Job 12
1 And Job answered and said,
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
2 Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
“Hakuna shaka ninyi wanadamu; Hekima mtakufa nayo.
3 I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
Lakini nina ufahamu kama vile ninyi; Mimi siyo duni kwenu. Ni dhhiri, ni nani asiyefahamu vitu hivyo kama hivi?
4 I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].
Mimi ni kitu cha kuchekwa na jirani-Mimi, ni mmoja aliyemwita Mungu na ambaye alijibiwa na yeye! Mimi, ni mwenye haki na mtu asiyekuwa na hatia-Mimi sasa nimekuwa kitu cha kuchekwa.
5 He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Katika mawazo yake mtu fulani aliye katika kufurahi, kuna kudharau kwa mashaka; hufikiri katika njia ambayo huleta mambo mabaya zaidi kwa wale ambao miguu yao inateleza.
6 The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth.
Hema za wezi hufanikiwa, na wale ambao humkasirisha Mungu huhisi salama; mikono yao wenyewe ni miungu wao.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
Lakini sasa waulize hao wanyama wa mwituni, na watakufundisha wewe; waulize ndege wa angani, na watakuambia wewe.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Au iambie ardhi, na itakufundisha wewe; samaki wa baharini watakutangazia wewe.
9 Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
Ni myama yupi miongoni mwa hawa asiyefahamu kuwa mkono wa Yahwe umetenda haya?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
Katika mkono wake mna uzima wa kila kiumbe hai na pumzi ya wanadamu wote.
11 Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
Je, sikio haliyajaribu maneno kama vile kaakaa lionjavyo chakula chake?
12 With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
Kwa wazee mna hekima; katika wingi wa siku mna ufahamu.
13 With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
Pamoja na Mungu mna hekima na ukuu; yeye anayo mashauri na ufahamu.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
Tazama, yeye huangusha chini, na haiwezekani kujengwa tena; kama yeye akimtia gerezani mtu yeyote, hakutakuwa tena kufunguliwa.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Tazama, kama yeye akiyazuia maji, yanakauka; na kama akiyaachilia nje yanaitaabisha ardhi.
16 With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Pamoja na yeye mna nguvu na hekima; watu ambao wamedanganywa na mdanganyi wote pamoja wako katika nguvu zake.
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
Yeye huwaongoza washauri mbali bila kuvaa viatu katika huzuni; huwarudisha hakimu katika upumbavu.
18 He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
Yeye Huondoa minyororo ya mamlaka kutoka kwa wafalme; yeye hufunika viuno vyao kwa nguo.
19 He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
Yeye huwaongoza makuhani mbali bila kuvaa viatu na kuwapindua watu wakuu.
20 He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
Yeye huondoa hotuba ya wale waliokuwa wameaminiwa na huondoa mbali ufahamu wa wazee.
21 He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
Yeye humwaga aibu juu ya binti za wafalme na hufungua mishipi ya watu wenye nguvu.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
Yeye huweka wazi vitu vya kina kutoka katika giza na kuvileta nje kumuika vivuli mahali ambapa watu waliokufa wapo.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
Yeye huyafanya mataifa kuwa na nguvu, na pia huyaharibu; Yeye pia huyakuza mataifa, na pia yeye huyaongoza mbali kama wafungwa.
24 He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
Yeye huondoa mbali ufahamu kutoka kwa viongozi wa watu wa nchi; huwafanya wao kutangatanga msituni mahali pasipo na njia.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
Wao wanapapasa katika giza bila kuwa na mwanga; yeye huwafanya wao kuweweseka kama mtu mlevi.
