Job 4
GOD’S WORD Translation
Eliphaz Speaks: Be Patient and Listen, Job
4 Then Eliphaz from Teman replied ⌞to Job⌟,
2 “If someone tries to talk to you, will you become impatient?
But who can keep from talking?
3 Certainly, you have instructed many people:
When hands were weak, you made them strong.
4 When someone stumbled, you lifted him up with your words.
When knees were weak, you gave them strength.
5 But trouble comes to you, and you’re impatient.
It touches you, and you panic.
6 Doesn’t your fear of God give you confidence
and your lifetime of integrity give you hope?
Only Evil People Suffer
7 “Now think about this:
Which innocent person ⌞ever⌟ died ⌞an untimely death⌟?
Find me a decent person who has been destroyed.
8 Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery,
they gathered its harvest.
9 God destroys them with his breath
and kills them with a blast of his anger.
10 Though the roar of the lion
and the growl of the ferocious lion ⌞is loud⌟,
the young lions have had their teeth knocked out.
11 The old lions die without any prey ⌞to eat⌟,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 “I was told something secretly
and heard something whispered in my ear.
13 With disturbing thoughts from visions in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,
14 fear and trembling came over me,
and all my bones shook.
15 A spirit passed in front of me.
It made my hair stand on end.
16 Something stood there.
I couldn’t tell what it was.
A vague image was in front of my eyes.
I heard a soft voice:
17 ‘Can ⌞any⌟ mortal be righteous to God?
Can ⌞any⌟ human being be pure to his maker?’
18 “You see, God doesn’t trust his own servants,
and he accuses his angels of making mistakes.
19 How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses
that have their foundation in the dust.
Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!
20 From morning to evening, they are shattered.
They will disappear forever without anyone paying attention.
21 Haven’t the ropes of their tent been loosened?
Won’t they die without wisdom?
Yobu 4
Endagaano Enkadde nʼEndagaano Empya
Erifaazi Ayogera
4 Awo Erifaazi Omutemani n’ayanukula ng’agamba nti,
2 (A)“Omuntu bw’anaayogera naawe onoonyiiga?
Naye ani ayinza okusirika obusirisi?
3 (B)Laba, wayigiriza bangi,
emikono eminafu wagizzaamu amaanyi.
4 (C)Ebigambo byo byanyweza abaali bagwa,
era ng’ozzaamu amaanyi amaviivi agaali gakankana.
5 (D)Naye kaakano kikutuuseeko, oweddemu amaanyi;
kikutte ku ggwe n’oggwaawo!
6 (E)Okutya Katonda wo si bwe bwesige bwo,
n’obwesimbu bwo si ly’essuubi lyo?
7 (F)“Kaakano lowooza; ani ataliiko musango eyali azikiridde?
Oba wa abatuukirivu gye baali bamaliddwawo?
8 (G)Okusinziira ku kyendabye; abo abateekateeka okukola ebibi era ne basiga ebitali bya butuukirivu,
bakungula bizibu.
9 (H)Bazikirizibwa omukka Katonda gw’assa,
bamalibwawo obusungu bwe.
10 (I)Okuwuluguma kw’empologoma, n’eddoboozi ly’empologoma enkambwe,
n’amannyo g’empologoma ento gamenyeka.
11 (J)Empologoma ey’amaanyi ezikirira olw’okubulwa omuyiggo,
n’obwana bw’empologoma busaasaana.
12 (K)“Nategeezebwa ekigambo eky’ekyama,
ne nkitegera okutu.
13 (L)Wakati mu birowoozo n’okwolesebwa kw’ekiro
ng’otulo otungi tukutte omuntu,
14 (M)okutya n’okukankana byankwata ne bireetera amagumba gange okunyegenya.
15 Omwoyo gw’ayita mu maaso gange,
obwoya bw’oku mubiri gwange ne buyimirira.
16 Ne buyimirira butengerera,
naye saasobola kwetegereza ndabika yaabwo,
n’ekifaananyi kyali mu maaso gange, ne wabaawo akasiriikiriro,
ne ndyoka mpulira eddoboozi nga ligamba nti,
17 (N)‘Omuntu afa ayinza okuba omutuukirivu okusinga Katonda?
Omuntu ayinza okuba omulongoofu okusinga Omutonzi we?
18 (O)Obanga abaddu be tabeesiga,
nga bamalayika be abalanga ensobi
19 (P)kale kiriba kitya,
abo abasula mu z’ebbumba ezirina emisingi egiri mu nfuufu,
ababetentebwa n’okusinga ekiwojjolo?
20 (Q)Bamalibwawo wakati w’amakya n’akawungeezi,
bazikirira emirembe n’emirembe awatali abafaako.
21 (R)Omuguwa gwa weema yaabwe gusimbulwa munda,
ne bafa ng’abasirusiru.’ ”
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