Ayubu 13
1 Tazama, jicho langu limeyaona haya yote; sikio langu limeyasikia na kuyaelewa hayo.
"Look, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
2 Kile mnachokifahamu, ndicho hicho mimi pia ninachokifahamu; Mimi siyo duni kwenu ninyi.
What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
3 Hata hivyo, Mimi ningeweza kuzungumza na mwenye nguvu; Mimi natamani kusemezana na Mungu.
"Surely I would speak to Shaddai. I desire to reason with God.
4 Lakini ninyi mnauficha ukweli kwa uongo; ninyi nyote ni tabibu msiokuwa na thamani.
But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
5 Laiti, kwamba kwa pamoja mngeshikilia amani yenu! Hilo lingekuwa hekima yenu ninyi.
Oh that you would be completely silent. Then you would be wise.
6 Sikia sasa kuhoji kwangu; Sikiliza kusihi kwa midomo yangu mwenyewe.
Hear now my reasoning. Listen 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 you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Ni kweli ninyi mngetetea katika mahakama kama mawakili wa Mungu?
Will you show partiality to him? Will you 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 deceives a man, will you deceive him?
10 Yeye kwa hakika angewathibitisha upya ninyi ikiwa katika siri ninyi mmeonyesha kutokukamilika.
He will surely reprove you if you 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 on 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 defenses are defenses of clay.
13 Shikilieni amani yenu, mniache peke yangu, ili ya kwamba nipate kusema, acheni yaje yale yanayoweza kuja kwangu.
"Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
14 Nitaichukua nyama yangu mwenywewe katika meno yangu; Nitayachukua maisha yangu katika mikono yangu.
Why 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.
Look, he will kill 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. Let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Tazama sasa, Nimeuweka utetezi wangu katika mpangilio, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mimi sina hatia.
See 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 who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
20 Mungu, fanya mambo mawili kwa ajili yangu, na tena Mimi sitajificha kutoka katika uso wako.
"Only do not do two things to me; then I will not hide myself from your face:
21 Ondoa kutoka kwangu mkono wako unaotesa, na usiache utisho wako unifanye mimi kuogopa.
withdraw your hand far from me; and do not let your terror make me afraid.
22 Ndipo niite mimi, na mimi nitakujibu; au uniache mimi niseme na wewe na wewe unijibu mimi.
Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me.
23 Je, maovu yangu na dhambi zangu ni ngapi? Nijulishe kosa langu na dhambi yangu.
How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
24 Kwa nini unaficha uso wako kutoka kwangu mimi na kunitendea mimi kama adui yako?
Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?
25 Je, wewe utalitesa jani linalopeperushwa? Je, utaendelea kulifuatilia bua kavu?
Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
26 Kwa maana wew unaandika chini vitu vichungu dhidi yangu mimi; wewe unanifanya mimi kurithi uovu wa ujana wangu.
For you write bitter things against me, and make me 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.
You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set 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 decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
