Ayubu 9
1 Kisha Ayubu akajibu:
Then Job replied,
2 “Naam, najua hili ni kweli. Lakini mwanadamu awezaje kuwa mwadilifu mbele za Mungu?
“Yes, I certainly know that [much of] what you said is true. But (how can anyone say to God, ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it?’/no one can say to God ‘I (am innocent/have not done what is wrong) and prove it.’) [RHQ]
3 Ingawa mtu angetaka kushindana naye, asingaliweza kumjibu Mungu hata mara moja miongoni mwa elfu moja.
If someone wanted to argue with God [about that], God could ask him 1,000 questions, and that person would not be able to answer any of them!
4 Hekima yake ni kubwa sana na ana uwezo mwingi mno. Ni nani aliyempinga naye akawa salama?
God is very wise [IDM] and very powerful; no one who has tried to challenge God has been able to win.
5 Aiondoa milima bila yenyewe kujua na kuipindua kwa hasira yake.
He even moves mountains, without them (OR, anyone) knowing about it. When he is angry, he turns them upside down.
6 Aitikisa dunia kutoka mahali pake na kuzifanya nguzo zake zitetemeke.
He sends earthquakes that shake the ground; he causes the pillars that support the earth to tremble.
7 Husema na jua, nalo likaacha kuangaza; naye huizima mianga ya nyota.
[Some days] he speaks to the sun, and it does not rise, and [some nights] he prevents the stars from shining.
8 Yeye peke yake huzitandaza mbingu na kuyakanyaga mawimbi ya bahari.
He alone (stretched out/put in place) the sky; he alone puts his feet on the waves (OR, on the huge sea monster).
9 Yeye ndiye Muumba wa nyota za Dubu, na Orioni, Kilimia, na makundi ya nyota za kusini.
He put in their places [the clusters/groups of stars that are called] The Dipper/Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars in the southern sky.
10 Hutenda maajabu yasiyopimika, miujiza isiyoweza kuhesabiwa.
Only he does great things that we cannot understand; he does more marvelous things than we are able to count.
11 Anapopita karibu nami, siwezi kumwona; apitapo mbele yangu, simtambui.
He passes by where I am, but I do not see him; he moves further on, but I do not see him go.
12 Anapochukua kwa ghafula, ni nani awezaye kumzuia? Ni nani awezaye kumwambia, ‘Unafanya nini?’
If he [wants to] snatch something away, no one [RHQ] can hinder him; no one dares to ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’ [RHQ]
13 Mungu hataizuia hasira yake; hata jeshi kubwa la Rahabu lenye nguvu linajikunyata miguuni pake.
God will not very easily stop being angry; he defeated [MTY] those who [tried to] help Rahab, [the great sea monster].
14 “Ni vipi basi mimi nitaweza kubishana naye? Nawezaje kupata maneno ya kuhojiana naye?
“So, [if God took me to court], what could I say [MTY] to answer him?
15 Ingawa sikuwa na hatia, sikuweza kumjibu; ningeweza tu kumsihi Mhukumu wangu anihurumie.
Even though I (would be innocent/would not have done what is wrong), I would not be able to answer him. All I could do would be to request God, my judge/accuser, to act mercifully toward me.
16 Hata kama ningemwita kwenye shauri, naye akakubali, siamini kama angenisikiliza.
If I summoned him to [come to the courtroom] and he said that he would come, I would not believe that he would pay attention to what I would say.
17 Yeye angeniangamiza kwa dhoruba na kuongeza majeraha yangu pasipo na sababu.
He sends storms to batter me, and he bruises me many times (without any reason to do that/even though I am innocent).
18 Asingeniacha nipumue bali angenifunika kabisa na huzuni kuu.
[It is as though] he will not let me get/catch my breath, because he causes me to suffer all the time.
