Job 13
1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Tazama, jicho langu limeyaona haya yote; sikio langu limeyasikia na kuyaelewa hayo.
2 What ye know, do I know also; I am not inferior unto you.
Kile mnachokifahamu, ndicho hicho mimi pia ninachokifahamu; Mimi siyo duni kwenu ninyi.
3 Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Hata hivyo, Mimi ningeweza kuzungumza na mwenye nguvu; Mimi natamani kusemezana na Mungu.
4 But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Lakini ninyi mnauficha ukweli kwa uongo; ninyi nyote ni tabibu msiokuwa na thamani.
5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it would be your wisdom.
Laiti, kwamba kwa pamoja mngeshikilia amani yenu! Hilo lingekuwa hekima yenu ninyi.
6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Sikia sasa kuhoji kwangu; Sikiliza kusihi kwa midomo yangu mwenyewe.
7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?
Ninyi mtazungumza visivyo haki kwa ajili ya Mungu, na ninyi mtazungumza udanganyifu kwa yeye? Ni kweli ninyi mngeonyesha ukarimu kwa yeye?
8 Will ye show Him favour? Will ye contend for God?
Ni kweli ninyi mngetetea katika mahakama kama mawakili wa Mungu?
9 Would it be good that He should search you out? Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?
Je, kweli ingekuwa vizuri kwenu wakati yeye akiwatafuta ninyi? Mngeweza ninyi kumdanganya yeye kama mlivyoweza kuwadanganya watu?
10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly show favour.
Yeye kwa hakika angewathibitisha upya ninyi ikiwa katika siri ninyi mmeonyesha kutokukamilika.
11 Shall not His majesty terrify you, and His dread fall upon you?
Je, ukuu wake usingewafanya ninyi muogope? Je, utisho wake usingeshuka juu yenu?
12 Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.
Hadithi zenu za misemo ya kukariri, ni mithali zimetengenezwa kwa majivu; utetezi wenu ni utetezi uliotengenezwa kwa udongo wa mfinyanzi.
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Shikilieni amani yenu, mniache peke yangu, ili ya kwamba nipate kusema, acheni yaje yale yanayoweza kuja kwangu.
14 Wherefore? I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
Nitaichukua nyama yangu mwenywewe katika meno yangu; Nitayachukua maisha yangu katika mikono yangu.
15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.
Tazama, ikiwa ataniua mimi, sitakuwa na tumaini lililobakia; hata hivyo, nitazitetea njia zangu mbele zake yeye.
16 This also shall be my salvation, that a hypocrite cannot come before Him.
Hiki kitakuwa sababu ya kutohesabiwa hatia, kwamba mimi sikuja mbele zake kama mtu asiyemcha Mungu.
17 Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.
Mungu, sikiliza kwa makini kuzungumza kwangu; ruhusu kutangaza kwangu kuje kwenye masikio yako.
18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Tazama sasa, Nimeuweka utetezi wangu katika mpangilio, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mimi sina hatia.
19 Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.
Ni nani anayeweza kushindana na mimi katika mahakama? Ikiwa mlikuja kufanya hivyo, na kama mimi nilithibitishwa kukosea, ndipo ningekuwa kimya na kuyatoa maisha yangu.
20 Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from Thee:
Mungu, fanya mambo mawili kwa ajili yangu, na tena Mimi sitajificha kutoka katika uso wako.
21 Withdraw Thy hand far from me; and let not Thy terror make me afraid.
Ondoa kutoka kwangu mkono wako unaotesa, na usiache utisho wako unifanye mimi kuogopa.
22 Then call Thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer Thou me.
Ndipo niite mimi, na mimi nitakujibu; au uniache mimi niseme na wewe na wewe unijibu mimi.
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Je, maovu yangu na dhambi zangu ni ngapi? Nijulishe kosa langu na dhambi yangu.
24 Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?
Kwa nini unaficha uso wako kutoka kwangu mimi na kunitendea mimi kama adui yako?
25 Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?
Je, wewe utalitesa jani linalopeperushwa? Je, utaendelea kulifuatilia bua kavu?
26 That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Kwa maana wew unaandika chini vitu vichungu dhidi yangu mimi; wewe unanifanya mimi kurithi uovu wa ujana wangu.
27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;
Wewe pia unaiweka miguu yangu katika nguo nyembamba; wewe waangalia njia zangu zote; wewe wachunguza chini mahali ambapo nyayo za miguu yangu zimekanyaga.
28 Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
japokuwa mimi ni kama kitu kilichooza ambacho hutupwa mbali, kama vazi lile ambalo nondo wamelila.
