Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu:
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
“Hata leo malalamiko yangu ni chungu; mkono wake ni mzito juu yangu hata nikiugua.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Laiti ningefahamu mahali pa kumwona; laiti ningeweza kwenda mahali akaapo!
4 I would set my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Ningeliweka shauri langu mbele zake, na kukijaza kinywa changu na hoja.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
Ningejua kwamba angenijibu nini, na kuelewa lile ambalo angelisema.
6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Je, angenipinga kwa nguvu nyingi? La, asingenigandamiza.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Hapo mtu mwadilifu angeweka shauri lake mbele zake, nami ningeokolewa milele na mhukumu wangu.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
“Lakini nikienda mashariki, hayupo; nikienda magharibi, simpati.
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Anapokuwa kazini pande za kaskazini, simwoni; akigeukia kusini, nako simwoni hata kidogo.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Lakini anaijua njia niiendeayo; akiisha kunijaribu, nitatoka kama dhahabu.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Nyayo zangu zimefuata hatua zake kwa karibu; nimeishika njia yake bila kukengeuka.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Sijaziacha amri zilizotoka midomoni mwake; nimeyathamini maneno ya kinywa chake kuliko chakula changu cha kila siku.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
“Lakini yeye husimama peke yake; ni nani awezaye kumpinga? Yeye hufanya lolote atakalo.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Hutimiliza maagizo yake dhidi yangu, na bado anayo mipango mingi kama hiyo ambayo ameiweka akiba.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Hiyo ndiyo sababu ninaingiwa na hofu mbele zake; nifikiriapo haya yote ninamwogopa.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Mungu ameufanya moyo wangu kuzimia; yeye Mwenyezi amenitia hofu.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Hata hivyo sijanyamazishwa na giza, wala kwa giza nene linalofunika uso wangu.
