Job 39
1 “[Job], do you know at what time/season [of the year] the female mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the wild deer while their fawns were being born?
Je unajua ni wakati gani mbuzi mwitu huzaa watoto wao katika miamba? Je waweza kuwangalia paa wakati wanapozaa watoto wao?
2 Do you know how many months pass from the time they become pregnant until their fawns are born?
Waweza kuhesabu miezi ya kuchukua mimba? Je unaujua muda ambao huzaa watoto wao?
3 [When they give birth, ] they crouch down so that the fawns do not [get hurt by] falling to the ground when they are born.
Wanainama chini na kuzaa watoto wao, na kisha maumivu yao ya uzazi yanaishi.
4 The young fawns grow up in the open fields, and then they leave their mothers and do not return to them again.
Watoto wao huwa na nguvu na kukua katika uwanda wa wazi; hutoka nje na hawarudi tena.
5 “Who allows the wild donkeys to go wherever they want [DOU]?
Ni nani huwaacha punda mwitu waende huru? Je nani amevilegeza vifungo vya punda wepesi,
6 I am the one who put them in the desert, in places where grass does not grow.
ni nyumba ya nani nimeifanya katika Araba, au nyumba yake katika nchi ya chumvi?
7 They do not like the noise in the cities; [in the desert] they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work.
Hucheka kwa dharau katika kelele katika mji; hasikilizi kelele za mwongozaji.
8 They go to the hills to find food; there they search for grass to eat.
Hutembeatembea juu ya milima kama malisho yake; huko hutafuta kila mmea ulio wa kijani kwa ajili ya kula.
9 :Will a wild ox agree to work for you? Will it allow you to keep it penned up at night in the place where you put feed for your animals?
Je nyati atakuwa na furaha kukutumikia? Je atakubali kukaa katika zizi lako?
10 And can you fasten it with a rope so that it will plow furrows/trenches in your fields?
Waweza kumwongoza nyati kulima mtaro kwa kamba? Je atachimba bonde kwa ajili yako?
11 Since it is very strong, can you trust it to work for you? Can you go away after you tell it what work it should do [and assume that it will do that work]?
Je waweza kumtumaini kwasababu ya nguvu zake nyingi? Je waweza kumwachia kazi yako ili aifanye?
12 Can you rely on it to come back [from the field], bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it?
Je waweza kumtegemea akuletee nyumbani nafaka, au kukusanya nafaka katika uwanda wako wa kupuria?
13 “[Think also about] the ostriches. [They] joyfully flap their wings, but they do not have wing feathers [that enable them to fly] like storks do.
Mabawa ya mbuni hupunga kwa majivuno, bali je mabawa na manyoya yana upendo?
14 Ostriches lay their eggs on top of the ground [and then walk away], leaving the eggs to be warmed in the sand.
Kwa maana huuacha mayai yake katika nchi, na huyaacha yapate joto katika mavumbi;
15 Ostriches do not worry that some wild animal may step on the eggs and crush them [DOU].
husahau kuwa mguu waweza kuyaharibu au kwamba mnyama mwitu aweza kuyakanyaga.
16 Ostriches act cruelly towards their chicks; they act as though the chicks belonged to some other ostrich. They are not concerned if [their chicks die], [and so] the laying of the eggs was in vain.
Huyatendea vibaya makinda yake kana kwamba si yake; haogopi kwamba kazi yake yaweza kupotea bure,
17 That is because I did not allow ostriches to be wise. I did not enable them to be intelligent.
kwasababu Mungu amemnyima hekima na hajampa ufahamu wowote.
18 But, when they get up and begin to run, they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders [because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches!]
Na wakati anapokimbia kwa haraka, huwacheka kwa dharau farasi na mpanda farasi wake.
19 And [think about] horses. [Job], are you the one who caused horses to be strong? Are you the one who put flowing (manes/long hair) on their necks?
Je umempa farasi nguvu zake? Je umeivika shingo yake kwa manyoya?
20 Are you the one who enabled them to leap forward like locusts? When they (snort/blow loudly through their noses), they cause people to be afraid.
Je umemfanya aruke kama panzi? Enzi ya mlio wake ni wa kutisha.
21 They paw the ground, rejoicing about being very strong, as they prepare to rush into a battle.
Hurarua kwa nguvu na kufurahia katika nguvu zake; hukimbia upesi kukutana na silaha.
22 [It is as if] they laugh at the thought of being afraid. They are not afraid of anything! They do not run away when [the soldiers in the battle are fighting each other with] swords.
Huidharau hofu na hashangazwi; huwa harudi nyuma kutoka katika upanga.
23 The quivers containing the riders’ arrows rattle against the horses’ sides, and the spears and javelins flash [in the light of the sun].
Podo hugongagonga ubavuni mwake, pamoja na mkuki unaong'aa na fumo.
24 The horses paw the ground fiercely/excitedly, [wanting the battle to begin, ] and they rush into the battle when the trumpet is blown.
Huimeza nchi kwa hasira na ghadhabu; katika sauti ya tarumbeta, hawezi kusimama sehemu moja.
25 They neigh [joyfully] when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands [to their soldiers].
Wakati wowote tarumbeta inapolia, husema, 'Ooh! Huisikia harufu ya vita kutoka mbali - vishindo vya radi za makamanda na makelele.
26 “[And think about big birds.] Are you the one who enabled hawks to spread their wings and fly to the south [for the winter]?
Je ni kwa hekima yako kwamba mwewe hupaa juu, na ya kuwa huyanyosha mabawa yake kwa upande wa kusini?
27 Do eagles fly high up [into the cliffs] to make their nests because you commanded them to do that?
Je ni kwa agizo lako kwamba tai huruka juu na kufanya kiota chake katika sehemu za juu?
28 They live in [holes in] those cliffs. They are safe in those high pointed rocks [because no animals can reach them there].
Huishi katika majabali na hufanya makao yake katika vilele vya majabali, na ngomeni.
29 As they watch carefully from there, they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals).
Kutoka huko hutafuta mawindo; macho yake huyaona mawindo kutoka mbali.
30 After an eagle kills an animal, the baby eagles drink the blood of that animal.”
Makinda yake hunywa damu pia; na pale walipo watu wafu, ndipo na yeye alipo.
