Yoba
3 Kepo Yoba atendekele kwamba ne kufinga juba jo asemenwe.+ 2 Yoba waambile’mba:
3 “Aja juba jo nasemenwe jonaike,+
Ne abwa bufuku muntu bo aambijilemo amba: ‘Baimita mwana wa mulume!’
4 Aja juba jaluke ke mfishi.
Lesa wa mwiulu kange ejite muchima ne;
Kyeya nakyo kange kisaminepo ne.
5 Mfishi ine ikatampe* ivwete aja juba.
Ne jikumbi jafitatu bwii jikale ponka.
Kintu kyonse kilenga mfishi kikale pa joja juba.
6 Abwa bufuku bufiitetu bwii;+
Kange busekele pa moba onse a mu mwaka ne,
Kabiji kange bwikalepo pa bañondo bonse ne.
7 Kine! Abwa bufuku bwikale bwatutu;
Jiwi ja lusekelo kange jumvwanyikemo ne.
9 Tubangabanga twajo twa ku makya tuzhime;
Jipembelelenga kyatu kwa kubula kumona kyeya,
Kabiji kange jimone mintetenga ya lukelo ne.
10 Mambo kechi jashinkile binzhilo bya munda mwa bamama ne;+
Kabiji kechi jafiile makatazho ami ne.
11 Mambo ka o nabujiletu kufwa pa kusemwa?
Mambo ka o nabujile kufwa ponkatu pa kufuma munda?+
12 Mambo ka o bandelejile pa maulu
Ne kumpa mabele a kwamwa?
13 Mambo kino kimye inge nalaala kwa kubula bya kunkatazha;+
Inge nalaala ne kukokoloka+
14 Na bamfumu ba pano pa ntanda ne bebabuulangako maana,
Bonka beshimikijile mapunzha aaluka luno ke masala,*
15 Nangwa na babitumbafumu bajinga na ngolode,
Bonka bajinga na mazubo ayujile siliva.
16 Nangwa mambo ka o nabujiletu kwikala nobe mwana ye bapulumuna,
Nobe mwana wabula kumonapo kyeya?
17 Akwa mubi ko abula kumanama;
Konka ko bakokolokela aba bakooka.+
18 Konkakwa bakaili ko baikala pamo mu mutende;
Kechi bomvwapo jiwi ja muntu ubena kwibakanjikizha kwingila ne.
19 Wabula kunema ne wanema bonse baesakana kokwa,+
Ne muzha ukasuluka kufuma kwi nkambo yanji.
21 Aba bakeba kufwa, mambo ka o babujila kufwa?+
Bonka bakebesha lufu kukila byo bakeba bya buneme byafyamika,
22 Bonkaba basangalala bingi,
Bekala na lusekelo na mambo a kuba bataana kilende.
23 Mambo ka Lesa o apaina bumi ku muntu wabula kuyuka jishinda janji,
Yenka Lesa ye azhikijila?+
25 Mambo kintu kyo nachinanga kyamfikila,
Ne kintu kyo naakamwanga kyammwekela.
26 Kechi naikalapo mutende nangwa kwikalatu nzoo ne, kabiji kechi nakokolokapo ne,
Bino makatazho abena kwiyatu.”