Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and saide,
Ndipo Elifazi Mtemani alijibu na kusema,
2 Shal a wise man speake words of ye winde, and fill his bellie with the East winde?
Mtu mwenye hekima anapaswa kujibu kwa maarifa yasiyofaa na kujijaza mwenyewe na upepo wa mashariki?
3 Shall he dispute with wordes not comely? or with talke that is not profitable?
Anapaswa kuhojiana na mazungumzo yasiyo na faida au na hotuba ambazo kwa hizo yeye hawezi kufanya mema?
4 Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.
Dhahiri, wewe wafifisha heshima ya Mungu; Wewe wazuia heshima kwa yeye,
5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
kwa maana uovu wako hufundisha midomo yako; Wewe wachagua kuwa na ulimi wa mtu mwenye hila.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
Mdomo wako mwenyewe hukukukumu wewe, siyo wangu; hakika, midomo yako mwenyewe hushuhudia dhidi yako wewe.
7 Art thou the first man, that was borne? and wast thou made before the hils?
Je, wewe ni mwanadamu wa kwanza ambaye aliyezaliwa? Wewe ulikuwepo kabla ya vilima kuwepo?
8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?
Wewe Umewahi kusikia maarifa ya siri ya Mungu? Je, wewe wajihesabia mwenye hekima wewe mwenyewe?
9 What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho sisi hatukijui? Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho hakiko katika sisi?
10 With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.
Pamoja nasi wapo pia wenye mvi na watu wazee sana ambao ni wazee zaidi kuliko baba yako.
11 Seeme the consolations of God small vnto thee? is this thing strange vnto thee?
Je, faraja ya Mungu ni ndogo sana kwako, maneno ambayo ni ya upole dhidi yako wewe?
12 Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
Kwa nini moyo wako wewe unakupeleka mbali? Kwa nini macho yako yananga'ra,
13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?
ili ya kwamba kuirejesha roho yako kwa Mungu na kuyatoa maneno hayo kutoka katika mdomo wako?
14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?
Je, mwanadamu yeye ni nini kwamba yeye anapaswa kuwa safi? Yeye mwanadamu aliyezaliwa na mwanamke ni nini kwamba yeye anapaswa awe mwenye haki?
15 Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Saintes: yea, the heauens are not cleane in his sight.
Tazama, Mungu haweki tumaini lake hata kwa mmoja wake aliye mtakatifu; Hakika, mbingu haziko safi machoni pake yeye;
16 How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
jinsi gani asivyo safi ni mmoja aliye mbaya na mla rushwa, mtu ambaye hunywa uovu kama maji!
17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
Mimi nitakuonyesha wewe; Nisikilize mimi; Mimi nitakutangazia wewe vitu ambavyo nimeviona,
18 Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:
vitu ambavyo watu wenye hekima wamepita chini yake kutoka kwa baba zao, vile vitu ambavyo mababu zao hawakuvificha.
19 To whome alone the land was giuen and no stranger passed through them.
Hawa walikuwa mababu zao, ambao kwao pekee nchi walipewa, na miongoni mwao hakuna mgeni aliyepita.
20 The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
Mtu mwovu hupitia katika maumivu siku zake zote, idadi ya miaka iliyowekwa juu kwa mtesaji kuteseka.
21 A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
Sauti ya vitisho katika masikio yake; pindi yeye yuko katika kufanikiwa, mharibu atakuja juu yake yeye.
22 He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
Yeye hafikiri kwamba yeye atarudi kutoka katika giza; Upanga humngojea yeye.
23 He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
Yeye huenda sehemu mbali mbali kwa ajili ya mkate, akisema, 'Kiko wapi? ' Yeye anatambua kuwa siku ya giza iko mkononi.
24 Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.
Dhiki na mateso makali humfanya aogope; wao hushinda dhidi yake yeye, kama mfalme tayari kwa vita.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against GOD, and made him selfe strong against the Almightie.
Kwa sababu yeye ameunyosha mkono wake dhidi ya Mungu na ameishi kwa kiburi dhidi ya aliye mkuu,
26 Therefore God shall runne vpon him, euen vpon his necke, and against the most thicke part of his shielde.
huyu mtu mwovu hukimbia kwa Mungu na shingo ngumu, kwa vifundo vikubwa vya ngao.
27 Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
Hii ni kweli, hata ingawa yeye amefunika uso wake kwa mafuta yake na amekusanya mafuta juu ya viuno vyake,
28 Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
na ameishi katika miji yenye ukiwa; katika nyumba ambazo hakuna mwanadamu anayeishi humo sasa na ambazo zilikuwa tayari kuwa magofu.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
Yeye hatakuwa tajiri; utajiri wake yeye hautadumu; hata kivuli chake hakitadumu katika nchi.
30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.
Yeye hatatoka nje ya giza; mwali wa moto utakausha matawi yake; katika pumzi ya kinywa cha Mungu yeye ataenda zake.
31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
Mwacheni yeye asitumaini katika vitu visivyofanya kazi, akijidanganya yeye mwenyewe; maana upuuzi utakuwa mshahara wake yeye.
32 His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
Itatokea kabla ya wakati wake yeye atapaswa kufa; tawi lake halitakuwa kijani.
33 God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.
Yeye atazipukutisha zabibu zake zisizovunwa kama mzabibu; yeye atayaondoa maua yake kama mti wa mzeituni.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
Kwa maana msaada wa watu wasiomcha Mungu utakuwa tasa; moto utateketeza hema za rushwa.
35 For they conceiue mischiefe and bring foorth vanitie, and their bellie hath prepared deceite.
Wao wanabeba mimba yenye ubaya na kuzaa uovu; tumbo lao hutunga mimba ya udanganifu.
