Ayubu 7
1 “Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani? Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
2 Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni, au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;
3 ndivyo nilivyogawiwa miezi ya ubatili, nami nimeandikiwa huzuni usiku hata usiku.
So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights.
4 Wakati nilalapo ninawaza, ‘Itachukua muda gani kabla sijaamka?’ Usiku huwa mrefu, nami najigeuzageuza hadi mapambazuko.
If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.
5 Mwili wangu umevikwa mabuu na uchafu, ngozi yangu imetumbuka na kutunga usaha.
My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together.
6 “Siku zangu zinapita upesi kuliko mtande wa kufuma, nazo zinafikia mwisho wake bila matumaini.
My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.
7 Kumbuka, Ee Mungu, maisha yangu ni kama pumzi; macho yangu kamwe hayataona tena raha.
Remember that my life is but wind, and my eyes shall not return to see good things.
8 Lile jicho linaloniona sasa halitaniona tena; utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.
Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.
9 Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka, vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini harudi tena. (Sheol h7585)
As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Kamwe harudi tena nyumbani mwake; wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
Nor shall he return my more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 “Kwa hiyo sitanyamaza; nitanena kutokana na maumivu makuu ya roho yangu, nitalalama kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with 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 whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison?
13 Ninapofikiri kwamba kitanda changu kitanifariji, nacho kiti changu cha fahari kitapunguza malalamiko yangu,
If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch:
14 ndipo wanitisha kwa ndoto na kunitia hofu kwa maono,
Thou wilt frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
15 hivyo ninachagua kujinyonga na kufa, kuliko huu mwili wangu.
So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death.
16 Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi. Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.
17 “Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki, kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
18 kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi na kumjaribu kila wakati?
Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly.
19 Je, hutaacha kamwe kunitazama, au kuniacha japo kwa kitambo kidogo tu?
How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
20 Ikiwa nimetenda dhambi, nimekufanyia nini, Ewe mlinzi wa wanadamu? Kwa nini umeniweka niwe shabaha yako? Je, nimekuwa mzigo kwako?
I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome to myself?
21 Kwa nini husamehi makosa yangu na kuachilia dhambi zangu? Kwa kuwa hivi karibuni nitalala mavumbini; nawe utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.”
Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.
