Ayubu 7
1 “Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani? Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
“Isn't life for human beings like serving a sentence of hard labor? Don't their days pass like those of a hired laborer?
2 Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni, au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
Like some slave longing for a bit of shade, like a hired hand anxiously waiting for pay day,
3 ndivyo nilivyogawiwa miezi ya ubatili, nami nimeandikiwa huzuni usiku hata usiku.
I've been given months of emptiness and nights of misery.
4 Wakati nilalapo ninawaza, ‘Itachukua muda gani kabla sijaamka?’ Usiku huwa mrefu, nami najigeuzageuza hadi mapambazuko.
When I go to bed I ask, ‘When shall I get up?’ But the night goes on and on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5 Mwili wangu umevikwa mabuu na uchafu, ngozi yangu imetumbuka na kutunga usaha.
My body is covered with maggots and caked in dirt; my skin is cracked, with oozing sores.
6 “Siku zangu zinapita upesi kuliko mtande wa kufuma, nazo zinafikia mwisho wake bila matumaini.
My days pass quicker than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
7 Kumbuka, Ee Mungu, maisha yangu ni kama pumzi; macho yangu kamwe hayataona tena raha.
Remember that my life is just a breath; I will not see happiness again.
8 Lile jicho linaloniona sasa halitaniona tena; utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.
Those watching me won't see me anymore; your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
9 Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka, vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini harudi tena. (Sheol h7585)
When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Kamwe harudi tena nyumbani mwake; wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
They will never return home, and the people they knew will forget them.
11 “Kwa hiyo sitanyamaza; nitanena kutokana na maumivu makuu ya roho yangu, nitalalama kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony 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 the sea or a sea monster that you have to guard me?
13 Ninapofikiri kwamba kitanda changu kitanifariji, nacho kiti changu cha fahari kitapunguza malalamiko yangu,
If I tell myself, ‘I'll feel better if I lie down in my bed,’ or ‘it will help me to lie down on my couch,’
14 ndipo wanitisha kwa ndoto na kunitia hofu kwa maono,
then you scare me so much with dreams and terrify me with visions
15 hivyo ninachagua kujinyonga na kufa, kuliko huu mwili wangu.
that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
16 Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi. Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
I hate my life! I know I won't live long. Leave me alone because my life is just a breath.
17 “Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki, kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
Why are human beings so important to you; why are you so concerned about them
18 kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi na kumjaribu kila wakati?
that you inspect them every morning and test them every moment? Won't you ever stop staring at me?
19 Je, hutaacha kamwe kunitazama, au kuniacha japo kwa kitambo kidogo tu?
Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
20 Ikiwa nimetenda dhambi, nimekufanyia nini, Ewe mlinzi wa wanadamu? Kwa nini umeniweka niwe shabaha yako? Je, nimekuwa mzigo kwako?
What have I done wrong? What have I done to you, Watcher of Humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I'm a burden even to myself?
21 Kwa nini husamehi makosa yangu na kuachilia dhambi zangu? Kwa kuwa hivi karibuni nitalala mavumbini; nawe utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.”
If so why don't you pardon my sins, and take away my guilt? Right now I'm going to lie down in the dust, and though you will look for me, I will be gone.”
