Ayubu 10
1 Nimechoka na maisha yangu; Nitanena wazi manung'uniko yangu; nitasema kwa uchungu wa roho yangu.
My soul is disgusted with my life; I will give free vent to my complaint over myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 Nitamwambia Mungu, 'Usinihukumie makosa; nionyeshe sababu za wewe kunilaumu mimi. Je
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; let me know for what cause thou contendest against me.
3 ni vizuri kwako wewe kunionea mimi, kudharau kazi ya mikono yako wakati unafurahia juu ya mipango ya waovu?
Is it well for thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst reject the labor of thy hands, and shed light upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 Je wewe una macho ya kimwili? Je wewe unaona kama mtu aonavyo?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or wilt thou see as a mortal seeth?
5 Je siku zako ni kama siku za wanadamu au miaka yako ni kama miaka ya watu,
Are thy days as the days of a mortal, or are thy years as the days of a man,
6 hata ukauliza habari za uovu wangu na kuitafuta dhambi yangu,
That thou inquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 ingawa wewe wafahamu mimi sina kosa na hapana mwingine awezaye kuniokoa mimi na mkono wako?
Still it is within thy knowledge that I am not wicked, and there is none that can deliver me out of thy hand.
8 Mikono yako imeniumba na kunifinyanga kwa wakati mmoja nawe kunizunguka, hata hivyo unaniangamiza.
Thy hands have carefully fashioned me and made me; every thing is in harmony all round about; and yet thou dost destroy me!
9 Kumbuka, nakuomba, ulivyonifinyanga kama vile udongo; je utanirudisha mavumbini tena?
Remember, I beseech thee, that as though I were clay hast thou made me; and wilt thou cause me to return again unto the dust?
10 Je wewe hukunimimina kama maziwa na kunigandisha mfano wa jibini?
Behold, like milk didst thou pour me out, and like cheese didst thou curdle me.
11 Umenivika ngozi na nyama na kuniunganisha pamoja kwa mifupa na misuli.
With skin and flesh didst thou clothe me, and with bones and sinews didst thou cover me.
12 Wewe umenizawadia mimi uhai na ahadi ya upendeleo na usaidizi wako umeilinda roho yangu.
Life and kindness didst thou grant me, and thy providence watched over my spirit.
13 Hata hivyo mambo haya uliyaficha moyoni mwako - nafahamu kwamba hivi ndivyo ufikirivyo:
And yet these things hadst thou treasured up in thy heart: I know that this was [resolved] within thee.
14 kuwa kama nimefanya dhambi, wewe utaizingatia; hutaniachilia na uovu wangu.
If I have sinned, then dost thou watch me, and from my iniquity thou wilt not declare me guiltless.
15 Kama mimi ni muovu, ole wangu; hata kama ni mwenye haki, sitaweza kuinua kichwa changu, kwa kuwa nimejaa aibu na kuyaangalia mateso yangu.
If I be wicked, woe unto me: and if I be righteous, I can still not lift up my head; I am sated with disgrace, and ever seeing my affliction;
16 Kama kichwa changu kikijiinua chenyewe, waniwinda kama simba; tena wajionyesha mwenyewe kuwa ni mwenye nguvu kwangu.
And it constantly increaseth; like a fierce lion dost thou hunt for me; and again thou showest thyself continually wonderful on me;
17 Wewe unaleta mashahidi wapya dhidi yangu na kuzidisha hasira zako dhidi yangu; wanishambulia na majeshi mapya.
Thou ever renewest thy witnesses against me, and causest thy indignation to grow strong against me; changes and multitudes [of sufferings] are around me.
18 Kwa nini, basi, ulinitoa tumboni? Natamani ningekata roho na ili jicho lolote lisinione.
Wherefore then didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had perished, and that no eye had seen me!
19 Ningelikuwa kama asiyekuwepo; ningelichukuliwa kutoka tumboni mpaka kaburini.
That I were as though I had not been, —had been borne from the womb to the grave.
20 Je si siku zangu pekee ni chache? Acha basi, usinisumbue, ili kwamba nipate kupumzika kidogo
Lo! my days are but few: cease, then, withdraw from me [thy hand], that I may recover my cheerfulness a little.
21 kabla sijaenda huko ambako sitarudi, kwenye nchi ya giza na kivuli cha mauti,
Before I go, and return not, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
22 ni nchi ya giza kama usiku wa manane, nchi ya kivuli cha mauti, isiyokuwa na mpangilio, ambayo nuru yake ni kama usiku wa manane.'”
A land of utter gloom, as of the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the light of which is like utter gloom.
