Ayubu 7
1 “Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani? Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni, au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
3 ndivyo nilivyogawiwa miezi ya ubatili, nami nimeandikiwa huzuni usiku hata usiku.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 Wakati nilalapo ninawaza, ‘Itachukua muda gani kabla sijaamka?’ Usiku huwa mrefu, nami najigeuzageuza hadi mapambazuko.
If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.
5 Mwili wangu umevikwa mabuu na uchafu, ngozi yangu imetumbuka na kutunga usaha.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.
6 “Siku zangu zinapita upesi kuliko mtande wa kufuma, nazo zinafikia mwisho wake bila matumaini.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Kumbuka, Ee Mungu, maisha yangu ni kama pumzi; macho yangu kamwe hayataona tena raha.
Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.
8 Lile jicho linaloniona sasa halitaniona tena; utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
9 Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka, vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini harudi tena. (Sheol h7585)
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Kamwe harudi tena nyumbani mwake; wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
11 “Kwa hiyo sitanyamaza; nitanena kutokana na maumivu makuu ya roho yangu, nitalalama kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Je, mimi ni bahari, au mnyama mkubwa mno akaaye vilindini, hata uniweke chini ya ulinzi?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 Ninapofikiri kwamba kitanda changu kitanifariji, nacho kiti changu cha fahari kitapunguza malalamiko yangu,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 ndipo wanitisha kwa ndoto na kunitia hofu kwa maono,
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
15 hivyo ninachagua kujinyonga na kufa, kuliko huu mwili wangu.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
16 Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi. Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
17 “Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki, kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
18 kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi na kumjaribu kila wakati?
And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
19 Je, hutaacha kamwe kunitazama, au kuniacha japo kwa kitambo kidogo tu?
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 Ikiwa nimetenda dhambi, nimekufanyia nini, Ewe mlinzi wa wanadamu? Kwa nini umeniweka niwe shabaha yako? Je, nimekuwa mzigo kwako?
Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?
21 Kwa nini husamehi makosa yangu na kuachilia dhambi zangu? Kwa kuwa hivi karibuni nitalala mavumbini; nawe utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.”
And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
