Job 41
1 Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or tie up his jaws with a cord?
Je waweza kumvua mamba kwa ndoano ya samaki? Au kumfunga taya zake kwa kamba?
2 Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
Je waweza kuweka kamba katika pua zake, au kumtoboa taya yake kwa ndoano?
3 Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak soft words to you?
Je atafanya maombi mengi kwako? Je atazungumza na wewe kwa maneno laini?
4 Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
Je atafanya agano na wewe, ili kwamba umchukue kwa ajili ya mtumishi milele?
5 Will you play with him as you would with a bird? Will you tie him up for your servant girls?
Je utacheza pamoja naye kama ambavyo ungecheza na ndege? Je utamfunga kwa ajili ya mtumishi wako wa kike?
6 Will the groups of fishermen bargain for him? Will they divide him up to trade among the merchants?
Je makundi ya wavuvi waweza kumfanyia biashara? Je watamgawanya ili kufanya biashara miongoni mwa wafanya biashara?
7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
Je waweza kuijaza ngozi yake kwa vyusa au kichwa chake kwa mikuki ya kuvulia?
8 Put your hand on him just once, and you will remember the battle and do it no more.
Weka mkono wako juu yake mara moja, nawe utaikumbuka vita na hautaendelea kufanya hivyo tena.
9 See, the hope of anyone who does that is a lie; will not anyone be thrown down to the ground just by the sight of him?
Tazama, matumaini ya kila mtu ambaye hufanya hivyo ni uongo; je si kila mmoja atatupwa chini katika nchi mbele yake?
10 None is so fierce that he dare stir Leviathan up; who, then, is he who can stand before me?
Hakuna aliye mkali ambaye aweza kuthubutu kumtikisa mamba; Ni nani basi awezaye kusimama mbele yake?
11 Who has first given anything to me in order that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole sky is mine.
Ni nani kwanza aliyenipa kitu chochote ili kwamba niweze kumlipa? Chochote kilicho chini ya anga ni changu.
12 I will not keep silent concerning Leviathan's legs, nor about the matter of his strength, nor about his graceful form.
Sitanyamaza kimya kuhusu miguu ya mamba, wala kuhusu jambo linalohusu nguvu zake, wala kuhusu umbo lake zuri.
13 Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double armor?
Nani awezaye kuiondoa ngozi yake? Nani anaweza kumchoma kwa silaha mara mbili?
14 Who can open the doors of his face— ringed with his teeth, which are a terror?
Nani awezaye kuifungua milango ya uso wake, imezungukwa na meno yake ambayo yanaogofya?
15 his back is made up of rows of shields, tight together as with a close seal.
Mgongo wake umefanywa kwa magamba yenye mistari, yamefungwa kwa pamoja kama chapa.
16 One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
Moja li karibu na jingine na ya kuwa hakuna hewa inaweza kupita katikati yake.
17 They are joined to each other; they stick together, so that they cannot be pulled apart.
Yameunganishwa moja kwa jingine; yamegandamana kwa pamoja, ili kwamba hayawezi kutenganishwa.
18 Light flashes out from his snorting; his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning dawn.
Mwanga hung'ara kutoka katika kupumua kwake; macho yake ni kama kope za mapambazuko ya asubuhi.
19 Out of his mouth go burning torches, sparks of fire leap out.
Ndani ya mdomo wake hutoka miali ya mwanga, chembe za moto huruka nje.
20 Out of his nostrils goes smoke like a boiling pot on a fire that has been fanned to be very hot.
Katika pua zake hutoka moshi kama chungu kinachotokota juu ya moto ambao umechochewa ili uwe na joto sana.
21 His breath kindles coals into flame; fires go out from his mouth.
Pumzi yake huwasha mkaa na kuwa mwali; moto hutoka katika mdomo wake.
22 In his neck is strength, and terror dances in front of him.
Katika shingo yake kuna nguvu, na kitisho hucheza mbele yake.
23 The folds of his flesh are joined together; they are firm on him; they cannot be moved.
Nofu za mwili wake zimeunganishwa pamoja; ziko imara katika yeye; wala haziwezi kuondolewa.
24 His heart is as hard as a stone— indeed, as hard as a lower millstone.
Moyo wake ni mgumu kama jiwe - hakika, ni mgumu kama jiwe la chini la kusagia.
25 When he raises himself up, even the gods become afraid; because of fear, they draw back.
Na anaposimama mwenyewe, hata miungu huogopa; hurudi nyuma kwasababu ya hofu.
26 If a sword strikes him, it does nothing— and neither does a spear, an arrow, or any other pointed weapon.
Na ikiwa atapigwa kwa upanga, hauwezi kumfanya kitu chochote, wala mkuki, wala mshale, wala aina yoyote ya silaha iliyochongoka.
27 He thinks of iron as if it were straw, and of bronze as if it were rotten wood.
Yeye hufikiri juu ya chuma kana kwamba ni majani makavu na hufikiri juu ya fedha kana kwamba ni ubao uliooza.
28 An arrow cannot make him flee; to him sling stones become chaff.
Mshale hauwezi akamfanya akimbie; kwake yeye mawe ya kombeo huwa kama makapi.
29 Clubs are regarded as straw; he laughs at the whirring flight of a spear.
Marungu huyaangalia kama majani makavu; yeye hucheka juu ya mkuki unaovuma.
30 His lower parts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; he leaves a spreading trail in the mud as if he were a threshing sledge.
Sehemu zake za chini zi kama vipande vilivyochongoka vya vyungu; huacha alama zilizosambaa katika udongo kana kwamba alikuwa ni chombo cha kusagia.
31 He makes the deep to foam up like a pot of boiling water; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
Yeye hukifanya kilindi kichemke kama chungu cha maji ya moto; huifanya bahari kama chungu cha lihamu.
32 He makes a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair.
Yeye huifanya njia ing'are nyuma yake; mtu mmoja angedhani kilindi kuwa cheupe.
33 On earth there is no equal to him, who has been made to live without fear.
Hakuna cha kumlinganisha juu ya dunia, ambaye yeye alikuwa ameumbwa kuishi pasipo hofu.
34 He sees everything that is proud; he is king over all the sons of pride.”
Hukiona kila kitu chenye kiburi; yeye ni mfalme juu ya wana wote wa kiburi.”
