Ayubu 6
1 Kisha Ayubu akajibu:
Then Job spoke again, saying [to Eliphaz],
2 “Laiti uchungu wangu ungeweza kupimwa, nayo taabu yangu yote ingewekwa kwenye mizani!
“If all my troubles and misery could be put on a scale and weighed,
3 Kwa kuwa hakika ingekuwa nzito kuliko mchanga wa bahari zote, kwa hiyo si ajabu maneno yangu yamekuwa ya haraka.
they would be heavier than all the sands [on the shores] of the oceans. That is why I spoke (very rashly/without thinking clearly) [about the day that I was born].
4 Mishale ya Mwenyezi iko ndani yangu, roho yangu inakunywa sumu yake; vitisho vya Mungu vimejipanga dhidi yangu.
[It is as though] Almighty [God] has shot me with arrows. [It is as though] those arrows had poison on their tips, and that poison has gone into my spirit. The things that God has done to me have terrified me.
5 Je, punda-mwitu hulia akiwa na majani, au ngʼombe dume hulia akiwa na chakula?
Just like a wild donkey does not [complain by] braying when it has plenty of grass to eat, and an ox does not [complain by] bellowing when it has food to eat [MET], [I would not complain if you were really helping/comforting me].
6 Je, chakula kisicho na ladha huliwa bila chumvi, au upo utamu katika ute mweupe wa yai?
People complain [RHQ] when they must eat food which has no salt or other tasteless food [MET], [and that is what your words are like, Eliphaz].
7 Ninakataa kuvigusa; vyakula vya aina hii hunichukiza.
Just like I do not want to eat food [like that], and I loathe/detests that kind of food [MET], [I do not appreciate what you have said to me].
8 “Laiti ningepata haja yangu, kwamba Mungu angenijalia hilo nililotarajia,
“I wish that God would do for me what I have requested from him [DOU].
9 kwamba Mungu angekuwa radhi kuniponda, kuuachia mkono wake na kunikatilia mbali!
I wish that he would crush me [and let me die]. I wish that he would reach out his hand and take away my life.
10 Ndipo bado ningekuwa na hii faraja, furaha yangu katika maumivu makali: kwamba sikuwa nimeyakana maneno yake yeye Aliye Mtakatifu.
If he would do that, I would be comforted by knowing that in spite of the great pain that I have suffered, I have always obeyed what [God, ] the Holy One, has commanded.
11 “Ninazo nguvu gani, hata niendelee kutumaini? Matazamio yangu ya mbele ni nini, hata niendelee kuwa mvumilivu?
But now I do not have [RHQ] enough strength to endure all these things. And since I have nothing [to hope for] in (the future/this life), it is difficult for me to be patient now [RHQ].
12 Je, mimi nina nguvu za jiwe? Je, mwili wangu ni shaba?
I am not [RHQ] strong like rocks are, and my body is not made of bronze.
13 Je, ninao uwezo wowote wa kujisaidia mimi mwenyewe, wakati ambapo mafanikio yamefukuziwa mbali nami?
So I am not able to help myself, and [it seems that] there is no one to rescue me.”
14 “Mtu anayekata tamaa angetazamia moyo wa kujitoa wa rafiki zake, hata kama akiacha uchaji wa Mwenyezi.
“When a man has many troubles, his friends should be kind to him, even if he stops revering Almighty [God].
15 Lakini ndugu zangu sio wa kutegemewa, ni kama vijito vya msimu, ni kama vijito ambavyo hufurika
But [you, ] my friends, are not dependable. You are like streams: They spill over their banks [in the spring]
16 wakati vimefunikwa barafu iyeyukayo, ambavyo hujazwa na theluji inayoyeyuka,
when [the melting] ice and snow make those streams overflow,
17 lakini hukauka majira ya ukame, na wakati wa hari hutoweka katika mikondo yake.
but when the dry season comes, there is no water flowing [in those streams], and the channels dry up.
18 Misafara hugeuka kutoka njia zake; hukwea kwenda kwenye nchi ya ukiwa na kuangamia.
[The caravans of merchants] turn off the path [to search for some water], but there is no water, so they die [in the desert].
19 Misafara ya Tema inatafuta maji, wafanyabiashara wa Sheba wanaosafiri hutazama kwa matarajio.
The men in those caravans search [for some water] because they are sure that they will find some.
20 Wamedhikika, kwa sababu walikuwa na matumaini; wanafika huko, lakini wanahuzunika kwa kukosa walichotarajia.
But they do not find any, so they are very disappointed.
21 Sasa nanyi mmethibitika kwamba hamna msaada wowote; mnaona jambo la kutisha, nanyi mnaogopa.
Similarly, you friends have not helped me at all! You have seen that terrible things have happened to me, and you are afraid [that God might do similar things to you].
22 Je, nimewahi kusema, ‘Toeni kitu kwa ajili yangu, au mnilipie fidia kutoka mali zenu,
[After I lost all my wealth, ] did I ask any of you for money? [RHQ] Did I plead with any of you to spend some of your money to help me [RHQ]?
23 au niokoeni mikononi mwa adui, au nikomboeni kutoka makucha ya wasio na huruma’?
Have I asked any of you to rescue me from my enemies [RHQ]? Have I asked you to save me from those who (oppressed me/treated me badly) [RHQ]? [No!]”
24 “Nifundisheni, nami nitanyamaza kimya; nionyesheni nilikokosea.
“Answer me [now, and then] I will be quiet; tell me what wrong things I have done!
25 Tazama yalivyo ya kuumiza maneno ya kweli! Lakini mabishano yenu yanathibitisha nini?
When people speak what is true, that will not hurt the person who hears it, but what you say, criticizing me, [is not true, so your saying it] proves nothing [RHQ]!
26 Je, mna maana ya kuyasahihisha ninayosema, na kuyafanya maneno ya mtu anayekata tamaa kama upepo?
I am a man who has nothing to hope for, but you try to correct me, and you think what I say is nothing but wind [RHQ]!
27 Mngeweza hata kupiga kura kwa ajili ya yatima, na kubadilishana rafiki yenu na mali.
You do not sympathize with me at all [for all that I am suffering]. [You are heartless!] You would even gamble to see who gets an orphan [as a prize]!
28 “Lakini sasa kuweni na huruma mkaniangalie mimi. Je, ningeweza kusema uongo mbele zenu?
Please look at me! I will not [RHQ] lie to you.
29 Tulizeni hasira, msiwe wadhalimu; angalieni tena, kwa maana nimehatarisha uadilifu wangu.
Stop [saying that I have sinned, and] stop criticizing me unjustly! You should realize that I have not done things that are wrong.
30 Je, pana uovu wowote midomoni mwangu? Je, kinywa changu hakiwezi kupambanua hila?
Do you think that I am lying? No, I am not lying, because I know what is right and what is wrong [RHQ].”
