Job 14
1 Life is short and full of trouble,
Mwanadamu, ambaye amezaliwa na mwanamke, huishi siku chache tu na amejaa mahangaiko.
2 like a flower that blooms and withers, like a passing shadow that soon disappears.
Yeye huchanua kutoka katika ardhi kama ua na kukatwa chini; yeye hukimbia kama kivuli na hawezi kudumu.
3 Do you even notice me, God, and why do you have to drag me to court?
Je, wewe unatazama chochote katika hivi? Mnanileta mimi hukumuni pamoja nanyi?
4 Who can bring something clean of what is unclean? No one.
Ni nani anayeweza kukileta kitu safi kutoka katika kitu kichafu? Hakuna awaye yote.
5 You have determined how long we shall live—the number of months, a time limit on our lives.
Siku za mwanadamu zimeamriwa. Idadi ya miezi yake unayo wewe; umekiweka kikomo chake ambacho hawezi kukivuka.
6 So leave us alone and give us some peace—so like a laborer we could enjoy a few hours of rest at the end of the day.
Tazama mbali kutoka kwake kwamba yeye aweze kupumzika, ili kwamba aweze kufurahia siku yake kama mtu aliyekodishwa kama yeye anaweza kufanya hivyo.
7 Even a tree that's cut down has the hope of sprouting again, of sending up shoots and continuing to live.
Kunaweza kuwa na tumaini kwa mti; kama ukikatwa chini, unaweza kuchipua tena, hivyo chipukizi lake halitapotea.
8 Even though its roots grow old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
Japokuwa mizizi yake inakua na kuzeeka katika ardhi, na shina lake kufa katika udongo,
9 just a trickle of water will make it bud and grow branches like a young plant.
hata kama bado lina harufu ya maji pekee, litachipua tena na kutoa nje matawi kama mche.
10 But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?
Lakini mwanadamu hufa; yeye huwa dhaifu; haswaa, mwanadamu hukoma kupumua, na tena yuko wapi yeye?
11 Like water evaporating from a lake and a river that dries up and disappears,
Kama maji yanavyopotea kutoka ziwani, na kama vile mto upotezavyo maji na kukauka,
12 so human beings lie down and don't get up again. Until the heavens cease to exist they will not awake from their sleep.
vivyo hivyo watu hulala chini na hawaamki tena. Mpaka pale mbingu zitakapokuwa hazipo tena, hawataamka wala kuamshwa kutoka katika kulala kwao.
13 I wish you would hide me in Sheol; conceal me there until your anger is gone. Set a definite time for me there, and 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 Will the dead live again? Then I would have hope through all my time of trouble until my release comes.
Ikiwa mwanadamu akifa, yeye ataishi tena? Ikiwa hivyo, ningependa kusubiri kule muda wangu wote wa kuharibika mpaka kufunguliwa kwangu kutakapokuja.
15 You would call and I would answer you; you would long for me, the being that you made.
Wewe ungeita, na mimi ningekujibu wewe. Wewe ungekuwa na shauku ya kazi ya mikono yako.
16 Then you would look after me and wouldn't be watching me to see if I sinned.
Wewe ungehesabu na kutunza nyayo zangu; Wewe usingejali kumbukumbu ya dhambi yangu.
17 My sins would be sealed up in a bag and you would cover my guilt.
Uovu wangu ungetiwa muhuri katika mkoba; wewe ungeufunga uovu wangu.
18 But just as the mountains crumble and fall, and the rocks tumble down;
Lakini hata milima huanguka na kuwa si chochote; hata miamba huhamishwa kutoka mahali pake;
19 as water wears away the stones, as floods wash away the soil, so you destroy the hope people have.
maji yaliyokuwa chini ya mawe; kufurika kwake huondoa mbali mavumbi ya nchi. Kama hivi, ninyi mnavyoharibu matumaini ya mwanadamu.
20 You continually overpower them and they pass away; you distort their faces in death and send them away.
Ninyi daima humshinda yeye, na yeye hupita mbali; Ninyi mnabadilisha uso wake na kumtuma yeye mbali kufa.
21 Their children may become important or fall from their positions, but they don't know or see any of this.
Kama watoto wake wa kiume ni wa kuheshimiwa, yeye, hatambui hicho; na kama wakishushwa chini, yeye haoni hicho.
22 As people die they only know their own pain and are sad for themselves.”
Yeye hujisikia tu maumivu ya mwili wake mwenyewe, na hujiombolezea yeye mwenyewe.
