Job 10
1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“Nayachukia sana haya maisha yangu; kwa hiyo nitatoa malalamiko yangu kwa wazi bila kujizuia, nami nitanena kutokana na uchungu wa moyo wangu.
2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.
Nitamwambia Mungu: Usinihukumu, bali niambie una mashtaka gani dhidi yangu.
3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked?
Je, inakupendeza wewe kunionea, kuikataa kwa dharau kazi ya mikono yako, huku wewe ukitabasamu juu ya mipango ya waovu?
4 Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees?
Je, wewe una macho ya kimwili? Je, wewe huona kama mwanadamu aonavyo?
5 Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man’s days,
Je, siku zako ni kama zile za mwanadamu, au miaka yako ni kama ile ya mtu,
6 That you enquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?
ili kwamba utafute makosa yangu na kuichunguza dhambi yangu;
7 You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand.
ingawa wajua kuwa mimi sina hatia, na hakuna awezaye kunitoa mkononi mwako?
8 Your hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet you do destroy me.
“Mikono yako ndiyo iliyoniumba na kunifanya. Je, sasa utageuka na kuniangamiza?
9 Remember, I beseech you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?
Kumbuka kuwa ulinifinyanga kama udongo wa mfinyanzi. Je, sasa utanifanya kuwa mavumbi tena?
10 Have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Je, wewe hukunimimina mimi kama maziwa, na kunigandisha kama jibini,
11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews.
ukanivika ngozi na nyama, na kuniunga pamoja kwa mifupa na mishipa?
12 You have granted me life and favor, and your visitation has preserved my spirit.
Umenipa uhai na kunitendea wema, katika uangalizi wako umeilinda roho yangu.
13 And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this is with you.
“Lakini hili ndilo ulilolificha moyoni mwako, nami ninajua kuwa hili lilikuwa katika nia yako:
14 If I sin, then you mark me, and you will not acquit me from my iniquity.
Kama nilifanya dhambi, ungekuwa umeniona, wala usingeacha kosa langu lipite bila kuadhibiwa.
15 If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see you my affliction;
Kama nina hatia, ole wangu! Hata kama ningekuwa sina hatia, siwezi kukiinua kichwa changu, kwa kuwa nimejawa na aibu, na kuzama katika mateso yangu.
16 For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself marvelous on me.
Kama nikiinua kichwa changu juu, unaninyatia kama simba, na kuonyesha tena uwezo wa kutisha dhidi yangu.
17 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me; changes and war are against me.
Wewe waleta mashahidi wapya dhidi yangu na kuzidisha hasira yako juu yangu; nazo nguvu zako zinanijia wimbi moja baada ya jingine.
18 Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
“Kwa nini basi ulinitoa tumboni? Ninatamani ningekufa kabla jicho lolote halijaniona.
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Laiti nisingekuwako kamwe, au ningekuwa nimechukuliwa moja kwa moja kutoka tumboni kwenda kaburini!
20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Je, siku zangu chache si zimekaribia kuisha? Niachie ili niweze kupata muda mfupi wa kufurahi
21 Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
kabla sijaenda mahali ambapo hakuna kurudi tena, katika nchi ya giza na uvuli wa mauti,
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
nchi ya giza kuu sana, yenye uvuli wa giza na machafuko, mahali ambapo hata nuru ni giza.”
