Job 27
1 Job again took up his parable, and said,
Ndipo Ayubu akaendelea na hoja yake, akasema:
2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter
“Hakika kama Mungu aishivyo, aliyeninyima haki yangu, Mwenyezi ambaye amenifanya nionje uchungu wa nafsi,
3 (for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
kwa muda wote nitakaokuwa na uhai ndani yangu, nayo pumzi ya Mungu ikiwa puani mwangu,
4 surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
midomo yangu haitanena uovu, wala ulimi wangu hautatamka udanganyifu.
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Sitakubaliana nanyi kabisa kuwa mko sahihi; hadi nife, sitakana uadilifu wangu.
6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.
Nitadumisha haki yangu wala sitaiacha; dhamiri yangu haitanisuta muda wote ninaoishi.
7 “Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
“Watesi wangu wawe kama waovu, nao adui zangu wawe kama wasio haki!
8 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Kwa maana mtu asiyemcha Mungu analo tegemeo gani anapokatiliwa mbali, Mungu anapouondoa uhai wake?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
Je, Mungu husikiliza kilio chake, shida zimjiapo?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
Je, anaweza kumfurahia Mwenyezi? Je, atamwita Mungu nyakati zote?
11 I will teach you about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
“Nitawafundisha juu ya uweza wa Mungu; njia za Mwenyezi sitazificha.
12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
Ninyi nyote mmeona hili wenyewe. Ni ya nini basi mazungumzo haya yasiyo na maana?
13 “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
“Hili ndilo fungu ambalo Mungu humpa mtu mwovu, urithi ule mtu mdhalimu anapokea kutoka kwa Mwenyezi:
14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
Hata kama watoto wake watakuwa wengi kiasi gani, fungu lao ni kuuawa kwa upanga; wazao wake hawatakuwa kamwe na chakula cha kuwatosha.
15 Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation.
Tauni itawazika wale watakaonusurika miongoni mwao, nao wajane wao hawatawaombolezea.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Ajapokusanya fedha nyingi kama mavumbi, na mavazi kama malundo ya udongo wa mfinyanzi,
17 he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
yale yote mtu mwovu aliyojiwekea akiba, mwenye haki atayavaa, naye asiye na hatia ataigawanya fedha yake.
18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
Nyumba aijengayo ni kama utando wa buibui, kama kibanda alichotengeneza mlinzi.
19 He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
Yeye hulala akiwa tajiri, lakini ndiyo mara ya mwisho; afunguapo macho yake, yote yametoweka.
20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
Vitisho humjia kama mafuriko; dhoruba humkumba ghafula usiku.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
Upepo mkali wa mashariki humchukua, naye hutoweka; humzoa kutoka mahali pake.
22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
Humvurumisha bila huruma, huku akikimbia kasi kukwepa nguvu zake.
23 Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.
Upepo humpigia makofi kwa dharau, na kumfukuza atoke mahali pake.
