Job 13
1 “Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
Tazama, jicho langu limeyaona haya yote; sikio langu limeyasikia na kuyaelewa hayo.
2 What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
Kile mnachokifahamu, ndicho hicho mimi pia ninachokifahamu; Mimi siyo duni kwenu ninyi.
3 “Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
Hata hivyo, Mimi ningeweza kuzungumza na mwenye nguvu; Mimi natamani kusemezana na Mungu.
4 But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
Lakini ninyi mnauficha ukweli kwa uongo; ninyi nyote ni tabibu msiokuwa na thamani.
5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
Laiti, kwamba kwa pamoja mngeshikilia amani yenu! Hilo lingekuwa hekima yenu ninyi.
6 Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Sikia sasa kuhoji kwangu; Sikiliza kusihi kwa midomo yangu mwenyewe.
7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
Ninyi mtazungumza visivyo haki kwa ajili ya Mungu, na ninyi mtazungumza udanganyifu kwa yeye? Ni kweli ninyi mngeonyesha ukarimu kwa yeye?
8 Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
Ni kweli ninyi mngetetea katika mahakama kama mawakili wa Mungu?
9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
Je, kweli ingekuwa vizuri kwenu wakati yeye akiwatafuta ninyi? Mngeweza ninyi kumdanganya yeye kama mlivyoweza kuwadanganya watu?
10 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
Yeye kwa hakika angewathibitisha upya ninyi ikiwa katika siri ninyi mmeonyesha kutokukamilika.
11 Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
Je, ukuu wake usingewafanya ninyi muogope? Je, utisho wake usingeshuka juu yenu?
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defences are defences of clay.
Hadithi zenu za misemo ya kukariri, ni mithali zimetengenezwa kwa majivu; utetezi wenu ni utetezi uliotengenezwa kwa udongo wa mfinyanzi.
13 “Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
Shikilieni amani yenu, mniache peke yangu, ili ya kwamba nipate kusema, acheni yaje yale yanayoweza kuja kwangu.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Nitaichukua nyama yangu mwenywewe katika meno yangu; Nitayachukua maisha yangu katika mikono yangu.
15 Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
Tazama, ikiwa ataniua mimi, sitakuwa na tumaini lililobakia; hata hivyo, nitazitetea njia zangu mbele zake yeye.
16 This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
Hiki kitakuwa sababu ya kutohesabiwa hatia, kwamba mimi sikuja mbele zake kama mtu asiyemcha Mungu.
17 Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
Mungu, sikiliza kwa makini kuzungumza kwangu; ruhusu kutangaza kwangu kuje kwenye masikio yako.
18 See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
Tazama sasa, Nimeuweka utetezi wangu katika mpangilio, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mimi sina hatia.
19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
Ni nani anayeweza kushindana na mimi katika mahakama? Ikiwa mlikuja kufanya hivyo, na kama mimi nilithibitishwa kukosea, ndipo ningekuwa kimya na kuyatoa maisha yangu.
20 “Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
Mungu, fanya mambo mawili kwa ajili yangu, na tena Mimi sitajificha kutoka katika uso wako.
21 withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
Ondoa kutoka kwangu mkono wako unaotesa, na usiache utisho wako unifanye mimi kuogopa.
22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
Ndipo niite mimi, na mimi nitakujibu; au uniache mimi niseme na wewe na wewe unijibu mimi.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
Je, maovu yangu na dhambi zangu ni ngapi? Nijulishe kosa langu na dhambi yangu.
24 Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
Kwa nini unaficha uso wako kutoka kwangu mimi na kunitendea mimi kama adui yako?
25 Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
Je, wewe utalitesa jani linalopeperushwa? Je, utaendelea kulifuatilia bua kavu?
26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Kwa maana wew unaandika chini vitu vichungu dhidi yangu mimi; wewe unanifanya mimi kurithi uovu wa ujana wangu.
27 You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
Wewe pia unaiweka miguu yangu katika nguo nyembamba; wewe waangalia njia zangu zote; wewe wachunguza chini mahali ambapo nyayo za miguu yangu zimekanyaga.
28 though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
japokuwa mimi ni kama kitu kilichooza ambacho hutupwa mbali, kama vazi lile ambalo nondo wamelila.
