Job 7
1 [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling?
“Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani? Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;
Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni, au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
ndivyo nilivyogawiwa miezi ya ubatili, nami nimeandikiwa huzuni usiku hata usiku.
4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.
Wakati nilalapo ninawaza, ‘Itachukua muda gani kabla sijaamka?’ Usiku huwa mrefu, nami najigeuzageuza hadi mapambazuko.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome.
Mwili wangu umevikwa mabuu na uchafu, ngozi yangu imetumbuka na kutunga usaha.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
“Siku zangu zinapita upesi kuliko mtande wa kufuma, nazo zinafikia mwisho wake bila matumaini.
7 O remember that my life [is] wind: my eye will no more see good.
Kumbuka, Ee Mungu, maisha yangu ni kama pumzi; macho yangu kamwe hayataona tena raha.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thy eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
Lile jicho linaloniona sasa halitaniona tena; utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.
9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more]. (Sheol h7585)
Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka, vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini harudi tena. (Sheol h7585)
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Kamwe harudi tena nyumbani mwake; wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
“Kwa hiyo sitanyamaza; nitanena kutokana na maumivu makuu ya roho yangu, nitalalama kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
12 [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Je, mimi ni bahari, au mnyama mkubwa mno akaaye vilindini, hata uniweke chini ya ulinzi?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Ninapofikiri kwamba kitanda changu kitanifariji, nacho kiti changu cha fahari kitapunguza malalamiko yangu,
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
ndipo wanitisha kwa ndoto na kunitia hofu kwa maono,
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
hivyo ninachagua kujinyonga na kufa, kuliko huu mwili wangu.
16 I lothe [it]; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.
Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi. Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
17 What [is] man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?
“Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki, kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
18 And [that] thou shouldst visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi na kumjaribu kila wakati?
19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
Je, hutaacha kamwe kunitazama, au kuniacha japo kwa kitambo kidogo tu?
20 I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Ikiwa nimetenda dhambi, nimekufanyia nini, Ewe mlinzi wa wanadamu? Kwa nini umeniweka niwe shabaha yako? Je, nimekuwa mzigo kwako?
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
Kwa nini husamehi makosa yangu na kuachilia dhambi zangu? Kwa kuwa hivi karibuni nitalala mavumbini; nawe utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.”
