Job 15
1 Then Eliphaz replied to Job:
Ndipo Elifazi Mtemani alijibu na kusema,
2 “If you were truly wise [RHQ], you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; what you are saying is just a lot of hot air [MET].
Mtu mwenye hekima anapaswa kujibu kwa maarifa yasiyofaa na kujijaza mwenyewe na upepo wa mashariki?
3 You should not [RHQ] be saying things that do not benefit anyone, using words that do no one any good.
Anapaswa kuhojiana na mazungumzo yasiyo na faida au na hotuba ambazo kwa hizo yeye hawezi kufanya mema?
4 [By what you say, ] you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God.
Dhahiri, wewe wafifisha heshima ya Mungu; Wewe wazuia heshima kwa yeye,
5 [It is as though] your sins are telling you what to say; you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked.
kwa maana uovu wako hufundisha midomo yako; Wewe wachagua kuwa na ulimi wa mtu mwenye hila.
6 Everything that you say [MTY] shows that you should be punished; so, it is not necessary for me to show that.
Mdomo wako mwenyewe hukukukumu wewe, siyo wangu; hakika, midomo yako mwenyewe hushuhudia dhidi yako wewe.
7 [“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that] you are the first person who was ever born? [SAR, RHQ] Were you born before the hills [were created]?
Je, wewe ni mwanadamu wa kwanza ambaye aliyezaliwa? Wewe ulikuwepo kabla ya vilima kuwepo?
8 Were you listening when God made all his plans? [SAR, RHQ] Or do you think that you are the only person who is wise?
Wewe Umewahi kusikia maarifa ya siri ya Mungu? Je, wewe wajihesabia mwenye hekima wewe mwenyewe?
9 (What do you know that we do not know?/You do not know anything that we do not know.) [RHQ] You do not understand [RHQ] anything that is not also clear to us.
Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho sisi hatukijui? Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho hakiko katika sisi?
10 My friends and I are also wise; we acquired [wisdom] from old gray-haired people, from people who were born before your father was born.
Pamoja nasi wapo pia wenye mvi na watu wazee sana ambao ni wazee zaidi kuliko baba yako.
11 God wants to comfort you, and to speak gently/kindly to you; (is that not enough for you/do you need more than that)?
Je, faraja ya Mungu ni ndogo sana kwako, maneno ambayo ni ya upole dhidi yako wewe?
12 Why do you allow yourself to be (carried away/excited) by your emotions? Why are [you very angry, with the result that] your eyes flash?
Kwa nini moyo wako wewe unakupeleka mbali? Kwa nini macho yako yananga'ra,
13 You are angry [IDM] with God, and so you [MTY] are criticizing/denouncing him.
ili ya kwamba kuirejesha roho yako kwa Mungu na kuyatoa maneno hayo kutoka katika mdomo wako?
14 “(How can any person, [including you, ] be sinless?/No person, [including you], can be sinless.) [RHQ] (How can anyone on the earth be [completely] righteous?/No one on the earth can be [completely] righteous.) [RHQ]
Je, mwanadamu yeye ni nini kwamba yeye anapaswa kuwa safi? Yeye mwanadamu aliyezaliwa na mwanamke ni nini kwamba yeye anapaswa awe mwenye haki?
15 Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be [completely] pure.
Tazama, Mungu haweki tumaini lake hata kwa mmoja wake aliye mtakatifu; Hakika, mbingu haziko safi machoni pake yeye;
16 So, he certainly does not [trust] abominable/disgusting and depraved/corrupt people who do evil things [as easily] as they drink water [MET].
jinsi gani asivyo safi ni mmoja aliye mbaya na mla rushwa, mtu ambaye hunywa uovu kama maji!
17 Job, listen to what I will tell you. I will declare to you what I know,
Mimi nitakuonyesha wewe; Nisikilize mimi; Mimi nitakutangazia wewe vitu ambavyo nimeviona,
18 things that wise men have told me, truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden.
vitu ambavyo watu wenye hekima wamepita chini yake kutoka kwa baba zao, vile vitu ambavyo mababu zao hawakuvificha.
19 God gave this land to those ancestors, who were truly wise; no one from another country caused them to think wrongly [IDM].
Hawa walikuwa mababu zao, ambao kwao pekee nchi walipewa, na miongoni mwao hakuna mgeni aliyepita.
20 It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who (oppress/act violently toward) others.
Mtu mwovu hupitia katika maumivu siku zake zote, idadi ya miaka iliyowekwa juu kwa mtesaji kuteseka.
21 They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them.
Sauti ya vitisho katika masikio yake; pindi yeye yuko katika kufanikiwa, mharibu atakuja juu yake yeye.
22 Wicked people surely know that they will not escape from darkness/death, because [they are sure that someone] is waiting to kill them with a sword.
Yeye hafikiri kwamba yeye atarudi kutoka katika giza; Upanga humngojea yeye.
23 They wander around, searching for food, saying ‘Where can I find some?’ And they know that they will soon experience disasters.
Yeye huenda sehemu mbali mbali kwa ajili ya mkate, akisema, 'Kiko wapi? ' Yeye anatambua kuwa siku ya giza iko mkononi.
24 Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like [the army of] a king comes to attack [their enemies and cause them to suffer] [SIM].
Dhiki na mateso makali humfanya aogope; wao hushinda dhidi yake yeye, kama mfalme tayari kwa vita.
25 [Those things happen to them] because they (shook their fists/dared to fight) against Almighty God, and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.
Kwa sababu yeye ameunyosha mkono wake dhidi ya Mungu na ameishi kwa kiburi dhidi ya aliye mkuu,
26 They stubbornly [IDM] rush to attack God [as though they were carrying] a strong shield [to protect themselves].
huyu mtu mwovu hukimbia kwa Mungu na shingo ngumu, kwa vifundo vikubwa vya ngao.
27 They are so fat [that they are unable to fight].
Hii ni kweli, hata ingawa yeye amefunika uso wake kwa mafuta yake na amekusanya mafuta juu ya viuno vyake,
28 They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins.
na ameishi katika miji yenye ukiwa; katika nyumba ambazo hakuna mwanadamu anayeishi humo sasa na ambazo zilikuwa tayari kuwa magofu.
29 But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear.
Yeye hatakuwa tajiri; utajiri wake yeye hautadumu; hata kivuli chake hakitadumu katika nchi.
30 They will not escape from the darkness [of death]; they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
Yeye hatatoka nje ya giza; mwali wa moto utakausha matawi yake; katika pumzi ya kinywa cha Mungu yeye ataenda zake.
31 Since they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless, then things that are worthless will be all that they get.
Mwacheni yeye asitumaini katika vitu visivyofanya kazi, akijidanganya yeye mwenyewe; maana upuuzi utakuwa mshahara wake yeye.
32 Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like [MET] branches that wither and never become green again.
Itatokea kabla ya wakati wake yeye atapaswa kufa; tawi lake halitakuwa kijani.
33 They will be like [SIM] vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe, like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit.
Yeye atazipukutisha zabibu zake zisizovunwa kama mzabibu; yeye atayaondoa maua yake kama mti wa mzeituni.
34 Wicked/godless people will not have any descendants, and fires will completely burn up the homes of [those who built those homes using] money they received from bribes.
Kwa maana msaada wa watu wasiomcha Mungu utakuwa tasa; moto utateketeza hema za rushwa.
35 They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things, and they are always preparing to deceive people.”
Wao wanabeba mimba yenye ubaya na kuzaa uovu; tumbo lao hutunga mimba ya udanganifu.
