Job 19
1 Then Job answered and said:
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
lini mtanifanya mimi kuteseka na kunivunja vunja mimi vipande vipnde kwa maneno?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
Mara kumi hivi mmenishutumu mimi; ninyi hamuoni aibu kwamba mmenitendea mimi kwa ukatili.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Kama ni dhahiri kweli mimi nimekosa, makosa yangu hubaki kuwa wajibu wangu.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
Kama ni dhahiri ninyi mtajiinua juu yangu mimi na kuutumia uvumilivu wangu kunipinga mimi,
6 Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
kisha ninyi mnapaswa kutambua kwamba Mungu amefanya mabaya kwangu mimi na amenikamata mimi katika mtego wake yeye.
7 Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
Tazama, Mimi ninalia kwa sauti, “dhuluma!” lakini sipati jibu. Mimi ninaita kwa ajili ya msaada, lakini hakuna haki.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Yeye ameiwekea ukuta njia yangu, ili kwamba mimi nisiweze kupita, na yeye ameweka giza katika njia yangu.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Yeye ameniondoa Mimi kutoka katika utukufu wangu, na ameichukua taji kutoka kwenye kichwa changu mimi.
10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
Yeye amenivunjavunja mimi chini kwa kila upande, na Mimi nimetoweka; yeye amelikokota juu tumaini langu kama mti.
11 He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
Yeye pia ameiongeza ghadhabu yake dhidi yangu mimi; yeye ananihesabu mimi kama mmoja wa adui zake.
12 His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
Majeshi yake huja juu pamoja; wao wananikosesha tumaini kwa kuniteka nyara kwa kundi kubwa kupigana na mimi wakizunguka hema yangu.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Yeye amewaweka ndugu zangu mbali kutoka kwangu mimi; watu wangu wa karibu wote wamejitenga kutoka kwangu mimi.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Vizazi vyangu vimeniangusha mimi; rafiki zangu wa karibu wamenisahamu mimi.
15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.
Wale ambao mwanzoni walikaa kama wageni ndani ya nyumba yangu na watumishi wangu wa kike, hunihesabu mimi kama mgeni. Mimi nimekuwa mgeni katika macho yao.
16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
Mimi ninamwita mtumishi wangu, lakini yeye hanipi jibu japokuwa Mimi nimemsihi yeye kwa midomo yangu.
17 My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
Pumzi yangu mimi ni chukizo kwa mke wangu; Hata mimi ninachukiwa na wale ambao walizaliwa kutoka katika tumbo la mama yangu mimi.
18 Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
Hata watoto wachanga wananichukia mimi; ikiwa Mimi nitainuka kuzungumza, wao huzungumza dhidi yangu mimi.
19 All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Rafiki zangu wote ninaowazoea wananichukia sana mimi; wale ambao Mimi ninawapenda wamegeuka kinyume na mimi.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Mifupa yangu inashikamana kwenye ngozi yangu na kwenye mwili wangu; Mimi ninaishi tu kwa ngozi ya meno yangu.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Iweni na huruma juu yangu mimi, muwe na huruma juu yangu mimi, rafiki zangu, kwa maana mkono wa Mungu umenigusa mimi.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Kwa nini mnanitesa mimi kama ninyi mlikuwa Mungu? kwa nini hamjatosheka bado kwa kula mwili wangu?
23 Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Laiti, hayo maneno yangu yangekuwa yameandikwa chini! Laiti, hayo yangekuwa yameandikwa katika kitabu!
24 That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
Laiti, kwa kalamu ya chuma na risasi hayo yangekuwa yamechorwa katika mwamba siku zote!
25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
Lakini kama ilivyo kwangu mimi, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mkombozi wangu anaishi, na kwamba hata mwisho atasimama katika nchi;
26 And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
baada ya ngozi yangu, hivyo ndivyo, mwili huu, unaharibiwa, ndipo katika mwili wangu mimi Nitamwona Mungu.
27 Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
Mimi nitamwona yeye kwa macho yangu mwenyewe-Mimi, na siyo mtu mwingine. Moyo wangu hushindwa ndani yangu mimi.
28 If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
Kama mnatasema, 'Kwa jinsi gani tutamtesa yeye? Mzizi wa mahangaiko yake unakaa katika yeye;
29 Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
ndipo uwe umeogopeshwa kwa ule upanga, kwa sababu ghadhabu huleta hukumu ya upanga, hivyo kwamba wewe uweze kutambua kuna hukumu.”
