Job 19
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
2 How long will ye grieve my soul? or crush me with words?
lini mtanifanya mimi kuteseka na kunivunja vunja mimi vipande vipnde kwa maneno?
3 These ten times, have ye reviled me, Shameless ye wrong me.
Mara kumi hivi mmenishutumu mimi; ninyi hamuoni aibu kwamba mmenitendea mimi kwa ukatili.
4 And even if indeed I have erred, with myself lodgeth mine error.
Kama ni dhahiri kweli mimi nimekosa, makosa yangu hubaki kuwa wajibu wangu.
5 If indeed, against me, ye must needs magnify yourselves, and plead, against me, my reproach.
Kama ni dhahiri ninyi mtajiinua juu yangu mimi na kuutumia uvumilivu wangu kunipinga mimi,
6 Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me.
kisha ninyi mnapaswa kutambua kwamba Mungu amefanya mabaya kwangu mimi na amenikamata mimi katika mtego wake yeye.
7 Lo! I cry—out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;
Tazama, Mimi ninalia kwa sauti, “dhuluma!” lakini sipati jibu. Mimi ninaita kwa ajili ya msaada, lakini hakuna haki.
8 My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;
Yeye ameiwekea ukuta njia yangu, ili kwamba mimi nisiweze kupita, na yeye ameweka giza katika njia yangu.
9 My glory—from off me, hath he stripped, and hath removed the crown of my head;
Yeye ameniondoa Mimi kutoka katika utukufu wangu, na ameichukua taji kutoka kwenye kichwa changu mimi.
10 He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away—like a tree—my hope;
Yeye amenivunjavunja mimi chini kwa kila upande, na Mimi nimetoweka; yeye amelikokota juu tumaini langu kama mti.
11 Yea he hath kindled against me his anger, and accounted me towards him like unto his adversaries;
Yeye pia ameiongeza ghadhabu yake dhidi yangu mimi; yeye ananihesabu mimi kama mmoja wa adui zake.
12 Together, enter his troops and have cast up, against me, their mound, and have encamped all around my tent;
Majeshi yake huja juu pamoja; wao wananikosesha tumaini kwa kuniteka nyara kwa kundi kubwa kupigana na mimi wakizunguka hema yangu.
13 My Brethren—from beside me, hath he moved far away, and, mine acquaintance, are wholly estranged from me;
Yeye amewaweka ndugu zangu mbali kutoka kwangu mimi; watu wangu wa karibu wote wamejitenga kutoka kwangu mimi.
14 Failed me, have my near of kin, and, mine intimate acquaintances, have forgotten me;
Vizazi vyangu vimeniangusha mimi; rafiki zangu wa karibu wamenisahamu mimi.
15 Ye guests of my house and my maidens, A stranger, have ye accounted me, An alien, have I become in their eyes;
Wale ambao mwanzoni walikaa kama wageni ndani ya nyumba yangu na watumishi wangu wa kike, hunihesabu mimi kama mgeni. Mimi nimekuwa mgeni katika macho yao.
16 To mine own servant, I called, and he would not answer, With mine own mouth, I kept entreating him;
Mimi ninamwita mtumishi wangu, lakini yeye hanipi jibu japokuwa Mimi nimemsihi yeye kwa midomo yangu.
17 My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;
Pumzi yangu mimi ni chukizo kwa mke wangu; Hata mimi ninachukiwa na wale ambao walizaliwa kutoka katika tumbo la mama yangu mimi.
18 Even young children, despise me, I rise up, and they speak against me;
Hata watoto wachanga wananichukia mimi; ikiwa Mimi nitainuka kuzungumza, wao huzungumza dhidi yangu mimi.
19 All the men of mine intimate circle abhor me, and, these whom I loved, have turned against me;
Rafiki zangu wote ninaowazoea wananichukia sana mimi; wale ambao Mimi ninawapenda wamegeuka kinyume na mimi.
20 Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth.
Mifupa yangu inashikamana kwenye ngozi yangu na kwenye mwili wangu; Mimi ninaishi tu kwa ngozi ya meno yangu.
21 Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!
Iweni na huruma juu yangu mimi, muwe na huruma juu yangu mimi, rafiki zangu, kwa maana mkono wa Mungu umenigusa mimi.
22 Wherefore should ye persecute me as GOD? and, with my flesh, should not he satisfied?
Kwa nini mnanitesa mimi kama ninyi mlikuwa Mungu? kwa nini hamjatosheka bado kwa kula mwili wangu?
23 Oh, then, that my words, could be written, Oh that, in a record, they could be inscribed:
Laiti, hayo maneno yangu yangekuwa yameandikwa chini! Laiti, hayo yangekuwa yameandikwa katika kitabu!
24 That, with a stylus of iron and [with] lead, for all time—in the rock, they could be graven!
Laiti, kwa kalamu ya chuma na risasi hayo yangekuwa yamechorwa katika mwamba siku zote!
25 But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over [my] dust, will he arise;
Lakini kama ilivyo kwangu mimi, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mkombozi wangu anaishi, na kwamba hata mwisho atasimama katika nchi;
26 And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
baada ya ngozi yangu, hivyo ndivyo, mwili huu, unaharibiwa, ndipo katika mwili wangu mimi Nitamwona Mungu.
27 Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, [shall] have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!
Mimi nitamwona yeye kwa macho yangu mwenyewe-Mimi, na siyo mtu mwingine. Moyo wangu hushindwa ndani yangu mimi.
28 Surely ye should say—Why should we persecute him? seeing, the root of the matter, is found in me.
Kama mnatasema, 'Kwa jinsi gani tutamtesa yeye? Mzizi wa mahangaiko yake unakaa katika yeye;
29 Be ye afraid—on your part—of the face of the sword, because, wrath, [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, to the end ye may know the Almighty.
ndipo uwe umeogopeshwa kwa ule upanga, kwa sababu ghadhabu huleta hukumu ya upanga, hivyo kwamba wewe uweze kutambua kuna hukumu.”
