Ayubu 15
1 Ndipo Elifazi Mtemani alijibu na kusema,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 Mtu mwenye hekima anapaswa kujibu kwa maarifa yasiyofaa na kujijaza mwenyewe na upepo wa mashariki?
Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
3 Anapaswa kuhojiana na mazungumzo yasiyo na faida au na hotuba ambazo kwa hizo yeye hawezi kufanya mema?
Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
4 Dhahiri, wewe wafifisha heshima ya Mungu; Wewe wazuia heshima kwa yeye,
Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
5 kwa maana uovu wako hufundisha midomo yako; Wewe wachagua kuwa na ulimi wa mtu mwenye hila.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
6 Mdomo wako mwenyewe hukukukumu wewe, siyo wangu; hakika, midomo yako mwenyewe hushuhudia dhidi yako wewe.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
7 Je, wewe ni mwanadamu wa kwanza ambaye aliyezaliwa? Wewe ulikuwepo kabla ya vilima kuwepo?
Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8 Wewe Umewahi kusikia maarifa ya siri ya Mungu? Je, wewe wajihesabia mwenye hekima wewe mwenyewe?
Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
9 Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho sisi hatukijui? Ni kitu gani unachokifahamu wewe ambacho hakiko katika sisi?
What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
10 Pamoja nasi wapo pia wenye mvi na watu wazee sana ambao ni wazee zaidi kuliko baba yako.
Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
11 Je, faraja ya Mungu ni ndogo sana kwako, maneno ambayo ni ya upole dhidi yako wewe?
Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
12 Kwa nini moyo wako wewe unakupeleka mbali? Kwa nini macho yako yananga'ra,
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
13 ili ya kwamba kuirejesha roho yako kwa Mungu na kuyatoa maneno hayo kutoka katika mdomo wako?
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy 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 should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Tazama, Mungu haweki tumaini lake hata kwa mmoja wake aliye mtakatifu; Hakika, mbingu haziko safi machoni pake yeye;
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
16 jinsi gani asivyo safi ni mmoja aliye mbaya na mla rushwa, mtu ambaye hunywa uovu kama maji!
How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
17 Mimi nitakuonyesha wewe; Nisikilize mimi; Mimi nitakutangazia wewe vitu ambavyo nimeviona,
I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
18 vitu ambavyo watu wenye hekima wamepita chini yake kutoka kwa baba zao, vile vitu ambavyo mababu zao hawakuvificha.
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
19 Hawa walikuwa mababu zao, ambao kwao pekee nchi walipewa, na miongoni mwao hakuna mgeni aliyepita.
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 Mtu mwovu hupitia katika maumivu siku zake zote, idadi ya miaka iliyowekwa juu kwa mtesaji kuteseka.
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
21 Sauti ya vitisho katika masikio yake; pindi yeye yuko katika kufanikiwa, mharibu atakuja juu yake yeye.
The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
22 Yeye hafikiri kwamba yeye atarudi kutoka katika giza; Upanga humngojea yeye.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
23 Yeye huenda sehemu mbali mbali kwa ajili ya mkate, akisema, 'Kiko wapi? ' Yeye anatambua kuwa siku ya giza iko mkononi.
He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Dhiki na mateso makali humfanya aogope; wao hushinda dhidi yake yeye, kama mfalme tayari kwa vita.
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
25 Kwa sababu yeye ameunyosha mkono wake dhidi ya Mungu na ameishi kwa kiburi dhidi ya aliye mkuu,
For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
26 huyu mtu mwovu hukimbia kwa Mungu na shingo ngumu, kwa vifundo vikubwa vya ngao.
He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
27 Hii ni kweli, hata ingawa yeye amefunika uso wake kwa mafuta yake na amekusanya mafuta juu ya viuno vyake,
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
28 na ameishi katika miji yenye ukiwa; katika nyumba ambazo hakuna mwanadamu anayeishi humo sasa na ambazo zilikuwa tayari kuwa magofu.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
29 Yeye hatakuwa tajiri; utajiri wake yeye hautadumu; hata kivuli chake hakitadumu katika nchi.
He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
30 Yeye hatatoka nje ya giza; mwali wa moto utakausha matawi yake; katika pumzi ya kinywa cha Mungu yeye ataenda zake.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 Mwacheni yeye asitumaini katika vitu visivyofanya kazi, akijidanganya yeye mwenyewe; maana upuuzi utakuwa mshahara wake yeye.
Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
32 Itatokea kabla ya wakati wake yeye atapaswa kufa; tawi lake halitakuwa kijani.
It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
33 Yeye atazipukutisha zabibu zake zisizovunwa kama mzabibu; yeye atayaondoa maua yake kama mti wa mzeituni.
He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
34 Kwa maana msaada wa watu wasiomcha Mungu utakuwa tasa; moto utateketeza hema za rushwa.
For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35 Wao wanabeba mimba yenye ubaya na kuzaa uovu; tumbo lao hutunga mimba ya udanganifu.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
