Ayubu 13
1 Tazama, jicho langu limeyaona haya yote; sikio langu limeyasikia na kuyaelewa hayo.
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2 Kile mnachokifahamu, ndicho hicho mimi pia ninachokifahamu; Mimi siyo duni kwenu ninyi.
What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
3 Hata hivyo, Mimi ningeweza kuzungumza na mwenye nguvu; Mimi natamani kusemezana na Mungu.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
4 Lakini ninyi mnauficha ukweli kwa uongo; ninyi nyote ni tabibu msiokuwa na thamani.
But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.
5 Laiti, kwamba kwa pamoja mngeshikilia amani yenu! Hilo lingekuwa hekima yenu ninyi.
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
6 Sikia sasa kuhoji kwangu; Sikiliza kusihi kwa midomo yangu mwenyewe.
Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Ninyi mtazungumza visivyo haki kwa ajili ya Mungu, na ninyi mtazungumza udanganyifu kwa yeye? Ni kweli ninyi mngeonyesha ukarimu kwa yeye?
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
8 Ni kweli ninyi mngetetea katika mahakama kama mawakili wa Mungu?
Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
9 Je, kweli ingekuwa vizuri kwenu wakati yeye akiwatafuta ninyi? Mngeweza ninyi kumdanganya yeye kama mlivyoweza kuwadanganya watu?
Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
10 Yeye kwa hakika angewathibitisha upya ninyi ikiwa katika siri ninyi mmeonyesha kutokukamilika.
He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show partiality.
11 Je, ukuu wake usingewafanya ninyi muogope? Je, utisho wake usingeshuka juu yenu?
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
12 Hadithi zenu za misemo ya kukariri, ni mithali zimetengenezwa kwa majivu; utetezi wenu ni utetezi uliotengenezwa kwa udongo wa mfinyanzi.
Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.
13 Shikilieni amani yenu, mniache peke yangu, ili ya kwamba nipate kusema, acheni yaje yale yanayoweza kuja kwangu.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
14 Nitaichukua nyama yangu mwenywewe katika meno yangu; Nitayachukua maisha yangu katika mikono yangu.
Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
15 Tazama, ikiwa ataniua mimi, sitakuwa na tumaini lililobakia; hata hivyo, nitazitetea njia zangu mbele zake yeye.
Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
16 Hiki kitakuwa sababu ya kutohesabiwa hatia, kwamba mimi sikuja mbele zake kama mtu asiyemcha Mungu.
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
17 Mungu, sikiliza kwa makini kuzungumza kwangu; ruhusu kutangaza kwangu kuje kwenye masikio yako.
Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Tazama sasa, Nimeuweka utetezi wangu katika mpangilio, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mimi sina hatia.
Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
19 Ni nani anayeweza kushindana na mimi katika mahakama? Ikiwa mlikuja kufanya hivyo, na kama mimi nilithibitishwa kukosea, ndipo ningekuwa kimya na kuyatoa maisha yangu.
Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
20 Mungu, fanya mambo mawili kwa ajili yangu, na tena Mimi sitajificha kutoka katika uso wako.
Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:
21 Ondoa kutoka kwangu mkono wako unaotesa, na usiache utisho wako unifanye mimi kuogopa.
Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.
22 Ndipo niite mimi, na mimi nitakujibu; au uniache mimi niseme na wewe na wewe unijibu mimi.
Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23 Je, maovu yangu na dhambi zangu ni ngapi? Nijulishe kosa langu na dhambi yangu.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Kwa nini unaficha uso wako kutoka kwangu mimi na kunitendea mimi kama adui yako?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
25 Je, wewe utalitesa jani linalopeperushwa? Je, utaendelea kulifuatilia bua kavu?
Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26 Kwa maana wew unaandika chini vitu vichungu dhidi yangu mimi; wewe unanifanya mimi kurithi uovu wa ujana wangu.
For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
27 Wewe pia unaiweka miguu yangu katika nguo nyembamba; wewe waangalia njia zangu zote; wewe wachunguza chini mahali ambapo nyayo za miguu yangu zimekanyaga.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
28 japokuwa mimi ni kama kitu kilichooza ambacho hutupwa mbali, kama vazi lile ambalo nondo wamelila.
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
