Job 13
1 Lo, all [this] hath my eye seen, my ear hath heard and noted it for itself;
Tazama, jicho langu limeyaona haya yote; sikio langu limeyasikia na kuyaelewa hayo.
2 As much as ye know, do I also know: I do not fall short compared with you.
Kile mnachokifahamu, ndicho hicho mimi pia ninachokifahamu; Mimi siyo duni kwenu ninyi.
3 However, I would gladly speak to the Almighty; and to argue with God do I desire.
Hata hivyo, Mimi ningeweza kuzungumza na mwenye nguvu; Mimi natamani kusemezana na Mungu.
4 But ye are inventors of falsehood, physicians of no value are all of you.
Lakini ninyi mnauficha ukweli kwa uongo; ninyi nyote ni tabibu msiokuwa na thamani.
5 Oh, who would grant that ye might keep a profound silences! and it would he accounted unto you as wisdom.
Laiti, kwamba kwa pamoja mngeshikilia amani yenu! Hilo lingekuwa hekima yenu ninyi.
6 Do hearken but to my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Sikia sasa kuhoji kwangu; Sikiliza kusihi kwa midomo yangu mwenyewe.
7 Will ye speak wrong things for God? and will ye speak for him deceitfully?
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 undue favor, when ye contend for God?
Ni kweli ninyi mngetetea katika mahakama kama mawakili wa Mungu?
9 Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one overreacheth another mortal, do ye expect to overreach 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 in secret you show him undue favor.
Yeye kwa hakika angewathibitisha upya ninyi ikiwa katika siri ninyi mmeonyesha kutokukamilika.
11 Doth not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
Je, ukuu wake usingewafanya ninyi muogope? Je, utisho wake usingeshuka juu yenu?
12 The things you remember are mere proverbs of ashes, your high-places are high-places of clay.
Hadithi zenu za misemo ya kukariri, ni mithali zimetengenezwa kwa majivu; utetezi wenu ni utetezi uliotengenezwa kwa udongo wa mfinyanzi.
13 Keep silence toward me, that I may indeed speak, and let pass over me what will.
Shikilieni amani yenu, mniache peke yangu, ili ya kwamba nipate kusema, acheni yaje yale yanayoweza kuja kwangu.
14 Whatever it may cost, I will take my flesh in my teeth, and my life will I put in my hand.
Nitaichukua nyama yangu mwenywewe katika meno yangu; Nitayachukua maisha yangu katika mikono yangu.
15 Lo, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: only I will argue my own ways before him.
Tazama, ikiwa ataniua mimi, sitakuwa na tumaini lililobakia; hata hivyo, nitazitetea njia zangu mbele zake yeye.
16 Even he will come to my assistance; for a hypocrite cannot come before him.
Hiki kitakuwa sababu ya kutohesabiwa hatia, kwamba mimi sikuja mbele zake kama mtu asiyemcha Mungu.
17 Listen well to my word, and to my demonstration with your ears.
Mungu, sikiliza kwa makini kuzungumza kwangu; ruhusu kutangaza kwangu kuje kwenye masikio yako.
18 Behold now, I have arrayed my cause: I know that I shall be indeed justified.
Tazama sasa, Nimeuweka utetezi wangu katika mpangilio, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mimi sina hatia.
19 Who is he that will contend with me? for now, if I keep silence, I must perish.
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 two things do not unto me: then will I not hide myself from thy presence.
Mungu, fanya mambo mawili kwa ajili yangu, na tena Mimi sitajificha kutoka katika uso wako.
21 Remove thy hand far from me; and let not thy dread terrify me.
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 do thou reply to me.
Ndipo niite mimi, na mimi nitakujibu; au uniache mimi niseme na wewe na wewe unijibu mimi.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins? my transgression and my sin let me know.
Je, maovu yangu na dhambi zangu ni ngapi? Nijulishe kosa langu na dhambi yangu.
24 Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, and regard me as an enemy unto thee?
Kwa nini unaficha uso wako kutoka kwangu mimi na kunitendea mimi kama adui yako?
25 Wilt thou terrify a leaf driven about [by the wind]? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
Je, wewe utalitesa jani linalopeperushwa? Je, utaendelea kulifuatilia bua kavu?
26 That thou writest bitter decrees against me, and assignest unto me the iniquities of my youth;
Kwa maana wew unaandika chini vitu vichungu dhidi yangu mimi; wewe unanifanya mimi kurithi uovu wa ujana wangu.
27 And [that] thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest narrowly all my paths; [and] settest for thyself a mark upon 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 And yet the body decayeth like a rotten thing, as a garment that the moth hath eaten.
japokuwa mimi ni kama kitu kilichooza ambacho hutupwa mbali, kama vazi lile ambalo nondo wamelila.
