Job 6
Legacy Standard Bible
Job Answers Eliphaz
6 Then Job answered and said,
2 “(A)Oh that my vexation were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my destruction!
3 For then it would be (B)heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.
4 For the (C)arrows of the Almighty are within me,
[a]Their (D)poison my spirit drinks;
The (E)horrors of God are arranged against me.
5 Does the (F)wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6 Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,
Or is there any taste in the slime of a [b]yolk?
7 My soul (G)refuses to touch them;
They are like loathsome food to me.
8 “Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my hope!
9 Would that God were (H)willing to crush me,
That He would release His hand and cut me off!
10 But it is still my comfort,
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I (I)have not at all hidden away the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should [c](J)endure?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones,
Or is my flesh bronze?
13 Is it that there is no (K)help within me,
And that the [d](L)success of sound wisdom is driven from me?
14 “For the (M)despairing man lovingkindness should be from his friend;
But he (N)forsakes the [e]fear of the Almighty.
15 My brothers have (O)betrayed me like a [f]wadi,
Like the torrents of [g]wadis which pass away,
16 Which grow dark because of ice
And upon which the snow hides itself.
17 When (P)they become waterless, they [h]are silent;
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The [i]paths of their course wind along;
They go up into a formless place and perish.
19 The caravans of (Q)Tema looked;
The travelers of (R)Sheba hoped for them.
20 They (S)were ashamed for they had trusted;
They came there and were humiliated.
21 Indeed, you have now become such;
(T)You see a terror and are afraid.
22 Have I said, ‘Give me something,’
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’
23 Or, ‘Give me escape from the hand of the adversary,’
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless men’?
24 “Instruct me, and (U)I will be silent;
And cause me to understand how I have erred.
25 How painful are upright words!
But what does your reproof prove?
26 Do you think to reprove my words,
Or think of the (V)words of one in despair as wind?
27 You would even (W)cast lots for (X)the orphans
And (Y)bargain over your friend.
28 So now be willing to face me,
And see if I (Z)lie to your face.
29 Now turn from this, let there be no unrighteousness;
Even turn from this, (AA)my righteousness is yet in it.
30 Is there unrighteousness on my tongue?
Cannot (AB)my palate discern [j]destruction?
Footnotes
Yobu 6
Endagaano Enkadde nʼEndagaano Empya
Yobu Ayanukula
6 Yobu n’ayanukula ng’agamba nti,
2 (A)“Singa okweraliikirira kwange,
n’okubonaabona kwange bipimibwa ne biteekebwa ku minzaani!
3 (B)Weewaawo byandisinze omusenyu gw’ennyanja okuzitowa;
ebigambo byange kyenvudde mbyanguyiriza.
4 (C)Obusaale bwa Ayinzabyonna buli mu nze
n’omwoyo gwange gunywedde obusagwa bwabwo:
entiisa ya Katonda erwana nange.
5 Entulege ekaaba awali omuddo,
oba ente ennume eŋŋooŋŋa awali emmere yaayo?
6 Emmere etaliimu nsa eriika omutali munnyo,
oba amazzi g’eggi okubaamu akawoomerera?
7 (D)Omutima gwange tegusikirizibwa kubikombako,
biri ng’emmere etangasa.
8 (E)“Singa Katonda ampa kye nsaba,
n’ampa kye nsuubira,
9 (F)yandisiimye okumbetenta
ne mmalibwawo omukono gwe.
10 (G)Kino kyandikkakkanyizza
obulumi obutakoma
kubanga sigaanye bigambo bya Mutukuvu.
11 (H)Amaanyi ngaggya wa, ndyoke mbe n’essuubi?
Era enkomerero yange, eruwa ndyoke ngumiikirize?
12 Amaanyi gange ga mayinja
oba omubiri gwange gwa kikomo?
13 (I)Mu mazima sirina maanyi
n’obusobozi bwanzigwako.
14 Oyo agaana ebyekisa okuva eri mukwano gwe
tafaayo kutya Ayinzabyonna.
15 (J)Baganda bange tebeesigika, bali ng’akagga akabooga
ate ne kakalira,
16 akaddugalirira
buli lwe kakwata, ng’omuzira,
17 (K)ate ne kaggwaawo
buli lwe wabaawo ebbugumu.
18 Ebibinja by’abatambuze we biviira ku mugendo
ne biraga mu ddungu ne bizikirira.
19 (L)Abatambuze b’e Teema banoonya,
bo ab’e Seeba ne balindirira n’essuubi.
20 (M)Baalina essuubi
naye bwe baatuukayo ne banyolwa nnyo.
21 (N)Kaakano bwe mundabye ne mutya
ne mukakasizza ddala nga temuliiko kye muyinza kukola.
22 Nnali mbagambye nti, ‘Mumpe ekirabo,’
oba nti, ‘Mumpeereyo ekintu ku by’obugagga bwammwe,
23 okumponya nve mu mukono gw’omulabe,
n’okumpeerayo ekintu mpone emitego gy’abakambwe’?
24 (O)“Njigiriza nange n’aba musirise;
ndaga we nsobezza.
25 (P)Ebigambo eby’amazima nga bya bulumi!
Naye okuwakana kwammwe kukakasa ki?
26 (Q)Mugezaako okugolola ebigambo byange,
ne mufuula ebigambo by’omuntu ali obubi okuba ng’empewo?
27 (R)Mukubira ne bamulekwa akalulu
ate ne mukubira ne mukwano gwammwe.
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