Job 7
1 “Isn’t a man forced to labour on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
“Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani? Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni, au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
3 so I am made to possess months of misery, 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 will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until 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 closes up, and breaks out afresh.
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 Oh remember that my life is a breath. 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 who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
Lile jicho linaloniona sasa halitaniona tena; utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka, vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini harudi tena. (Sheol h7585)
10 He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.
Kamwe harudi tena nyumbani mwake; wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
11 “Therefore I will not keep silent. 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 sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
Je, mimi ni bahari, au mnyama mkubwa mno akaaye vilindini, hata uniweke chini ya ulinzi?
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’
Ninapofikiri kwamba kitanda changu kitanifariji, nacho kiti changu cha fahari kitapunguza malalamiko yangu,
14 then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
ndipo wanitisha kwa ndoto na kunitia hofu kwa maono,
15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
hivyo ninachagua kujinyonga na kufa, kuliko huu mwili wangu.
16 I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi. Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
“Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki, kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
18 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi na kumjaribu kila wakati?
19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
Je, hutaacha kamwe kunitazama, au kuniacha japo kwa kitambo kidogo tu?
20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, 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 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
Kwa nini husamehi makosa yangu na kuachilia dhambi zangu? Kwa kuwa hivi karibuni nitalala mavumbini; nawe utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.”
