Jobo 14
1 “Muntu uulya maila ujisi buyo mazuba mace aazwide mapenzi.
2 Ulafulula mbuli duba wamana ulanyana-nyana,
uleenda mbuli cimvule kwamana wazimaana.
3 Sena yebo ulalanga muntu uuli boobu akumuleta kuti umubeteke?
4 Nguni uukonzya kuleta cintu cilondokede, cilondokede kuzwa mucintu cisofweede? Taakwe naba omwe pe.
5 Mazuba aamuntu alipimidwe amweelwe wamyezi yakwe iili munguzu zyako,
alimwi wakamubikkila masimpilo aayo ngatakonzyi kusotoka.
6 Komufutatila, umuleke buyo,
kuti akalyookezye mbuli similimo mbwalyookezya limana mulimo.
7 “Nkaambo masamu alijisi lulangilo,
kuti naa waagonka alasyuuka alimwi, zisyuukila tazikamani.
8 Nikuba kuti muyanda wawo wacembaala muvu,
acisiko cawo cayuma muvu,
9 wajana mudumu ulasyuuka akuba aamitabi mbuli ntembwani.
10 Pele muntu ulakosoka, wafwa, ino uli kuli?
11 Mbuli maanzi mbwaamana muziba,
ambuli mulonga mbuuyuminina,
12 mbombuboobu muntu awalo mbwalala akutabuka limbi,
nikuba kusikila julu likamane takooyoosinsimuka pe,
nikuba kubusigwa kuzwa kuŋonzi zyakwe.
13 Nicali cibotu kuti kondisisa mucuumbwe
mane kunyema kwako kukainde, pele utalubi ciindi cakundiyeeya.
14 Kuti naa muntu wafwa, sena uyoopona alimwi?
Mumazuba oonse aamulimo wangu noolindilila mane kusikila nkaangununwe.
15 Waakundiita, njooingula, uyoondiyandisisya ndemulengwa wako.
16 Ciindi eeco uyoolanga bweende bwangu boonse,
pele tokooyoolangaula mulandu wangu pe.
17 Kulubizya kwangu uyookujalilila alimwi, uyoozimaanya zinyonyoono zyangu.
18 Tee aalo malundu alakolomoka,
awalo mundomba ulagwisigwa abusena bwawo.
19 Mabwe alaselemuka amaanzi, atwalo tulonga tulakukula ivu lyanyika.
Mbombuboobu ayebo mbonyonyoona bulangizi bwamuntu.
20 Ulamuzunda ulamuzunda cakuti uzundilwa limwi,
ulasandula busyu bwakwe, wamana wamutanda.
21 Bana bakwe balombe balajana bulemu,
pele walo inga teezi, balafwiinsigwa pele walo taboni.
22 Umvwa buyo kucisa kwamubili wakwe,
aboobo ulalilila mwini.”