Ayubu 36
1 Elihu akaendelea kusema:
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
2 “Nivumilie kidogo zaidi nami nitakuonyesha kwamba yako mengi zaidi ya kusemwa kwa ajili ya Mungu.
Suffer me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
3 Ninayapata maarifa yangu kutoka mbali, nami nitamhesabia haki Muumba wangu.
I will fetch my knowledge from far, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 Uwe na hakika kwamba maneno yangu si ya uongo; mmoja aliye mkamilifu katika maarifa yuko pamoja na wewe.
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 “Mungu ni mwenye nguvu, lakini hamdharau mwanadamu; ni mwenye nguvu, naye ni thabiti katika shauri lake.
Behold, God is mighty, and despises not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
6 Hawaachi waovu waendelee kuishi, bali huwapa walioteswa haki yao.
He perserves not the life of the wicked: but gives right to the poor.
7 Yeye haondoi macho yake kwa wenye haki; huwaketisha penye viti vya enzi pamoja na wafalme na kuwatukuza milele.
He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he does establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 Lakini ikiwa watu wamefungwa kwenye minyororo, wakiwa wameshikiliwa na kamba za mateso,
And if they be bound in fetters, and be held in cords of affliction;
9 huwaonyesha yale waliyoyatenda, kwamba wametenda dhambi kwa majivuno.
Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10 Huwafanya wao kusikia maonyo, na huwaagiza kutubu uovu wao.
He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11 Kama wakitii na kumtumikia, wataishi siku zao zilizobaki katika mafanikio, na miaka yao katika utoshelevu.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 Lakini wasiposikiliza, wataangamia kwa upanga, nao watakufa pasipo maarifa.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 “Wasiomcha Mungu moyoni mwao huficha chuki; hata anapowafunga, hawamwombi msaada.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them.
14 Wanakufa wangali vijana, miongoni mwa wanaume hanithi wa mahali pa kuabudia miungu.
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 Bali wao wanaoteseka huwaokoa katika mateso yao, na kuzungumza nao katika dhiki zao.
He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.
16 “Yeye anakubembeleza utoke katika mataya ya dhiki, ili kukuweka mahali palipo na nafasi mbali na kizuizi, hadi kwenye meza yako ya faraja iliyojaa vyakula vizuri.
Even so would he have removed you out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no strictness; and that which should be set on your table should be full of fatness.
17 Lakini sasa umelemewa na hukumu kwa ajili ya uovu; hukumu na haki vimekukamata.
But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.
18 Uwe mwangalifu ili yeyote asikushawishi kwa utajiri; usipotoshwe kwa fungu kubwa la rushwa.
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.
19 Je, utajiri wako hata nguvu zako nyingi vinaweza kukusaidia usiingie kwenye dhiki?
Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Usiutamani usiku uje, ili uwaburute watu mbali na nyumba zao.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21 Jihadhari usigeukie uovu, ambao unaupenda zaidi kuliko mateso.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction.
22 “Mungu ametukuzwa katika nguvu zake. Ni nani aliye mwalimu kama yeye?
Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him?
23 Ni nani aliyemwelekeza katika njia zake, au kumwambia, ‘Wewe umetenda yasiyo sawa’?
Who has commanded with authority him his way? or who can say, You have wrought iniquity?
24 Kumbuka kuzitukuza kazi zake, ambazo watu wamezisifu katika wimbo.
Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold.
25 Wanadamu wote wameiona; watu wanaikazia macho kwa mbali.
Every man may see it; man may behold it far off.
26 Tazama jinsi Mungu alivyo mkuu, kupita ufahamu wetu! Hesabu ya miaka yake haitafutiki.
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 “Yeye huvuta juu matone ya maji, ayachujayo kama mvua kutoka kwenye vijito;
For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
28 mawingu huangusha chini maji yake, nayo mvua nyingi huwanyeshea wanadamu.
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
29 Ni nani ajuaye jinsi ayatandazavyo mawingu, jinsi angurumavyo kutoka hemani mwake.
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
30 Tazama jinsi anavyotandaza umeme wa radi kumzunguka, naye huvifunika vilindi vya bahari.
Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea.
31 Hivi ndivyo atawalavyo mataifa, na kuwapa chakula kwa wingi.
For by them judges he the people; he gives food in abundance.
32 Huujaza mkono wake kwa umeme wa radi, na kuuagiza kulenga shabaha yake.
With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.
33 Ngurumo zake hutangaza dhoruba inayokuja; hata mifugo hujulisha kukaribia kwake.
The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
