Ayubu 7
1 “Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani? Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
“Is there not warfare to man on earth? And his days as the days of a hired worker?
2 Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni, au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
As a servant desires the shadow, And as a hired worker expects his wage,
3 ndivyo nilivyogawiwa miezi ya ubatili, nami nimeandikiwa huzuni usiku hata usiku.
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And they numbered nights of misery to me.
4 Wakati nilalapo ninawaza, ‘Itachukua muda gani kabla sijaamka?’ Usiku huwa mrefu, nami najigeuzageuza hadi mapambazuko.
If I lay down, then I have said, When do I rise, And evening has been measured? And I have been full of tossings until dawn.
5 Mwili wangu umevikwa mabuu na uchafu, ngozi yangu imetumbuka na kutunga usaha.
My flesh has been clothed [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin has been shriveled and is loathsome,
6 “Siku zangu zinapita upesi kuliko mtande wa kufuma, nazo zinafikia mwisho wake bila matumaini.
My days swifter than a loom, And they are consumed without hope.
7 Kumbuka, Ee Mungu, maisha yangu ni kama pumzi; macho yangu kamwe hayataona tena raha.
Remember that my life [is] a breath, My eye does not turn back to see good.
8 Lile jicho linaloniona sasa halitaniona tena; utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.
The eye of my beholder does not behold me. Your eyes [are] on me—and I am not.
9 Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka, vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini harudi tena. (Sheol h7585)
A cloud has been consumed, and it goes, So he who is going down to Sheol does not come up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Kamwe harudi tena nyumbani mwake; wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
He does not turn to his house again, Nor does his place discern him again.
11 “Kwa hiyo sitanyamaza; nitanena kutokana na maumivu makuu ya roho yangu, nitalalama kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk 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 [monster], or a dragon, That You set a watch over me?
13 Ninapofikiri kwamba kitanda changu kitanifariji, nacho kiti changu cha fahari kitapunguza malalamiko yangu,
When I said, My bed comforts me, In my talking He takes away my couch.
14 ndipo wanitisha kwa ndoto na kunitia hofu kwa maono,
And You have frightened me with dreams, And You terrify me from visions,
15 hivyo ninachagua kujinyonga na kufa, kuliko huu mwili wangu.
And my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.
16 Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi. Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
I have wasted away—I do not live for all time. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
17 “Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki, kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
What [is] man that You magnify him? And that You set Your heart to him?
18 kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi na kumjaribu kila wakati?
And inspect him in the mornings, [And] in the evenings try him?
19 Je, hutaacha kamwe kunitazama, au kuniacha japo kwa kitambo kidogo tu?
How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow 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 do I do to You, O watcher of man? Why have You set me for a mark to You, And I am for a burden to myself—and what?
21 Kwa nini husamehi makosa yangu na kuachilia dhambi zangu? Kwa kuwa hivi karibuni nitalala mavumbini; nawe utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.”
You do not take away my transgression, And [do not] cause my iniquity to pass away, Because now, I lie down in dust, And You have sought me—and I am not!”
