Ayubu 2
1 Siku nyingine wana wa Mungu walikuja kujionyesha mbele za Bwana. Shetani naye akaja pamoja nao kujionyesha mbele zake.
And it came to pass, when on a certain day the sons of God came, and stood before the Lord, and Satan came among them, and stood in his sight,
2 Bwana akamuuliza Shetani, “Umetoka wapi?” Shetani akamjibu Bwana “Natoka kuzunguka pote duniani, nikitembea huku na huko humo.”
That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.
3 Bwana akamwambia Shetani, “Je, umemwangalia huyo mtumishi wangu Ayubu? Hakuna mtu mwingine duniani aliye kama yeye, mtu asiye na hatia, ni mnyofu, mwenye kumcha Mungu na kuepukana na uovu. Naye bado anadumisha uadilifu wake, ingawa ulinichochea dhidi yake, ili nimwangamize pasipo sababu.”
And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple, and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause.
4 Shetani akamjibu Bwana, “Ngozi kwa ngozi! Mwanadamu atatoa vyote alivyo navyo kwa ajili ya uhai wake.
And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he will give for his life:
5 Lakini nyoosha mkono wako na kuipiga nyama yake na mifupa yake, naye kwa hakika atakulaani mbele za uso wako.”
But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt gee that he will bless thee to thy face.
6 Bwana akamwambia Shetani, “Vema sana, kwa hiyo, yeye yumo mikononi mwako, lakini lazima umwachie uhai wake.”
And the Lord said to Satan: Behold be is in thy hand, but yet save his life.
7 Basi Shetani akatoka mbele za Bwana naye akampiga Ayubu kwa majipu mabaya tangu nyayo za miguu yake hadi utosi wa kichwa.
So Satan went forth from the presence Of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:
8 Ndipo Ayubu akachukua kigae na kujikuna nacho huku akiketi kwenye majivu.
And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.
9 Mke wake akamwambia, “Je, bado unashikamana na uadilifu wako? Mlaani Mungu nawe ukafe!”
And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die.
10 Akamjibu, “Unazungumza kama vile ambavyo mwanamke mpumbavu yeyote angenena. Je, tupokee mema mikononi mwa Mungu, nasi tusipokee na udhia?” Katika mambo haya yote, Ayubu hakutenda dhambi katika kusema kwake.
And he said to her: Thou hast; spoken like one of the foolish women: if we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Basi marafiki watatu wa Ayubu, ndio Elifazi Mtemani, na Bildadi Mshuhi na Sofari Mnaamathi, waliposikia juu ya taabu yote iliyompata Ayubu, wakajipanga toka manyumbani mwao, nao wakakutana pamoja kwa makubaliano kwenda kumtuliza katika taabu hiyo na kumfariji.
Now when Job’s three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Alphas the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, and comfort him.
12 Walipomwona kwa mbali, ilikuwa vigumu kumtambua. Wakaanza kulia kwa sauti kubwa, wakayararua majoho yao na kujirushia mavumbi juu ya vichwa vyao.
And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out they wept, and rending their garments they sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven.
13 Kisha wakaketi chini kwenye udongo pamoja na Ayubu kwa siku saba usiku na mchana. Hakuna yeyote aliyesema naye neno, kwa sababu waliona jinsi mateso yake yalivyokuwa makubwa.
And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.
