Job 14
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Mwanadamu, ambaye amezaliwa na mwanamke, huishi siku chache tu na amejaa mahangaiko.
2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Yeye huchanua kutoka katika ardhi kama ua na kukatwa chini; yeye hukimbia kama kivuli na hawezi kudumu.
3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Je, wewe unatazama chochote katika hivi? Mnanileta mimi hukumuni pamoja nanyi?
4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Ni nani anayeweza kukileta kitu safi kutoka katika kitu kichafu? Hakuna awaye yote.
5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Siku za mwanadamu zimeamriwa. Idadi ya miezi yake unayo wewe; umekiweka kikomo chake ambacho hawezi kukivuka.
6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
Tazama mbali kutoka kwake kwamba yeye aweze kupumzika, ili kwamba aweze kufurahia siku yake kama mtu aliyekodishwa kama yeye anaweza kufanya hivyo.
7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
Kunaweza kuwa na tumaini kwa mti; kama ukikatwa chini, unaweza kuchipua tena, hivyo chipukizi lake halitapotea.
8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
Japokuwa mizizi yake inakua na kuzeeka katika ardhi, na shina lake kufa katika udongo,
9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
hata kama bado lina harufu ya maji pekee, litachipua tena na kutoa nje matawi kama mche.
10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Lakini mwanadamu hufa; yeye huwa dhaifu; haswaa, mwanadamu hukoma kupumua, na tena yuko wapi yeye?
11 As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
Kama maji yanavyopotea kutoka ziwani, na kama vile mto upotezavyo maji na kukauka,
12 so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
vivyo hivyo watu hulala chini na hawaamki tena. Mpaka pale mbingu zitakapokuwa hazipo tena, hawataamka wala kuamshwa kutoka katika kulala kwao.
13 If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me! (Sheol h7585)
Laiti, kwamba ungenificha mimi mbali katika kuzimu mbali kutoka katika mahangaiko, na kwamba ungenitunza mimi katika siri hadi hasira yake imalizike, kwamba ungeniwekea mimi muda maalumu wa kukaa huko na kisha kuniita mimi katika fahamu! (Sheol h7585)
14 When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
Ikiwa mwanadamu akifa, yeye ataishi tena? Ikiwa hivyo, ningependa kusubiri kule muda wangu wote wa kuharibika mpaka kufunguliwa kwangu kutakapokuja.
15 You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
Wewe ungeita, na mimi ningekujibu wewe. Wewe ungekuwa na shauku ya kazi ya mikono yako.
16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
Wewe ungehesabu na kutunza nyayo zangu; Wewe usingejali kumbukumbu ya dhambi yangu.
17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Uovu wangu ungetiwa muhuri katika mkoba; wewe ungeufunga uovu wangu.
18 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
Lakini hata milima huanguka na kuwa si chochote; hata miamba huhamishwa kutoka mahali pake;
19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
maji yaliyokuwa chini ya mawe; kufurika kwake huondoa mbali mavumbi ya nchi. Kama hivi, ninyi mnavyoharibu matumaini ya mwanadamu.
20 You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
Ninyi daima humshinda yeye, na yeye hupita mbali; Ninyi mnabadilisha uso wake na kumtuma yeye mbali kufa.
21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
Kama watoto wake wa kiume ni wa kuheshimiwa, yeye, hatambui hicho; na kama wakishushwa chini, yeye haoni hicho.
22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
Yeye hujisikia tu maumivu ya mwili wake mwenyewe, na hujiombolezea yeye mwenyewe.
