Job 17
1 "My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.
Roho yangu imemezwa, na siku zangu zimekwisha; kaburi lipo tayari kwa ajili yangu mimi.
2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
Hakika kuna wenye mzaha pamoja nami; ni lazima daima jicho langu litazame kukasirisha kwao.
3 "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who 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 you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.
Kwa kuwa wewe Mungu umemeitunza mioyo yao kutoka katika ufahamu; kwa hiyo, wewe hautawaheshimisha wao juu yangu mimi.
5 He who denounces his friends for a prey, 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 "But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
Lakini amenifanya mimi kuwa neno la kuzungumziwa na watu; wao wananitemea mate katika uso wangu mimi.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. 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 astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Watu wanyoofu watapendezwa na hiki; mtu asiye na hatia atajitia yeye mwenyewe juu ya kushindana dhidi ya watu wasiomcha Mungu.
9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow 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, come on now again; I shall not find a 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 plans are broken off, as are 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, saying 'The light is near' in the presence 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 If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, '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 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?
liko wapi tena tumaini langu? Kama kwa tumaini langu, nani awezaye kuona chochote?
