Ayubu 9
1 Kisha Ayubu akajibu:
Then Job answered and said:
2 “Naam, najua hili ni kweli. Lakini mwanadamu awezaje kuwa mwadilifu mbele za Mungu?
Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
3 Ingawa mtu angetaka kushindana naye, asingaliweza kumjibu Mungu hata mara moja miongoni mwa elfu moja.
If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
4 Hekima yake ni kubwa sana na ana uwezo mwingi mno. Ni nani aliyempinga naye akawa salama?
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
5 Aiondoa milima bila yenyewe kujua na kuipindua kwa hasira yake.
Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
6 Aitikisa dunia kutoka mahali pake na kuzifanya nguzo zake zitetemeke.
Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Husema na jua, nalo likaacha kuangaza; naye huizima mianga ya nyota.
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Yeye peke yake huzitandaza mbingu na kuyakanyaga mawimbi ya bahari.
Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Yeye ndiye Muumba wa nyota za Dubu, na Orioni, Kilimia, na makundi ya nyota za kusini.
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Hutenda maajabu yasiyopimika, miujiza isiyoweza kuhesabiwa.
Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
11 Anapopita karibu nami, siwezi kumwona; apitapo mbele yangu, simtambui.
Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
12 Anapochukua kwa ghafula, ni nani awezaye kumzuia? Ni nani awezaye kumwambia, ‘Unafanya nini?’
Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
13 Mungu hataizuia hasira yake; hata jeshi kubwa la Rahabu lenye nguvu linajikunyata miguuni pake.
God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
14 “Ni vipi basi mimi nitaweza kubishana naye? Nawezaje kupata maneno ya kuhojiana naye?
How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
15 Ingawa sikuwa na hatia, sikuweza kumjibu; ningeweza tu kumsihi Mhukumu wangu anihurumie.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
16 Hata kama ningemwita kwenye shauri, naye akakubali, siamini kama angenisikiliza.
If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
17 Yeye angeniangamiza kwa dhoruba na kuongeza majeraha yangu pasipo na sababu.
He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
18 Asingeniacha nipumue bali angenifunika kabisa na huzuni kuu.
That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
19 Kama ni suala la nguvu, yeye ni mwenye nguvu! Kama ni suala la haki, ni nani awezaye kumwita mahakamani?
If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
20 Hata kama sikuwa na hatia, kinywa changu kingenihukumu; kama sikuwa na kosa, kingenitangaza kuwa mwenye hatia.
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
21 “Ingawa mimi sina kosa, haileti tofauti katika nafsi yangu; nauchukia uhai wangu.
I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
22 Hayo yote ni sawa; ndiyo sababu nasema, ‘Yeye huwaangamiza wasio na makosa pamoja na waovu.’
It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
23 Wakati pigo liletapo kifo cha ghafula, yeye hudhihaki kule kukata tamaa kwa yule asiye na kosa.
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
24 Wakati nchi inapoangukia mikononi mwa waovu, yeye huwafunga macho mahakimu wake. Kama si yeye, basi ni nani?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
25 “Siku zangu zapita mbio kuliko mkimbiaji; zinapita upesi bila kuona furaha hata kidogo.
Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
26 Zinapita upesi kama mashua ya mafunjo, mfano wa tai ayashukiaye mawindo kwa ghafula.
They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
27 Kama nikisema, ‘Nitayasahau malalamiko yangu, nitabadili sura ya uso wangu na kutabasamu,’
If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
28 bado ninahofia mateso yangu yote, kwa kuwa ninajua hutanihesabu kuwa sina hatia.
I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
29 Kwa kuwa nimeonekana mwenye hatia, kwa nini basi nitaabishwe bure?
I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
30 Hata kama ningejiosha kwa sabuni na kutakasa mikono yangu kwa magadi,
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 wewe ungenitupa kwenye shimo la utelezi kiasi kwamba hata nguo zangu zingenichukia sana.
Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32 “Yeye si mwanadamu kama mimi ili niweze kumjibu, ili kwamba tuweze kushindana naye mahakamani.
For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
33 Laiti angelikuwepo mtu wa kutupatanisha kati yetu, aweke mkono wake juu yetu sote wawili,
There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 mtu angeliiondoa fimbo ya Mungu juu yangu, ili utisho wake usiendelee kunitia hofu.
Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
35 Ndipo ningenena naye, bila kumwogopa, lakini kama ilivyo kwangu sasa, sitaweza.
Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
