Ayubu 14
1 “Mwanadamu aliyezaliwa na mwanamke siku zake ni chache nazo zimejaa taabu.
Man, who is born of woman, lives only a few days and is full of trouble.
2 Huchanua kama ua kisha hunyauka; huwa kama kivuli kipitacho upesi, wala hadumu.
He sprouts from the ground like a flower and is cut down; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
3 Je, unamwekea jicho lako mtu kama huyo? Je, utamleta mbele yako katika hukumu?
Do you look at any of these? Do you bring me into judgment with you?
4 Ni nani awezaye kutoa kitu safi kutoka kitu najisi? Hakuna awezaye!
Who can bring something clean out of something unclean? No one.
5 Siku za mwanadamu zimewekewa mpaka; umekwisha kutangaza idadi ya miezi yake na kuweka mpaka ambao hawezi kuuvuka.
Man's days are determined. The number of his months is with you; you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass.
6 Hivyo angalia mbali umwache, hadi awe amekamilisha muda wake kama mtu aliyeajiriwa.
Look away from him that he may rest, so that he may enjoy his day like a hired man if he can do so.
7 “Kwa maana lipo tumaini kwa mti; kama ukikatwa utachipuka tena, nayo machipukizi yake mapya hayatakoma.
There can be hope for a tree; if it is cut down, it might sprout again, so that its tender stalk does not disappear.
8 Mizizi yake yaweza kuchakaa ardhini na kisiki chake kufa udongoni,
Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground,
9 lakini kwa kupata dalili ya maji utachipua na kutoa machipukizi kama mche.
yet even if it only smells water, it will bud and send out branches like a plant.
10 Lakini mwanadamu hufa, na huo ndio mwisho wake; hutoa pumzi ya mwisho, naye hayuko tena!
But man dies; he becomes weak; indeed, man stops breathing, and then where is he?
11 Kama vile maji yatowekavyo katika bahari, au mkondo wa mto ukaushwavyo na kuwa mkavu,
As water disappears from a lake, and as a river loses water and dries up,
12 ndivyo mwanadamu alalavyo chini asiamke; hadi mbingu zitakapokuwa hazipo tena, wanadamu hawataamka au kuamshwa kutoka kwenye usingizi wao.
so people lie down and do not rise again. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor be roused out of their sleep.
13 “Laiti kama ungenificha kaburini, na kunisitiri hadi hasira yako ipite! Laiti ungeniwekea wakati, na kisha ukanikumbuka! (Sheol h7585)
Oh, that you would hide me away in Sheol away from troubles, and that you would keep me in private until your wrath is over, that you would set me a fixed time to stay there and then call me to mind! (Sheol h7585)
14 Je, kama mtu akifa, aweza kuishi tena? Siku zote za kazi zangu ngumu nitangojea kufanywa upya kwangu.
If a man dies, will he live again? If so, I would wish to wait all my weary time there until my release should come.
15 Utaniita nami nitakuitika; utakionea shauku kiumbe ambacho mikono yako ilikiumba.
You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
16 Hakika ndipo utakapozihesabu hatua zangu, lakini hutazifuatia dhambi zangu.
You would number and care for my footsteps; you would not keep track of my sin.
17 Makosa yangu yatafungiwa kwa lakiri kwenye mfuko, nawe utazifunika dhambi zangu.
My transgression would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover up my iniquity.
18 “Lakini kama mlima umomonyokavyo na kufikichika na kama vile mwamba uondolewavyo mahali pake,
But even mountains fall and come to nothing; even rocks are moved out of their place;
19 kama maji yamalizavyo mawe, na mafuriko yachukuavyo udongo, ndivyo unavyoharibu tegemeo la mwanadamu.
the waters wear down the stones; their flooding washes away the dust of the earth. Like this, you destroy the hope of man.
20 Humshinda mara moja kwa daima, naye hutoweka; waibadilisha sura yake na kumwondoa.
You always defeat him, and he passes away; you change his face and send him away to die.
21 Kama wanawe wakipewa heshima, yeye hafahamu; kama wakidharauliwa, yeye haoni.
If his sons are honored, he does not know it; and if they are brought low, he does not see it.
22 Yeye hasikii kingine isipokuwa maumivu ya mwili wake mwenyewe, naye huomboleza kwa ajili yake mwenyewe.”
He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns for himself.
