Job 2
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.
Siku nyingine wana wa Mungu walikuja kujionyesha mbele za Bwana. Shetani naye akaja pamoja nao kujionyesha mbele zake.
2 And Jehovah said to Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From wandering over the earth, and walking up and down in it.
Bwana akamuuliza Shetani, “Umetoka wapi?” Shetani akamjibu Bwana “Natoka kuzunguka pote duniani, nikitembea huku na huko humo.”
3 Then said Jehovah to Satan, Hast thou observed my servant Job, that there is none like him upon the earth, an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst excite me against him to destroy him without a cause.
Bwana akamwambia Shetani, “Je, umemwangalia huyo mtumishi wangu Ayubu? Hakuna mtu mwingine duniani aliye kama yeye, mtu asiye na hatia, ni mnyofu, mwenye kumcha Mungu na kuepukana na uovu. Naye bado anadumisha uadilifu wake, ingawa ulinichochea dhidi yake, ili nimwangamize pasipo sababu.”
4 And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Shetani akamjibu Bwana, “Ngozi kwa ngozi! Mwanadamu atatoa vyote alivyo navyo kwa ajili ya uhai wake.
5 But put forth now thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and to thy face will he renounce thee.
Lakini nyoosha mkono wako na kuipiga nyama yake na mifupa yake, naye kwa hakika atakulaani mbele za uso wako.”
6 And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but spare his life.
Bwana akamwambia Shetani, “Vema sana, kwa hiyo, yeye yumo mikononi mwako, lakini lazima umwachie uhai wake.”
7 Then Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
Basi Shetani akatoka mbele za Bwana naye akampiga Ayubu kwa majipu mabaya tangu nyayo za miguu yake hadi utosi wa kichwa.
8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself withal, and sat down among the ashes.
Ndipo Ayubu akachukua kigae na kujikuna nacho huku akiketi kwenye majivu.
9 Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.
Mke wake akamwambia, “Je, bado unashikamana na uadilifu wako? Mlaani Mungu nawe ukafe!”
10 But he said to her, Thou talkest like one of the foolish women. What! shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips.
Akamjibu, “Unazungumza kama vile ambavyo mwanamke mpumbavu yeyote angenena. Je, tupokee mema mikononi mwa Mungu, nasi tusipokee na udhia?” Katika mambo haya yote, Ayubu hakutenda dhambi katika kusema kwake.
11 Now three friends of Job heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and came each one from his home; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had agreed to come to mourn with him, and to comfort him.
Basi marafiki watatu wa Ayubu, ndio Elifazi Mtemani, na Bildadi Mshuhi na Sofari Mnaamathi, waliposikia juu ya taabu yote iliyompata Ayubu, wakajipanga toka manyumbani mwao, nao wakakutana pamoja kwa makubaliano kwenda kumtuliza katika taabu hiyo na kumfariji.
12 And they lifted up their eyes at a distance, and knew him not; then they raised their voices and wept, and rent each one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Walipomwona kwa mbali, ilikuwa vigumu kumtambua. Wakaanza kulia kwa sauti kubwa, wakayararua majoho yao na kujirushia mavumbi juu ya vichwa vyao.
13 And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word to him; for they saw that his grief was very great.
Kisha wakaketi chini kwenye udongo pamoja na Ayubu kwa siku saba usiku na mchana. Hakuna yeyote aliyesema naye neno, kwa sababu waliona jinsi mateso yake yalivyokuwa makubwa.
