Tadrioza Eyobo ro: Lu Gazo Tavo Atana Mabe
1 Eyobo zatadrite ekye:
2 Ondro ono ma drigba driovi be,
tana Lu ka 'du ma eza ma ca leri ono owo.
3 Aba mäni vose musuna nda kigye gwo,
moyina ndi vose nda be kigye 'do ya.
4 Aba mitina vure maro tana ndi nda kandra
ago marana tadili cini maro ndi ndäri.
5 Mänina tase nda kolebe tadri maro ozane sina 'do ndi
ago tase nda kolebe atane märi 'do ndi.
6 Inye'do Lu lofona mbara cini ndaro ndi kyila oyeze mabe ya?
Ko inye, nda erina ta maro ndi.
7 Ma orivoya mano 'diri yi; mänina ndi ta atane Lu be;
ago Lu vureope'ba maro ka'dana ma 'da taŋgye'ba ro.
8 Mäṛivote 'buzelesi, oko Lu i'do lau;
ago mäṛivote aŋgoyasi, oko musu nda kote.
9 Lu a'dote losi oyevoya mä'dudri oko cu mandre nda ko,
nda kozaru ca ŋgäṛiŋwadri mandre levu ndaro ko.
10 Caoko Lu ni abavo cini se mabe aba kigyesi ndi;
aba ondro ka'do nda kojo ta maro gwo, nda usuna ma ndi wäṛiro oso logo läguläguro ronye.
11 Ma oso 'diri ro liti ndaro voro,
ago madiru kote liti biṛi ya alona.
12 Mäku kote ni ota se nda ko'babe ono yasi;
ago ma'ba tase cini nda kota mabe oyene te ya maro ya.
13 Nda läpi ta ko alona. A'di o'bana nda ni ta ndaro läpine ya?
Nda ka ole ndaro oyena ayani.
14 Nda ondena tase nda korabe oyene märi 'do ndi;
nda ṛo orivoya tavoora nonye kwoi be amba drî ndaro ya.
15 Ta'dota ma lä'bilä'biro nda kandra.
Marite ta inye'do usune, muturi nda ro turi.
16 Lu 'ba agoago maro kyete,
Lu Mbarapara 'ba ma te turituriro.
17 Oko ŋgätini unina ko ma o'bane a'done titiro,
ŋgätini gbiṛikyiri kini mi maro gica ono owo.
Job's Reply to Eliphaz
Today I Complain Bitterly
1 Job said:
2 Today I complain bitterly,
because God has been cruel
and made me suffer.
3 If I knew where to find God,
I would go there
4 and argue my case.
5 Then I would discover
what he wanted to say.
6 Would he overwhelm me
with his greatness?
No! He would listen
7 because I am innocent,
and he would say,
“I now set you free!”
8 I cannot find God anywhere—
in front or back of me,
9 to my left or my right.
God is always at work,
though I never see him.
10 But he knows what I am doing,
and when he tests me,
I will be pure as gold.
* 11 I have never refused to follow
any of his commands,
12 and I have always treasured
his teachings.
13 But he alone is God,
and who can oppose him?
God does as he pleases,
14 and he will do exactly
what he intends with me.
* 15 Merely the thought
of God All-Powerful
16 makes me tremble with fear.
17 God has covered me
with darkness,
but I refuse to be silent.