Ayubu 14
1 Mwanadamu, ambaye amezaliwa na mwanamke, huishi siku chache tu na amejaa mahangaiko.
Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
2 Yeye huchanua kutoka katika ardhi kama ua na kukatwa chini; yeye hukimbia kama kivuli na hawezi kudumu.
Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
3 Je, wewe unatazama chochote katika hivi? Mnanileta mimi hukumuni pamoja nanyi?
And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?
4 Ni nani anayeweza kukileta kitu safi kutoka katika kitu kichafu? Hakuna awaye yote.
Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].
5 Siku za mwanadamu zimeamriwa. Idadi ya miezi yake unayo wewe; umekiweka kikomo chake ambacho hawezi kukivuka.
Seeing that his days are determined, the number of his months are [fixed] with thee, that thou hast set his bounds which he cannot pass:
6 Tazama mbali kutoka kwake kwamba yeye aweze kupumzika, ili kwamba aweze kufurahia siku yake kama mtu aliyekodishwa kama yeye anaweza kufanya hivyo.
Turn thyself from him that he may recover from his pain, and be able to enjoy like a hired laborer his day.
7 Kunaweza kuwa na tumaini kwa mti; kama ukikatwa chini, unaweza kuchipua tena, hivyo chipukizi lake halitapotea.
For there is hope for the tree: if it be cut down, it may still sprout again, while its young shoot will not cease.
8 Japokuwa mizizi yake inakua na kuzeeka katika ardhi, na shina lake kufa katika udongo,
If even its root become old in the earth, and its stock die in the dust:
9 hata kama bado lina harufu ya maji pekee, litachipua tena na kutoa nje matawi kama mche.
Yet through the scent of water will it flourish [again], and produce boughs as though It were newly planted.
10 Lakini mwanadamu hufa; yeye huwa dhaifu; haswaa, mwanadamu hukoma kupumua, na tena yuko wapi yeye?
But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
11 Kama maji yanavyopotea kutoka ziwani, na kama vile mto upotezavyo maji na kukauka,
The waters run off from the sea, and the river faileth and drieth up:
12 vivyo hivyo watu hulala chini na hawaamki tena. Mpaka pale mbingu zitakapokuwa hazipo tena, hawataamka wala kuamshwa kutoka katika kulala kwao.
So doth man lie down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they will not awake, and will not be roused out of their sleep.
13 Laiti, kwamba ungenificha mimi mbali katika kuzimu mbali kutoka katika mahangaiko, na kwamba ungenitunza mimi katika siri hadi hasira yake imalizike, kwamba ungeniwekea mimi muda maalumu wa kukaa huko na kisha kuniita mimi katika fahamu! (Sheol h7585)
Oh who would grant that thou mightest hide me in the nether world, that thou mightest conceal me, until thy wrath be appeased, that thou mightest set for me a fixed time, and remember me then! (Sheol h7585)
14 Ikiwa mwanadamu akifa, yeye ataishi tena? Ikiwa hivyo, ningependa kusubiri kule muda wangu wote wa kuharibika mpaka kufunguliwa kwangu kutakapokuja.
Or, when a man dieth, will he live again? all the days of my time of service would I then wait, till [the hour of] my release were come.
15 Wewe ungeita, na mimi ningekujibu wewe. Wewe ungekuwa na shauku ya kazi ya mikono yako.
Do thou call, and I will truly answer thee: have a desire for the work of thy hands.
16 Wewe ungehesabu na kutunza nyayo zangu; Wewe usingejali kumbukumbu ya dhambi yangu.
Yet now thou numberest my steps: and thou waitest not with [the punishment of] my sin.
17 Uovu wangu ungetiwa muhuri katika mkoba; wewe ungeufunga uovu wangu.
Sealed up in a bag is my transgression, and thou yet addest to my iniquity.
18 Lakini hata milima huanguka na kuwa si chochote; hata miamba huhamishwa kutoka mahali pake;
But truly a falling mountain will crumble, and [even] a rock is moved out of its place.
19 maji yaliyokuwa chini ya mawe; kufurika kwake huondoa mbali mavumbi ya nchi. Kama hivi, ninyi mnavyoharibu matumaini ya mwanadamu.
The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments [like] the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Ninyi daima humshinda yeye, na yeye hupita mbali; Ninyi mnabadilisha uso wake na kumtuma yeye mbali kufa.
Thou assailest him with might without ceasing, till he passeth away: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him off.
21 Kama watoto wake wa kiume ni wa kuheshimiwa, yeye, hatambui hicho; na kama wakishushwa chini, yeye haoni hicho.
His children acquire honor, but he knoweth it not: and they are esteemed little, but he perceiveth nothing of them.
22 Yeye hujisikia tu maumivu ya mwili wake mwenyewe, na hujiombolezea yeye mwenyewe.
But his body. on him, feeleth pain, and his soul will mourn for him.
