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Birudaadi Ayogera

Awo Birudaadi Omusukusi n’addamu n’agamba nti,

(A)“Onookoma ddi okwogera ebintu bino?
    Era ebigambo bino by’oyogera n’akamwa ko binaakoma ddi okuba ng’empewo ey’amaanyi?
(B)Katonda akyusakyusa mu nsala ye?
    Oba oyo Ayinzabyonna akyusakyusa amazima?
(C)Abaana bo bwe baayonoona eri Mukama,
    n’abawaayo eri empeera y’ekibi kyabwe.
(D)Kyokka bw’onoonoonya Katonda,
    ne weegayirira oyo Ayinzabyonna,
(E)bw’onooba omulongoofu era ow’amazima,
    ddala ddala anaakuddiramu
    n’akuzzaayo mu kifo kyo ekituufu.
(F)Wadde ng’entandikwa yo yali ntono,
    embeera yo ey’enkomerero ejja kuba nnungi ddala.
(G)Buuza ku mirembe egy’edda,
    era onoonyereze ku bakitaabwe bye baayiga;
(H)kubanga ffe twazaalibwa jjuuzi era tetulina kye tumanyi,
    era ne nnaku ze twakamala ku nsi ziri ng’ekisiikirize.
10 Tebaakulage bakumanyise era bakutegeeze ebigambo bye mitima gyabwe
    oba by’okutegeera kwabwe?
11 Ebitoogo biyinza okumera
    awatali bitosi?
12 (I)Biba bikyakula nga tebinnasalibwa,
    bikala mangu okusinga omuddo.
13 (J)Bw’etyo enkomerero bw’ebeera ey’abo bonna abeerabira Katonda,
    essuubi ly’abatatya Katonda bwe libula.
14 (K)Ebyo bye yeesiga byatika mangu,
    ebyo bye yeesiga, nnyumba ya nnabbubi!
15 (L)Yeesigama wuzi za nnabbubi ne zikutuka
    azeekwatako nnyo naye ne zitanywera.
16 (M)Ali ng’ekimera ekifukirire obulungi ekiri mu musana,
    nga kyanjadde amatabi gaakyo mu nnimiro;
17 emirandira gyakyo nga gyezingiridde, okwetooloola entuumu y’amayinja,
    nga ginoonya ekifo mu mayinja.
18 (N)Naye bwe bakiggya mu kifo kyakyo,
    ekifo ekyo kikyegaana ne kigamba nti, Sikulabangako.
19 (O)Mazima ddala essanyu lyakyo liggwaawo,
    ebirime ebirala ne bikula okuva mu ttaka.
20 (P)Mazima ddala Katonda talekerera muntu ataliiko musango,
    era tanyweza mukono gw’abakola ebibi.
21 (Q)Ajja kuddamu ajjuze akamwa ko enseko,
    n’emimwa gyo amaloboozi ag’essanyu.
22 (R)Abalabe bo balijjula obuswavu,
    era n’ennyumba z’abakozi b’ebibi zirimalibwawo.”

Bildad

Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

“How long will you say such things?(B)
    Your words are a blustering wind.(C)
Does God pervert justice?(D)
    Does the Almighty pervert what is right?(E)
When your children sinned against him,
    he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(F)
But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead(G) with the Almighty,(H)
if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(I)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(J)
Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous(K) will your future be.(L)

“Ask the former generation(M)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(N)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.(O)
10 Will they not instruct(P) you and tell you?
    Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?(Q)
11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?(R)
    Can reeds(S) thrive without water?
12 While still growing and uncut,
    they wither more quickly than grass.(T)
13 Such is the destiny(U) of all who forget God;(V)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.(W)
14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.(X)
15 They lean on the web,(Y) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(Z)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
    spreading its shoots(AA) over the garden;(AB)
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
    and looks for a place among the stones.
18 But when it is torn from its spot,
    that place disowns(AC) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(AD)
19 Surely its life withers(AE) away,
    and[b] from the soil other plants grow.(AF)

20 “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless(AG)
    or strengthen the hands of evildoers.(AH)
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter(AI)
    and your lips with shouts of joy.(AJ)
22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame,(AK)
    and the tents(AL) of the wicked will be no more.”(AM)

Footnotes

  1. Job 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. Job 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that