Job 24
1 But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
Kwa nini nyakati za kuwahukumu waovu hazikuwekwa na Mwenyezi? Kwa nini siyo wale waliowaaminifu kwa Mungu huziona siku za hukumu zikija?
2 while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
Kuna waovu waondoao alama za mipaka; kuna waovu walichukua kundi kwa nguvu na kulifanya lao.
3 They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.
Wanawadhurumu wanyonge punda wao; wanachukua ng'ombe wa mjane kuwa dhamana.
4 They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
Wanawaondoa wahitaji katika njia zao kwa lazima; masikini wa dunia yote wanajificha kutoka kwao.
5 And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to [his] little ones.
Tazama, masikini hawa huenda kufanya kazi kama punda-mwitu mwituni, akitafuta chakula kwa uangalifu; pengine Araba itawapatia chakula kwa ajili ya watoto wao.
6 They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
Masikini huvuna katika mashamba ya wengine usiku; wanakusanya zabibu kidogo kutokana na mapato ya waovu.
7 They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.
Wana lala bila kujifunika wakati wa usiku; hawana cha kujifunika wakati wa baridi.
8 They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.
Wanalowanishwa na mvua ya milimani; wanalala pembeni mwa miamba mikubwa kwani hawana makao.
9 They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.
Kuna waovu wanaowapokonya yatima katika kifua cha mama zao, na waovu wawachukuao watoto kama dhamana kutoka kwa masikini.
10 And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.
Lakini masikini wanatembea uchi; wajapokaa na njaa, wanabebea wengine chakula.
11 They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.
Masikini wanazalisha vinono ndani ya nyumba za waovu; wanakanyaga mashinikizo ya waovu, lakini wanakiu.
12 Who have cast forth [the] poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.
Watu wananung'unika mjini; waliojeruhiwa wanaomboleza, lakini Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao.
13 Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?
Baadhi ya waovu hawa wanaiasi nuru; hawafahamu njia zake, wala kukaa katika njia zake.
14 But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:
Muaji huinuka na nuru; huuwa masikini na waitaji; ni kama mwizi wakati wa usiku.
15 and the eye of the adulterer has watched [for] the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.
Pia, mzinifu hungoja wakati wa usiku; husema, 'Hakuna anionaye.' Hujibadilisha.
16 In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.
Waovu huingia katika nyumba gizani, lakini hujifungia wakati wa mchana; hawajari nuru.
17 For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death, for [each] will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.
Kwa kuwa asubuhi kwao wote ni kama giza totoro; wanaamani na vitisho vya giza totoro.
18 He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.
Wanapotea polepole, lakini, kama povu juu ya maji; shamba lao limelaaniwa; hakuna anayekwenda kufanya kazi katika mashamba yao ya mizabibu.
19 [Let them be] withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless. (Sheol h7585)
Kiangazi na joto huondoa barafu; ndivyo kuzimu pia kunavyowaaribu waliotenda dhambi. (Sheol h7585)
20 Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.
Mama yake atamsahau; polepole funza watamuuma; hatakumbukwa tena; kwa hiyo, waovu watavunjika kama mti.
21 For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
Mwovu anamrarua mgumba; hawatendi jema lolote kwa mjane.
22 And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, [a man] will not feel secure of his own life.
Bado Mungu huwaondoa wenye nguvu kwa nguvu zake; huinuka na kuwadhoofisha.
23 When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.
Mungu huwaacha wajione wako salama, na wanalifurahia hilo, lakini anayaangalia maisha yao.
24 For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
Watu hawa wanatukuzwa; bado, kitambo tu, watapotea; hakika, watashushwa; watakusanywa kama wengine wote; wataondolewa kama sehemu ya juu ya masikio ya nafaka.
25 But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?
Ikiwa sivyo, nani atanithibitisha kuwa mwongo; atakaye fanya maneno yangu kuwa si kitu?”
