1 Job, igidha!
Oku na tuu ngo te ku yamukula?
Oguni gwomaayapuki te ku yamukula?
2 Ongeyo otayi li egoya,
nefupa otali fala omuhasha meso.
3 Ngame mwene onda mono omugoya ta yugu,
ihe ohaluka egumbo lye olya thingwa.
4 Oyana oya kala kokule negameno;
moompangu otaa lyatelwa pevi pwaa na omupopili.
5 Aasindjala otaa li po iilya ye —
otaa teya nomombungwiidhi
aanotelwa otaa kwata po eliko lye.
6 Oshoka oshiponga ihashi hituka mohi,
nuudhigu ihau ndjituka mevi.
7 Omuntu oti iyetele uudhigu,
osho lela ngaashi oohandje hadhi tuka dhu uka pombanda.
8 Ihe ando ngame onda li ngoye,
ando otandi uka kuKalunga
notandi mu faalele uudhigu wandje.
9 Ota longo iinyengandunge itaayi vulu okuyelekwa,
iilongankondo itaayi vulu okuyalulwa.
10 Evi ote li lokithile omvula,
nomeya ote ga poolele momalundu.
11 Eeno, oye Kalunga ta yambula po aafupi
e ta nyanyudha mboka taa lili.
12-13 Ota pilaaleke oompangela dhaanandunge
nota hanagula po omakoto gaanongo, opo yaa tompole sha.
14 Omilema otadhi ke ya luudhila moshanga shomutenya,
notaa ka pampadhala ngaashi muusiku.
15 Kalunga ota hupitha oohepele meso,
ote ya hupitha miikaha yaanankondo.
16 Ohepele ote yi pe etegameno
nomukolokoshi ote mu mweneke.
17 Omunelago omuntu ngoka Kalunga te mu pukulula.
Ino dhina egeeloputudho lyOmunankondoawike.
18 Oshoka ota dhenge, ihe ota panga wo,
ote ehameke, ihe iikaha ye otayi aludha.
19 Ote ku hupitha miiponga ihamano,
nomoshitiheyali ito adhika kuupyakadhi.
20 Mondjala ote ku keelele meso,
nomiita ite ku etha u se.
21 Ote ku gamene komasheko;
ito pumbwa okutila, uuna ehanagulo tali ya.
22 Oto ka yola ehanagulo nuulumbu
noito ka tila iilikama.
23 Epya lyoye itali ka kala noowege,
niilikama itayi ke ku etela, nando oshiponga shasha.
24 Oto ka kala nombili metsali lyoye
niimuna yoye otayi ka kala ya gwana po inaapu kana sha.
25 Aamwoye otaa ka indjipala,
noluvalo lwoye otalu ka fa omwiidhi gwokelundu.
26 Oto ka ya mombila muukokele wa kola,
ngaashi iilya ya adha okuteywa.
27 Job, shika otwe shi konakona
notwa tseya kutya osho lela.
Shi taamba ano.
© Oshindonga Bible © Bible Society of Namibia, 2008.