Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said:
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu:
2 Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
“Hata leo malalamiko yangu ni chungu; mkono wake ni mzito juu yangu hata nikiugua.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Laiti ningefahamu mahali pa kumwona; laiti ningeweza kwenda mahali akaapo!
4 I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
Ningeliweka shauri langu mbele zake, na kukijaza kinywa changu na hoja.
5 I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
Ningejua kwamba angenijibu nini, na kuelewa lile ambalo angelisema.
6 Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
Je, angenipinga kwa nguvu nyingi? La, asingenigandamiza.
7 Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
Hapo mtu mwadilifu angeweka shauri lake mbele zake, nami ningeokolewa milele na mhukumu wangu.
8 But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
“Lakini nikienda mashariki, hayupo; nikienda magharibi, simpati.
9 To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
Anapokuwa kazini pande za kaskazini, simwoni; akigeukia kusini, nako simwoni hata kidogo.
10 But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Lakini anaijua njia niiendeayo; akiisha kunijaribu, nitatoka kama dhahabu.
11 My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Nyayo zangu zimefuata hatua zake kwa karibu; nimeishika njia yake bila kukengeuka.
12 I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
Sijaziacha amri zilizotoka midomoni mwake; nimeyathamini maneno ya kinywa chake kuliko chakula changu cha kila siku.
13 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
“Lakini yeye husimama peke yake; ni nani awezaye kumpinga? Yeye hufanya lolote atakalo.
14 He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
Hutimiliza maagizo yake dhidi yangu, na bado anayo mipango mingi kama hiyo ambayo ameiweka akiba.
15 Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
Hiyo ndiyo sababu ninaingiwa na hofu mbele zake; nifikiriapo haya yote ninamwogopa.
16 For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
Mungu ameufanya moyo wangu kuzimia; yeye Mwenyezi amenitia hofu.
17 Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
Hata hivyo sijanyamazishwa na giza, wala kwa giza nene linalofunika uso wangu.
