Job 15
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
Ndipo Elifazi Mtemani alijibu na kusema,
2 Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
Mtu mwenye hekima anapaswa kujibu kwa maarifa yasiyofaa na kujijaza mwenyewe na upepo wa mashariki?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
Anapaswa kuhojiana na mazungumzo yasiyo na faida au na hotuba ambazo kwa hizo yeye hawezi kufanya mema?
4 Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
Dhahiri, wewe wafifisha heshima ya Mungu; Wewe wazuia heshima kwa yeye,
5 For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
kwa maana uovu wako hufundisha midomo yako; Wewe wachagua kuwa na ulimi wa mtu mwenye hila.
6 Thine own mouth condemns thee, and not I. Yes, thine own lips testify against thee.
Mdomo wako mwenyewe hukukukumu wewe, siyo wangu; hakika, midomo yako mwenyewe hushuhudia dhidi yako wewe.
7 Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?
Je, wewe ni mwanadamu wa kwanza ambaye aliyezaliwa? Wewe ulikuwepo kabla ya vilima kuwepo?
8 Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?
Wewe Umewahi kusikia maarifa ya siri ya Mungu? Je, wewe wajihesabia mwenye hekima wewe mwenyewe?
9 What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, which is not in us?
Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho sisi hatukijui? Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho hakiko katika sisi?
10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
Pamoja nasi wapo pia wenye mvi na watu wazee sana ambao ni wazee zaidi kuliko baba yako.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee, even the word that is gentle toward thee?
Je, faraja ya Mungu ni ndogo sana kwako, maneno ambayo ni ya upole dhidi yako wewe?
12 Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
Kwa nini moyo wako wewe unakupeleka mbali? Kwa nini macho yako yananga'ra,
13 that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?
ili ya kwamba kuirejesha roho yako kwa Mungu na kuyatoa maneno hayo kutoka katika mdomo wako?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Je, mwanadamu yeye ni nini kwamba yeye anapaswa kuwa safi? Yeye mwanadamu aliyezaliwa na mwanamke ni nini kwamba yeye anapaswa awe mwenye haki?
15 Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Tazama, Mungu haweki tumaini lake hata kwa mmoja wake aliye mtakatifu; Hakika, mbingu haziko safi machoni pake yeye;
16 How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
jinsi gani asivyo safi ni mmoja aliye mbaya na mla rushwa, mtu ambaye hunywa uovu kama maji!
17 I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,
Mimi nitakuonyesha wewe; Nisikilize mimi; Mimi nitakutangazia wewe vitu ambavyo nimeviona,
18 which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,
vitu ambavyo watu wenye hekima wamepita chini yake kutoka kwa baba zao, vile vitu ambavyo mababu zao hawakuvificha.
19 to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:
Hawa walikuwa mababu zao, ambao kwao pekee nchi walipewa, na miongoni mwao hakuna mgeni aliyepita.
20 The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
Mtu mwovu hupitia katika maumivu siku zake zote, idadi ya miaka iliyowekwa juu kwa mtesaji kuteseka.
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Sauti ya vitisho katika masikio yake; pindi yeye yuko katika kufanikiwa, mharibu atakuja juu yake yeye.
22 He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.
Yeye hafikiri kwamba yeye atarudi kutoka katika giza; Upanga humngojea yeye.
23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Yeye huenda sehemu mbali mbali kwa ajili ya mkate, akisema, 'Kiko wapi? ' Yeye anatambua kuwa siku ya giza iko mkononi.
24 Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
Dhiki na mateso makali humfanya aogope; wao hushinda dhidi yake yeye, kama mfalme tayari kwa vita.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.
Kwa sababu yeye ameunyosha mkono wake dhidi ya Mungu na ameishi kwa kiburi dhidi ya aliye mkuu,
26 He runs upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,
huyu mtu mwovu hukimbia kwa Mungu na shingo ngumu, kwa vifundo vikubwa vya ngao.
27 because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
Hii ni kweli, hata ingawa yeye amefunika uso wake kwa mafuta yake na amekusanya mafuta juu ya viuno vyake,
28 And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
na ameishi katika miji yenye ukiwa; katika nyumba ambazo hakuna mwanadamu anayeishi humo sasa na ambazo zilikuwa tayari kuwa magofu.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
Yeye hatakuwa tajiri; utajiri wake yeye hautadumu; hata kivuli chake hakitadumu katika nchi.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of God's mouth he shall go away.
Yeye hatatoka nje ya giza; mwali wa moto utakausha matawi yake; katika pumzi ya kinywa cha Mungu yeye ataenda zake.
31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.
Mwacheni yeye asitumaini katika vitu visivyofanya kazi, akijidanganya yeye mwenyewe; maana upuuzi utakuwa mshahara wake yeye.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Itatokea kabla ya wakati wake yeye atapaswa kufa; tawi lake halitakuwa kijani.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
Yeye atazipukutisha zabibu zake zisizovunwa kama mzabibu; yeye atayaondoa maua yake kama mti wa mzeituni.
34 For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
Kwa maana msaada wa watu wasiomcha Mungu utakuwa tasa; moto utateketeza hema za rushwa.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
Wao wanabeba mimba yenye ubaya na kuzaa uovu; tumbo lao hutunga mimba ya udanganifu.
