Job 17
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Roho yangu imemezwa, na siku zangu zimekwisha; kaburi lipo tayari kwa ajili yangu mimi.
2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Hakika kuna wenye mzaha pamoja nami; ni lazima daima jicho langu litazame kukasirisha kwao.
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Nipe sasa ahadi, uwe uthibitisho kwangu mimi pamoja na wewe mwenyewe; nani mwingine yuko pale ambaye atanisaidia mimi?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Kwa kuwa wewe Mungu umemeitunza mioyo yao kutoka katika ufahamu; kwa hiyo, wewe hautawaheshimisha wao juu yangu mimi.
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Yeye ambaye huwapinga rafiki zake hadharani, kwa ajili ya tuzo, macho ya watoto wake yatashindwa kuona.
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Lakini amenifanya mimi kuwa neno la kuzungumziwa na watu; wao wananitemea mate katika uso wangu mimi.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Jicho langu pia halioni vizuri kwa sababu ya huzuni; sehemu zangu zote za mwili ni nyembamba kama vivuli.
8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Watu wanyoofu watapendezwa na hiki; mtu asiye na hatia atajitia yeye mwenyewe juu ya kushindana dhidi ya watu wasiomcha Mungu.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Mtu mwenye haki ataendelea katika njia yake; yeye ambaye ana mikono iliyo safi ataendelea kuwa mwenye nguvu zaidi na zaidi.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Lakini kama ilivyo kwenu ninyi nyote, njooni sasa; Mimi sitampata mtu mwenye hekima miongoni mwenu ninyi.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Siku zangu zimepita; mipango yangu imenyamazishwa na hivyo ni matumaini ya moyo wangu.
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Watu hawa, wenye kukejeli, badili usiku kuwa mchana; mchana uko karibu kuwa giza.
Tangu mimi nitazame katika Kuzimu kama nyumbani kwangu; tangu Mimi nimetandaza kiti changu katika giza; (Sheol h7585)
14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
tangu Mimi nimesema na shimo 'Wewe ni baba yangu,' na kwa funza, 'Wewe ni mama yangu au dada yangu;
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
liko wapi tena tumaini langu? Kama kwa tumaini langu, nani awezaye kuona chochote?
