Jobe
5 “Eye u Jobe exana hanji! O kwila sayi muthu wa mu kutambwijila?
Wanda lengela ku anju yebhi?
2 Mukonda o yó watobho, wanda fwa mukonda dya kubhaka phonzo,
O kyowa wanda fwa mukonda dya lwimbi.
3 O yó watobho nga mumono kwila wazediwa mukwa ni muxi wate jindanji bhoxi,
Maji mu kithangana ni mbandu, kubhata ku mwiza wíndwa.
4 An’ê ala mu kilwezu,
Mu ku afundisa bhu mwelu wa mbanza, a abelesa.
5 O muthu watobho, idima yê a mudya-yu ku mukwa nzala,
Ni yoyo yabhake bhukaxi ka minya u ikatula,
O jimbote jê athu engi ajitambula.
6 Mukonda ima yoso ku mundu sayi ni kididi ku itunda,
O wíndwa ki usabhuka bhoxi mukwa ni isasa.
7 Kala o túbhya twoha kima, kyene we ni muthu,
Wanda kala mwene ni malamba avulu ku mwenyu.
8 Se eme ngexile bhu kididi kyé, ngeji dyondela kwa Nzambi,
Ngeji mutangela o maka mami,
9 Yó wene mubhanga ima yonene ibhonza kutetulukila o athu,
Ni ima yavulu ya madiwanu.
10 Mwene unokesa mvula mu ngongo,
Ufwafwesa menya mu mikáwu.
11 Mwene uzangeleka yó ka mu mubhana kijingu ku athu,
Ubhulula yó waluwala kyavulu.
12 O jindunge ja yó adimuka, u jibhangesa kulweza,
Phala kazediwe mu ima yabhanga.
13 Mwene ubhangesa o jinjimu kubwa mu mibhetu yâ,
Phala o jindunge jâ jilweze.
14 Né mwene mu mwanya akala mwavundu,
Ku mediya aya ni kubabata kala mu usuku.
15 Nzambi ubhulula o athu ku madimi mâ edi kala xibhata,
Ubhulula o ngadyama bhu maku a diyala dyanguzu.
16 Kyenyiki, o yó wakambe o ujitu wala hanji ni kidyelelu,
Maji athu ayibha a ajika o makanu.
17 Wazediwa yó a mubazela kwa Nzambi.
Kyenyiki, xikina o kibazelu kya Muteni wa Yoso!
18 Mukonda Nzambi u kwama, maji mwenyé dingi utumba o fidila.
Mwene ukwama o muthu, maji mwenyé we dingi u mutumba ni maku mê.
19 Mwene wanda kubhulula ku ibhidi isamanu yadikayejela,
O kya kasambwadi, kikyanda kubhanga kima.
20 Mu kithangana kya nzala, mwene kanda kwehela kufwa ni nzala,
Mu kithangana kya ita, kanda kwehela kufwa ku xibhata.
21 Mwene wanda kulanga ku dikanu dya yó uzwela ima yayibha,
Kyoso kyanda kwiza o kibwika, kiwanda kala ni wôma.
22 Kyoso kyanda kwiza o kibwika ni nzala, eye kiwanda tandanganya,
Kiwanda kala we ni wôma wa yama ya mukáwu.
23 Mu mikáwu yé, kimwanda kala matadi avulu,
O yama ya mukáwu, kiyanda kubhanga kima kyayibha.
24 Mu dibhata dyé wanda tunga-mu ni kutululuka,
Kyoso ki wandaya mutala o ibhaku yé, kikwanda kamba né ngo kimoxi.
25 Wanda kala ni twana twavulu,
O mwiji wé wanda vula mukwa ni yangu ya mukáwu.
26 Né mwene mu ukukilu wé, wanda kala hanji ni nguzu kate ki ufwa,
Kala ita ya tiliku yobhongolole mu kithangana kyê.
27 Kiki kyene kitwene mumona, o ima kyene mwene kiyala.
Xinganeka mu maka yá, xikina-u.”