Ayubu 15
1 Kisha Elifazi Mtemani akajibu:
Then Eliphaz replied to Job:
2 “Je, mtu mwenye hekima hujibu kwa mawazo matupu, au kujaza tumbo lake kwa upepo wenye joto wa mashariki?
“If you were truly wise [RHQ], you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; what you are saying is just a lot of hot air [MET].
3 Je, aweza kubishana juu ya maneno yasiyofaa, kwa hotuba zisizo na maana?
You should not [RHQ] be saying things that do not benefit anyone, using words that do no one any good.
4 Lakini unadhoofisha hata uchaji wa Mungu na kuzuia ibada mbele za Mungu.
[By what you say, ] you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God.
5 Dhambi yako inasukuma kinywa chako, nawe umechagua ulimi wa hila.
[It is as though] your sins are telling you what to say; you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked.
6 Kinywa chako mwenyewe kinakuhukumu, wala si changu; midomo yako mwenyewe inashuhudia dhidi yako.
Everything that you say [MTY] shows that you should be punished; so, it is not necessary for me to show that.
7 “Je, wewe ni mtu wa kwanza kuzaliwa? Ulizaliwa kabla ya vilima?
[“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that] you are the first person who was ever born? [SAR, RHQ] Were you born before the hills [were created]?
8 Je, wewe husikiliza mashauri ya siri ya Mungu? Je, wewe unaizuia hekima iwe yako mwenyewe?
Were you listening when God made all his plans? [SAR, RHQ] Or do you think that you are the only person who is wise?
9 Wewe unajua kitu gani tusichokijua sisi? Unafahamu kitu gani tusichokifahamu sisi?
(What do you know that we do not know?/You do not know anything that we do not know.) [RHQ] You do not understand [RHQ] anything that is not also clear to us.
10 Wale wenye mvi na wazee wako upande wetu, watu ambao ni wazee hata kuliko baba yako.
My friends and I are also wise; we acquired [wisdom] from old gray-haired people, from people who were born before your father was born.
11 Je, faraja za Mungu hazikutoshi, au maneno yaliyosemwa kwako kwa upole si kitu?
God wants to comfort you, and to speak gently/kindly to you; (is that not enough for you/do you need more than that)?
12 Kwa nini moyo wako unakudanganya, na kwa nini macho yako yanangʼaa,
Why do you allow yourself to be (carried away/excited) by your emotions? Why are [you very angry, with the result that] your eyes flash?
13 ili kwamba upate kutoa hasira yako dhidi ya Mungu, na kumwaga maneno kama hayo kutoka kinywani mwako?
You are angry [IDM] with God, and so you [MTY] are criticizing/denouncing him.
14 “Mwanadamu ni kitu gani, hata aweze kuwa safi, au yeye aliyezaliwa na mwanamke, hata aweze kuwa mwadilifu?
“(How can any person, [including you, ] be sinless?/No person, [including you], can be sinless.) [RHQ] (How can anyone on the earth be [completely] righteous?/No one on the earth can be [completely] righteous.) [RHQ]
15 Kama Mungu hawaamini watakatifu wake, kama hata mbingu zenyewe si safi machoni pake,
Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be [completely] pure.
16 sembuse mwanadamu ambaye ni mwovu na mpotovu, ambaye hunywa uovu kama anywavyo maji!
So, he certainly does not [trust] abominable/disgusting and depraved/corrupt people who do evil things [as easily] as they drink water [MET].
17 “Nisikilize mimi nami nitakueleza, acha nikuambie yale niliyoyaona,
Job, listen to what I will tell you. I will declare to you what I know,
18 ambayo watu wenye hekima wameyanena, bila kuficha lolote walilopokea toka kwa baba zao
things that wise men have told me, truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden.
19 (wakati ambao wao peke yao ndio walipewa nchi, hakuna mgeni aliyepita miongoni mwao):
God gave this land to those ancestors, who were truly wise; no one from another country caused them to think wrongly [IDM].
20 Mtu mwovu siku zake zote hupata mateso, miaka yote aliwekewa mkorofi.
It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who (oppress/act violently toward) others.
21 Sauti za kutisha hujaa masikioni mwake; katika kufanikiwa kwake, wanyangʼanyi humshambulia.
They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them.
22 Hukata tamaa kuokoka gizani; amewekwa kwa ajili ya upanga.
Wicked people surely know that they will not escape from darkness/death, because [they are sure that someone] is waiting to kill them with a sword.
23 Hutangatanga, akitafuta chakula; anajua kwamba siku ya giza iko karibu.
They wander around, searching for food, saying ‘Where can I find some?’ And they know that they will soon experience disasters.
24 Taabu na maumivu makuu vinamtia hofu; humshinda kama mfalme aliye tayari kwa vita,
Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like [the army of] a king comes to attack [their enemies and cause them to suffer] [SIM].
25 kwa sababu amemkunjia Mungu ngumi yake na kujigamba dhidi ya Mwenyezi,
[Those things happen to them] because they (shook their fists/dared to fight) against Almighty God, and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.
26 kwa kiburi akishambulia dhidi ya Mungu akiwa na ngao nene, iliyo imara.
They stubbornly [IDM] rush to attack God [as though they were carrying] a strong shield [to protect themselves].
27 “Ingawa uso wake umefunikwa na mafuta kwa unene na kiuno chake kimevimba kwa kunenepa,
They are so fat [that they are unable to fight].
28 ataishi katika miji ya magofu, na katika nyumba ambazo haziishi mwanadamu yeyote, nyumba zinazokuwa vifusi.
They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins.
29 Hatatajirika tena, nao utajiri wake hautadumu, wala mali zake hazitakuwa nyingi juu ya nchi.
But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear.
30 Hatatoka gizani; mwali wa moto utanyausha machipukizi yake, nayo pumzi ya kinywa cha Mungu itamwondolea mbali.
They will not escape from the darkness [of death]; they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.
31 Asijidanganye mwenyewe kutumainia ubatili, kwa kuwa hatapata malipo yoyote.
Since they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless, then things that are worthless will be all that they get.
32 Atakuwa amelipwa kikamilifu kabla ya wakati wake, nayo matawi yake hayatastawi.
Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like [MET] branches that wither and never become green again.
33 Atafanana na mzabibu uliopukutishwa matunda yake kabla hayajaiva, kama mzeituni unaodondosha maua yake.
They will be like [SIM] vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe, like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit.
34 Kwa kuwa jamii ya wasiomcha Mungu watakuwa tasa, nao moto utateketeza hema za wale wanaopenda rushwa.
Wicked/godless people will not have any descendants, and fires will completely burn up the homes of [those who built those homes using] money they received from bribes.
35 Hutunga mimba ya madhara na kuzaa uovu; matumbo yao huumba udanganyifu.”
They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things, and they are always preparing to deceive people.”
