Ayubu 7
1 “Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani? Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? and are not his days like the days of an hireling?
2 Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni, au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling that looketh for 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.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? but the night is long; and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
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 closeth up and breaketh out afresh.
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.
Oh remember 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 seeth me shall behold me no more: thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
9 Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka, vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini harudi tena. (Sheol h7585)
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. (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 any more.
11 “Kwa hiyo sitanyamaza; nitanena kutokana na maumivu makuu ya roho yangu, nitalalama kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
Therefore I will not refrain 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, and death rather than [these] my bones.
16 Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi. Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 “Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki, kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him,
18 kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi na kumjaribu kila wakati?
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try 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?
If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am 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 thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust; and thou shall seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
