Jobe 14
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1“Nthu wakazwagwa nge nkadzi
una mazhuba mashomanana, kakale uzhele mang'oni.
2Unopasula se luba linoti tjinyolotjo likabuna,
unopinda se ntutshi, aatogalila tjose.
3Apa nenguba akajalo, mon'sundila mesho kene?
Mukan'zhisa mbeli kwenyu kun'sumikilisa kene?
4Apa ndiani ungadusa tjibuyanana muna tjisi tjibuyanana kene?
Akuna ne ung'ompela!
5Mazhuba e nthu e bupenyu akalizanyidziwa
ne mbalo ye mimwedzi iye moyiziba,
makanthamila n'gathu waasingake katjuluka.
6Musinlinge ndizo anyaluluke,
kuti ashathe se ntapiwa eshathila mazhuba awe.
7“Kuna kugalabgwe mu nti,
ha wathubugwa unothinila kakale
thabi dzawo dze nsunilila adzitofa.
8Midzi yawo inokwegula mu mavu
bhato lawo ilo lofila mu mavu,
9ne kwakajalo ha uhwa doba koga
unothinila se nti ntjetjana.
10Koga nthu ha efa ndilo bhelelo lile
unofema gwe bupelo kobe kwapela nge kukwe.
11Se vula ipkhwa mu gakhwa
ne njizi dzopkhwa dzikawomelela,
12ha zhuzhugwi kutjiyapo,
nthu unoizela ngono kasitjamuke kakale,
aatomusiwa mu hwope.
13Ungati munga ndisumbika mu bugalo gwe bafi
mundisumbike kudzina bushongola gwapela,
ngekwa itjetjo mowondikumbula!
14Apa nthu ha efa unosomuka kakale wali?
Mazhuba wose mazhuba anolema e nshingo
ndowolindila kuswikila mang'oni apela.
15Ha mundidana ndowomudabila,
ndizo mowoshuba nshingo wamakathama nge maboko enyu.
16Ngelebeswa mowobala thambo dzangu,
ngono mukasitja londolodze jinyo langu.
17Kutjinya kwangu kwakasungigwa mu saka,
mowovukidzila jinyo langu.
18“Koga dombo lowa likwamukana,
ne shongwe inotshedugwa mu magalo ayo,
19se vula dzikwegudza mabgwe,
vula ye midumbi inokukula mavu e shango,
ndiko sekwa munokolomodza kugalabgwe kwe nthu.
20Mokulila nthu mukantatila kutjena tjatjose,
mukaliga tjiso tjitje kafila kutjena.
21Bakololo babe banokudziwa koga iye atoziba,
ne belengudziwa aatobona.
22Iye ngekukwe unoteedzela zwibhayo zwimunli,
ne buyendasi gumu nli!”
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