Ayubu 15
1 Ndipo Elifazi Mtemani alijibu na kusema,
And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,
2 Mtu mwenye hekima anapaswa kujibu kwa maarifa yasiyofaa na kujijaza mwenyewe na upepo wa mashariki?
Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?
3 Anapaswa kuhojiana na mazungumzo yasiyo na faida au na hotuba ambazo kwa hizo yeye hawezi kufanya mema?
Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?
4 Dhahiri, wewe wafifisha heshima ya Mungu; Wewe wazuia heshima kwa yeye,
Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.
5 kwa maana uovu wako hufundisha midomo yako; Wewe wachagua kuwa na ulimi wa mtu mwenye hila.
For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
6 Mdomo wako mwenyewe hukukukumu wewe, siyo wangu; hakika, midomo yako mwenyewe hushuhudia dhidi yako wewe.
It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.
7 Je, wewe ni mwanadamu wa kwanza ambaye aliyezaliwa? Wewe ulikuwepo kabla ya vilima kuwepo?
Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?
8 Wewe Umewahi kusikia maarifa ya siri ya Mungu? Je, wewe wajihesabia mwenye hekima wewe mwenyewe?
Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?
9 Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho sisi hatukijui? Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho hakiko katika sisi?
What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
10 Pamoja nasi wapo pia wenye mvi na watu wazee sana ambao ni wazee zaidi kuliko baba yako.
With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.
11 Je, faraja ya Mungu ni ndogo sana kwako, maneno ambayo ni ya upole dhidi yako wewe?
Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?
12 Kwa nini moyo wako wewe unakupeleka mbali? Kwa nini macho yako yananga'ra,
Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;
13 ili ya kwamba kuirejesha roho yako kwa Mungu na kuyatoa maneno hayo kutoka katika mdomo wako?
So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?
14 Je, mwanadamu yeye ni nini kwamba yeye anapaswa kuwa safi? Yeye mwanadamu aliyezaliwa na mwanamke ni nini kwamba yeye anapaswa awe mwenye haki?
What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
15 Tazama, Mungu haweki tumaini lake hata kwa mmoja wake aliye mtakatifu; Hakika, mbingu haziko safi machoni pake yeye;
Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;
16 jinsi gani asivyo safi ni mmoja aliye mbaya na mla rushwa, mtu ambaye hunywa uovu kama maji!
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
17 Mimi nitakuonyesha wewe; Nisikilize mimi; Mimi nitakutangazia wewe vitu ambavyo nimeviona,
Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:
18 vitu ambavyo watu wenye hekima wamepita chini yake kutoka kwa baba zao, vile vitu ambavyo mababu zao hawakuvificha.
(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;
19 Hawa walikuwa mababu zao, ambao kwao pekee nchi walipewa, na miongoni mwao hakuna mgeni aliyepita.
For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them: )
20 Mtu mwovu hupitia katika maumivu siku zake zote, idadi ya miaka iliyowekwa juu kwa mtesaji kuteseka.
The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
21 Sauti ya vitisho katika masikio yake; pindi yeye yuko katika kufanikiwa, mharibu atakuja juu yake yeye.
A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:
22 Yeye hafikiri kwamba yeye atarudi kutoka katika giza; Upanga humngojea yeye.
He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
23 Yeye huenda sehemu mbali mbali kwa ajili ya mkate, akisema, 'Kiko wapi? ' Yeye anatambua kuwa siku ya giza iko mkononi.
He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
24 Dhiki na mateso makali humfanya aogope; wao hushinda dhidi yake yeye, kama mfalme tayari kwa vita.
He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:
25 Kwa sababu yeye ameunyosha mkono wake dhidi ya Mungu na ameishi kwa kiburi dhidi ya aliye mkuu,
Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,
26 huyu mtu mwovu hukimbia kwa Mungu na shingo ngumu, kwa vifundo vikubwa vya ngao.
Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,
27 Hii ni kweli, hata ingawa yeye amefunika uso wake kwa mafuta yake na amekusanya mafuta juu ya viuno vyake,
Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;
28 na ameishi katika miji yenye ukiwa; katika nyumba ambazo hakuna mwanadamu anayeishi humo sasa na ambazo zilikuwa tayari kuwa magofu.
And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.
29 Yeye hatakuwa tajiri; utajiri wake yeye hautadumu; hata kivuli chake hakitadumu katika nchi.
He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
30 Yeye hatatoka nje ya giza; mwali wa moto utakausha matawi yake; katika pumzi ya kinywa cha Mungu yeye ataenda zake.
He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
31 Mwacheni yeye asitumaini katika vitu visivyofanya kazi, akijidanganya yeye mwenyewe; maana upuuzi utakuwa mshahara wake yeye.
Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.
32 Itatokea kabla ya wakati wake yeye atapaswa kufa; tawi lake halitakuwa kijani.
His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.
33 Yeye atazipukutisha zabibu zake zisizovunwa kama mzabibu; yeye atayaondoa maua yake kama mti wa mzeituni.
He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.
34 Kwa maana msaada wa watu wasiomcha Mungu utakuwa tasa; moto utateketeza hema za rushwa.
For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.
35 Wao wanabeba mimba yenye ubaya na kuzaa uovu; tumbo lao hutunga mimba ya udanganifu.
Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.
