Job 23
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
Kisha Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
2 Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
“Hata leo malalamiko yangu ni machungu; maumivu yangu ni mazito kuliko manung'uniko yangu.
3 O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Ee, ningejua niwezapokumwona! Ee, kwamba ningeweza kwenda alipo!
4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
Ningeweka shitaka langu mbele yake na kukijaza kinywa changu hoja.
5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
Ningejua ambavyo angenijibu na kufahamu ambavyo angesema juu yangu.
6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
Je angehojiana nami katika ukuu wa nguvu zake? Hapana, angenisikiliza.
7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Pale mwenye haki angehojiana nami. Kwa njia hii ningeonekana bila hatia kwa mwamzi wangu.
8 Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
Tazama, naelekea mashariki, lakini hayupo pale, na upande wa magharibi, lakini siwezi kumwona.
9 [To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
Kaskazini, anapofanya kazi, lakini siwezi kumwona, na kusini, anapojificha hata nisimwone.
10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
Lakini anaijua njia ninayoichukua; atakapokuwa amenipima, nitatoka kama dhahabu.
11 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Mguu wangu umeunganishwa na hatua zake; nimezitunza njia zake na sijageuka.
12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
Sijaiacha amri ya midomo yake; nimeyatii maneno ya kinywa chake.
13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].
Lakini yeye ni wa pekee, naniawezaye kumgeuza? Analolitaka, hulitenda.
14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Kwa maana hulitimiza agizo lake kinyume changu; anamipango mingi kwa ajili yangu; ipo mingi kama hiyo.
15 Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Kwa hiyo, nimetishwa mbele zake; ninapofikiri kumhusu, ninamwogopa.
16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
Kwani Mungu ameudhoofisha moyo wangu; Mwenyezi amenitisha.
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
Si kwa sababu nimeondolewa na giza, wala siyo kwamba giza nene limeufunika uso wangu.
