Ayubu 6
1 Kisha Ayubu akajibu:
Then Job answered and said:
2 “Laiti uchungu wangu ungeweza kupimwa, nayo taabu yangu yote ingewekwa kwenye mizani!
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!
3 Kwa kuwa hakika ingekuwa nzito kuliko mchanga wa bahari zote, kwa hiyo si ajabu maneno yangu yamekuwa ya haraka.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
4 Mishale ya Mwenyezi iko ndani yangu, roho yangu inakunywa sumu yake; vitisho vya Mungu vimejipanga dhidi yangu.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5 Je, punda-mwitu hulia akiwa na majani, au ngʼombe dume hulia akiwa na chakula?
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 Je, chakula kisicho na ladha huliwa bila chumvi, au upo utamu katika ute mweupe wa yai?
Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?
7 Ninakataa kuvigusa; vyakula vya aina hii hunichukiza.
My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
8 “Laiti ningepata haja yangu, kwamba Mungu angenijalia hilo nililotarajia,
Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 kwamba Mungu angekuwa radhi kuniponda, kuuachia mkono wake na kunikatilia mbali!
Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!
10 Ndipo bado ningekuwa na hii faraja, furaha yangu katika maumivu makali: kwamba sikuwa nimeyakana maneno yake yeye Aliye Mtakatifu.
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 “Ninazo nguvu gani, hata niendelee kutumaini? Matazamio yangu ya mbele ni nini, hata niendelee kuwa mvumilivu?
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
12 Je, mimi nina nguvu za jiwe? Je, mwili wangu ni shaba?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Je, ninao uwezo wowote wa kujisaidia mimi mwenyewe, wakati ambapo mafanikio yamefukuziwa mbali nami?
Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
14 “Mtu anayekata tamaa angetazamia moyo wa kujitoa wa rafiki zake, hata kama akiacha uchaji wa Mwenyezi.
To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 Lakini ndugu zangu sio wa kutegemewa, ni kama vijito vya msimu, ni kama vijito ambavyo hufurika
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,
16 wakati vimefunikwa barafu iyeyukayo, ambavyo hujazwa na theluji inayoyeyuka,
Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;
17 lakini hukauka majira ya ukame, na wakati wa hari hutoweka katika mikondo yake.
What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 Misafara hugeuka kutoka njia zake; hukwea kwenda kwenye nchi ya ukiwa na kuangamia.
The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.
19 Misafara ya Tema inatafuta maji, wafanyabiashara wa Sheba wanaosafiri hutazama kwa matarajio.
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them —
20 Wamedhikika, kwa sababu walikuwa na matumaini; wanafika huko, lakini wanahuzunika kwa kukosa walichotarajia.
They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
21 Sasa nanyi mmethibitika kwamba hamna msaada wowote; mnaona jambo la kutisha, nanyi mnaogopa.
For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
22 Je, nimewahi kusema, ‘Toeni kitu kwa ajili yangu, au mnilipie fidia kutoka mali zenu,
Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
23 au niokoeni mikononi mwa adui, au nikomboeni kutoka makucha ya wasio na huruma’?
or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
24 “Nifundisheni, nami nitanyamaza kimya; nionyesheni nilikokosea.
Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 Tazama yalivyo ya kuumiza maneno ya kweli! Lakini mabishano yenu yanathibitisha nini?
How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?
26 Je, mna maana ya kuyasahihisha ninayosema, na kuyafanya maneno ya mtu anayekata tamaa kama upepo?
Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
27 Mngeweza hata kupiga kura kwa ajili ya yatima, na kubadilishana rafiki yenu na mali.
Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.
28 “Lakini sasa kuweni na huruma mkaniangalie mimi. Je, ningeweza kusema uongo mbele zenu?
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
29 Tulizeni hasira, msiwe wadhalimu; angalieni tena, kwa maana nimehatarisha uadilifu wangu.
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
30 Je, pana uovu wowote midomoni mwangu? Je, kinywa changu hakiwezi kupambanua hila?
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?
