Ayubu 42
1 Ndipo Ayubu akamjibu Bwana:
Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],
2 “Ninajua ya kuwa unaweza kufanya mambo yote, wala hakuna mpango wako unaoweza kuzuilika.
“I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.
3 Uliuliza, ‘Ni nani huyu afichaye mashauri yangu bila maarifa?’ Hakika nilisema juu ya mambo niliyokuwa siyaelewi, mambo ya ajabu mno kwangu mimi kuyajua.
[You asked me], ‘(Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.)’ [RHQ] It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand, things that are very wonderful/marvelous, and therefore I am not able to know them.
4 “Ulisema, ‘Sikiliza sasa, nami nitanena; nitakuuliza swali, nawe yakupasa kunijibu.’
You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’
5 Masikio yangu yalikuwa yamesikia habari zako, lakini sasa macho yangu yamekuona.
I had heard about you previously, but now [it is as though] I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 Kwa hiyo najidharau mwenyewe, na kutubu katika mavumbi na majivu.”
Therefore I (am ashamed of/withdraw) what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry [for what I said].”
7 Baada ya Bwana kusema mambo haya yote na Ayubu, akamwambia Elifazi Mtemani, “Nina hasira juu yako na juu ya rafiki zako wawili, kwa sababu hamkusema yaliyo sawa kwa habari yangu, kama alivyosema mtumishi wangu Ayubu.
After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, “I am angry with you and your two friends, [Bildad and Zophar], because what my servant Job said about me was right/true, but what you have spoken about me was not right/true.
8 Basi sasa chukueni mafahali saba na kondoo dume saba mkamwendee mtumishi wangu Ayubu nanyi mkatoe sadaka za kuteketezwa kwa ajili yenu wenyewe. Mtumishi wangu Ayubu ataomba kwa ajili yenu, nami nitayakubali maombi yake ili nisiwatendee sawasawa na upumbavu wenu. Ninyi hamkusema yaliyo sawa kwa habari yangu, kama alivyosema mtumishi wangu Ayubu.”
So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and [kill them and] burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do, [and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me]. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right/true, but what Job said about me was right/true.”
9 Kwa hiyo Elifazi Mtemani, Bildadi Mshuhi, na Sofari Mnaamathi wakafanya kama Bwana alivyowaambia; naye Bwana akayakubali maombi ya Ayubu.
So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do [for the three of them].
10 Baada ya Ayubu kuwaombea rafiki zake, Bwana akamwondoa kwenye uteka, akamfanikisha tena naye akampa mara mbili ya vile alivyokuwa navyo hapo mwanzoni.
After Job prayed for his three friends, Yahweh [healed him and] caused him to become rich again. Yahweh gave him twice as many things as he had before.
11 Ndipo ndugu zake wote waume kwa wake na kila mtu aliyemfahamu mwanzoni, wakaja wakala pamoja naye katika nyumba yake. Wakamfariji na kumtuliza moyo juu ya taabu yote Bwana aliyoileta juu yake, nao kila mmoja akampa kipande cha fedha na pete ya dhahabu.
Then all his brothers and sisters, and all the people who had known him before, came to his house, and they ate a meal together. They consoled/comforted [DOU] him because of all the troubles that Yahweh had allowed him to experience.
12 Bwana akaibariki sehemu ya mwisho ya maisha ya Ayubu kuliko ile ya kwanza. Alikuwa na kondoo elfu kumi na nne, ngamia elfu sita, jozi za mafahali elfu moja, na punda wa kike elfu moja.
Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
13 Tena alikuwa na wana saba na binti watatu.
And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.
14 Binti wa kwanza aliitwa Yemima, wa pili Kesia na wa tatu Keren-Hapuki.
He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.
15 Hapakuwepo mahali popote katika nchi ile yote palipopatikana wanawake wazuri kama binti za Ayubu; naye baba yao akawapa urithi pamoja na ndugu zao.
In all of [Uz] land there were no young women who were as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and Job declared that they would inherit some of his possessions, just like their brothers would inherit some.
16 Baada ya hili Ayubu akaishi miaka 140; akawaona wanawe na wana wa wanawe hata kizazi cha nne.
After that, Job lived 140 more years. Before he died, he (saw/enjoyed being with) his great-great-grandchildren.
17 Hivyo Ayubu akafa, akiwa mzee aliyekuwa ameshiba siku.
He was very old [DOU] when he died.