19 Kama ni suala la nguvu, yeye ni mwenye nguvu! Kama ni suala la haki, ni nani awezaye kumwita mahakamani?
If I would try to (wrestle with/fight against) him, [there is no way that I could defeat him, ] [because] he is stronger than I am. If I would request him to appear in court, there is no one who could [RHQ] force him to go there.
20 Hata kama sikuwa na hatia, kinywa changu kingenihukumu; kama sikuwa na kosa, kingenitangaza kuwa mwenye hatia.
Even though I was innocent, what I would say would cause him to say that I must be punished [MTY]; even though I had not done anything wrong, he would prove that I am guilty.
21 “Ingawa mimi sina kosa, haileti tofauti katika nafsi yangu; nauchukia uhai wangu.
“I have not done what is wrong, but that is not important. I despise continuing to remain alive.
22 Hayo yote ni sawa; ndiyo sababu nasema, ‘Yeye huwaangamiza wasio na makosa pamoja na waovu.’
But it doesn’t matter, because God will get rid of [all of us, ] both those who are innocent and those who are wicked.
23 Wakati pigo liletapo kifo cha ghafula, yeye hudhihaki kule kukata tamaa kwa yule asiye na kosa.
When people experience disaster and it causes them to suddenly die, God laughs at it, even if they are innocent.
24 Wakati nchi inapoangukia mikononi mwa waovu, yeye huwafunga macho mahakimu wake. Kama si yeye, basi ni nani?
God has allowed wicked people to control [what happens in] the world. [It is as though] he has caused judges to be blindfolded, [with the result that they cannot judge fairly]. If it is not God who has put wicked people in control, who has done it?
25 “Siku zangu zapita mbio kuliko mkimbiaji; zinapita upesi bila kuona furaha hata kidogo.
“My days go by very quickly, like a fast runner; [it is as though] they run away, and nothing good happens to me on those days.
26 Zinapita upesi kama mashua ya mafunjo, mfano wa tai ayashukiaye mawindo kwa ghafula.
My life goes by very rapidly, like a boat made from reeds sailing swiftly, or like an eagle that swoops down to seize a small animal.
27 Kama nikisema, ‘Nitayasahau malalamiko yangu, nitabadili sura ya uso wangu na kutabasamu,’
If I smile and say [to God], ‘I will forget what I am complaining about; I will stop looking sad and try to be cheerful/happy,’
28 bado ninahofia mateso yangu yote, kwa kuwa ninajua hutanihesabu kuwa sina hatia.
then I become afraid because of all that I am suffering, because I know that God does not consider that I am innocent.
29 Kwa kuwa nimeonekana mwenye hatia, kwa nini basi nitaabishwe bure?
He will (condemn me/declare that I should be punished), so why should I keep trying in vain [to defend myself]?
30 Hata kama ningejiosha kwa sabuni na kutakasa mikono yangu kwa magadi,
If I washed myself with snow or cleansed my hands with lye/soap [to get rid of my guilt],
31 wewe ungenitupa kwenye shimo la utelezi kiasi kwamba hata nguo zangu zingenichukia sana.
he would still throw me into a filthy pit; as a result [it would be as though] even my clothes would detest me.
32 “Yeye si mwanadamu kama mimi ili niweze kumjibu, ili kwamba tuweze kushindana naye mahakamani.
“God is not a human, as I am, so there is no way that I could answer him [to prove that I am innocent] if we went together to have a trial [in a courtroom].
33 Laiti angelikuwepo mtu wa kutupatanisha kati yetu, aweke mkono wake juu yetu sote wawili,
There is no one to (mediate/hear us and decide who is right), no one who has authority over both of us [IDM].
34 mtu angeliiondoa fimbo ya Mungu juu yangu, ili utisho wake usiendelee kunitia hofu.
I wish/desire that he would stop punishing [MTY] me, and that he would not continue to terrify me.
35 Ndipo ningenena naye, bila kumwogopa, lakini kama ilivyo kwangu sasa, sitaweza.
If he did that, I would declare [that I am innocent] without being afraid of him, because I know that I really have not [done what is wrong like God thinks that I have].”
