Job 14
1 “We humans are very frail. We live only a short time, and we experience a lot of trouble.
“Mwanadamu aliyezaliwa na mwanamke siku zake ni chache nazo zimejaa taabu.
2 We disappear quickly, like flowers that grow from the ground quickly and then wither and die [SIM]. We are like shadows that disappear [when the sun stops shining].
Huchanua kama ua kisha hunyauka; huwa kama kivuli kipitacho upesi, wala hadumu.
3 [Yahweh, ] why do you keep watching me [to see if I am doing something that is wrong] [RHQ]? Are you wanting to take me to court to judge me?
Je, unamwekea jicho lako mtu kama huyo? Je, utamleta mbele yako katika hukumu?
4 People are sinners from the time when they are born; who can cause them to be sinless? No one [RHQ]!
Ni nani awezaye kutoa kitu safi kutoka kitu najisi? Hakuna awezaye!
5 You have decided how long our lives will be. You have decided how many months we will live, and we cannot live more months than the (limit/number of months) that you have decided.
Siku za mwanadamu zimewekewa mpaka; umekwisha kutangaza idadi ya miezi yake na kuweka mpaka ambao hawezi kuuvuka.
6 So please stop examining us, and allow us to be alone, until/while we finish our time [here on earth], like a man finishes his work [at the end of the day].
Hivyo angalia mbali umwache, hadi awe amekamilisha muda wake kama mtu aliyeajiriwa.
7 If someone cuts a tree down, we hope that it will sprout again and grow new branches.
“Kwa maana lipo tumaini kwa mti; kama ukikatwa utachipuka tena, nayo machipukizi yake mapya hayatakoma.
8 Its roots in the ground may be very old, and its stump may decay,
Mizizi yake yaweza kuchakaa ardhini na kisiki chake kufa udongoni,
9 but if some water falls on it, it may bud/sprout and send up shoots like a young plant.
lakini kwa kupata dalili ya maji utachipua na kutoa machipukizi kama mche.
10 But when we people lose all our strength and die, we stop breathing and then we are gone [forever].
Lakini mwanadamu hufa, na huo ndio mwisho wake; hutoa pumzi ya mwisho, naye hayuko tena!
11 Just like water evaporates from the ocean, or like a riverbed dries up,
Kama vile maji yatowekavyo katika bahari, au mkondo wa mto ukaushwavyo na kuwa mkavu,
12 people [lie down and die and] do not get up again. Until the heavens disappear, people who die [EUP] do not wake up, and no one can wake them up.
ndivyo mwanadamu alalavyo chini asiamke; hadi mbingu zitakapokuwa hazipo tena, wanadamu hawataamka au kuamshwa kutoka kwenye usingizi wao.
13 [“Yahweh, ] I wish that you would put me safely in the place of the dead and forget about me until you are no longer angry with me. I wish that you would decide how much time I would spend there, and then remember [that] I [am there]. (Sheol h7585)
“Laiti kama ungenificha kaburini, na kunisitiri hadi hasira yako ipite! Laiti ungeniwekea wakati, na kisha ukanikumbuka! (Sheol h7585)
14 When we humans die, we will certainly not live again [RHQ]. If [I knew that] we would live again, I would wait patiently, and I would wait for you to release me [from my sufferings].
Je, kama mtu akifa, aweza kuishi tena? Siku zote za kazi zangu ngumu nitangojea kufanywa upya kwangu.
15 You would call me, and I would answer. You would be eager to see me, one of the creatures that you had made.
Utaniita nami nitakuitika; utakionea shauku kiumbe ambacho mikono yako ilikiumba.
16 You would take care of [MET] me, instead of watching me to see if I would sin.
Hakika ndipo utakapozihesabu hatua zangu, lakini hutazifuatia dhambi zangu.
17 [It is as though the record of] my sins would be sealed in a small bag, and you would cover them up.
Makosa yangu yatafungiwa kwa lakiri kwenye mfuko, nawe utazifunika dhambi zangu.
18 “But, just like mountains crumble and rocks fall down from a cliff,
“Lakini kama mlima umomonyokavyo na kufikichika na kama vile mwamba uondolewavyo mahali pake,
19 and just like water slowly wears away the stones, and just like floods wash away soil, [you eventually destroy us]; you do not allow us to continue to (hope/confidently expect) [that we will keep on living].
kama maji yamalizavyo mawe, na mafuriko yachukuavyo udongo, ndivyo unavyoharibu tegemeo la mwanadamu.
20 You always defeat us, and then we die [EUP]. You cause our faces to look ugly after we die, and you send us away.
Humshinda mara moja kwa daima, naye hutoweka; waibadilisha sura yake na kumwondoa.
21 [When we die] we do not know if our sons will grow up and [do things that will cause them to] be honored. And if they become disgraced, we do not see that, [either].
Kama wanawe wakipewa heshima, yeye hafahamu; kama wakidharauliwa, yeye haoni.
22 We will feel our own pains; we will not feel anything else; we will be sorry for ourselves, not for anyone else.”
Yeye hasikii kingine isipokuwa maumivu ya mwili wake mwenyewe, naye huomboleza kwa ajili yake mwenyewe.”
