Job 16
1 Then Job answered,
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
2 “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
“Mimi nimevisikia vitu hivyo vingi; ninyi nyote ni wafariji wenye kuhuzunisha.
3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Maneno yenye upuuzi daima yanaweza kuwa na mwisho? Nini kimeharibika kwenu kwamba mnajibu kama hivi?
4 I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
Mimi pia ningeweza kuzungumza kama ninyi mnavyofanya, kama ninyi mngekuwa katika nafasi yangu; Mimi ningekusanya na kuunganisha maneno pamoja dhidi yenu na kutikisa kichwa changu kwenu ninyi katika dhihaka.
5 but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
Laiti, jinsi gani Mimi ningewatia moyo na midomo yangu! Jinsi gani faraja kutoka midomo yangu ingenga'risha huzuni yenu!
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
Ikiwa Mimi ninazungumza, kuomboleza kwangu hakujasikilizwa; Ikiwa nikiendelea katika kuzungumza, jinsi gani mimi ninaidiwa?
7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
Lakini sasa, Mungu,
8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
wewe umenifanya mimi kuchoka; wewe umeifanya familia yangu yote kuwa ukiwa. Wewe umenifanya mimi kukauka, ambayo yenyewe ni ushuhuda dhidi yangu mimi; kukonda kwa mwili wangu huinuka dhidi yangu, na kunashuhudia dhidi ya macho yangu.
9 He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
Mungu amenirarua mimi katika ghadhabu yake na amenitesa mimi; Yeye amenisaga mimi kwa meno yake; Adui yangu amenikazia macho yake juu yangu kama yeye anavyonirarua mimi vipande.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
Watu wameachama na midomo iliyowazi juu yangu; wamenipiga mimi katika shavu kwa kunitukana; wamekusanyika pamoja kinyume changu mimi.
11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
Mungu amenikabidhi mimi juu ya watu wasio mcha Mungu, na kunitupa mimi ndani ya mikono ya watu waovu.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
Mimi nilikuwa katika wepesi, na yeye amenivunjavunja mimi vipande. Hakika, amenichukua mimi kwa shingo na ameniponda mimi vipande vipande; yeye pia ameniweka mimi juu kama shabaha yake.
13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
Wapiga upinde wake wote wamenizunguka mimi; Mungu huzikata vipande vipande figo zangu, na haniokoi mimi; yeye humwaga nje nyongo yangu juu ya ardhi.
14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
yeye hukanyaga kanyaga kupitia ukuta wangu tena na tena; yeye hukimbia juu yangu mimi kama shujaa.
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
nguo ya magunia juu ya ngozi yangu; Mimi nimeisukuma kwa nguvu pembe yangu ndani ya ardhi.
16 My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
Uso wangu ni mwekundu na kuomboleza; juu ya ngozi inayofunika macho kuna kivuli cha mauti
17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
ingawa hakuna dhuluma katika mikono yangu, na kuomba kwangu ni safi.
18 “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
Nchi, haifuniki juu damu yangu mimi; acha kulia kwangu kuwe hakuna mahali pa kupumzika.
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
Hata sasa, tazama, ushuhuda wangu uko mbinguni; yeye ambaye ashuhudiaye kwa ajili yangu mimi yuko juu.
20 My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
Rafiki zangu wananicheka kwa dharau, lakini jicho langu linamwaga machozi kwa Mungu.
21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
Mimi ninaomba ule ushuhuda ulioko mbinguni kumtetea mtu huyu na Mungu kama mwanadamu afanyavyo na jirani yake.
22 For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
Kwa maana wakati miaka michache itakapokuwa imepita, Mimi nitakwenda mahali ambapo mimi sitaweza kurudi.
