu!
English22
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”
African Kalanga
Koga ibabo banokubenga banowobhakhwa nge shoni, ne mishasha ye babi aitjowobepo.”

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.