Ayubu 16
1 Ndipo Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
Then Job answered,
2 “Mimi nimevisikia vitu hivyo vingi; ninyi nyote ni wafariji wenye kuhuzunisha.
“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
3 Maneno yenye upuuzi daima yanaweza kuwa na mwisho? Nini kimeharibika kwenu kwamba mnajibu kama hivi?
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 Mimi pia ningeweza kuzungumza kama ninyi mnavyofanya, kama ninyi mngekuwa katika nafasi yangu; Mimi ningekusanya na kuunganisha maneno pamoja dhidi yenu na kutikisa kichwa changu kwenu ninyi katika dhihaka.
I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
5 Laiti, jinsi gani Mimi ningewatia moyo na midomo yangu! Jinsi gani faraja kutoka midomo yangu ingenga'risha huzuni yenu!
but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
6 Ikiwa Mimi ninazungumza, kuomboleza kwangu hakujasikilizwa; Ikiwa nikiendelea katika kuzungumza, jinsi gani mimi ninaidiwa?
“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Lakini sasa, Mungu,
But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
8 wewe umenifanya mimi kuchoka; wewe umeifanya familia yangu yote kuwa ukiwa. Wewe umenifanya mimi kukauka, ambayo yenyewe ni ushuhuda dhidi yangu mimi; kukonda kwa mwili wangu huinuka dhidi yangu, na kunashuhudia dhidi ya macho yangu.
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
9 Mungu amenirarua mimi katika ghadhabu yake na amenitesa mimi; Yeye amenisaga mimi kwa meno yake; Adui yangu amenikazia macho yake juu yangu kama yeye anavyonirarua mimi vipande.
He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
10 Watu wameachama na midomo iliyowazi juu yangu; wamenipiga mimi katika shavu kwa kunitukana; wamekusanyika pamoja kinyume changu mimi.
They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
11 Mungu amenikabidhi mimi juu ya watu wasio mcha Mungu, na kunitupa mimi ndani ya mikono ya watu waovu.
God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 Mimi nilikuwa katika wepesi, na yeye amenivunjavunja mimi vipande. Hakika, amenichukua mimi kwa shingo na ameniponda mimi vipande vipande; yeye pia ameniweka mimi juu kama shabaha yake.
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
13 Wapiga upinde wake wote wamenizunguka mimi; Mungu huzikata vipande vipande figo zangu, na haniokoi mimi; yeye humwaga nje nyongo yangu juu ya ardhi.
His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
14 yeye hukanyaga kanyaga kupitia ukuta wangu tena na tena; yeye hukimbia juu yangu mimi kama shujaa.
He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
15 nguo ya magunia juu ya ngozi yangu; Mimi nimeisukuma kwa nguvu pembe yangu ndani ya ardhi.
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
16 Uso wangu ni mwekundu na kuomboleza; juu ya ngozi inayofunika macho kuna kivuli cha mauti
My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 ingawa hakuna dhuluma katika mikono yangu, na kuomba kwangu ni safi.
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 Nchi, haifuniki juu damu yangu mimi; acha kulia kwangu kuwe hakuna mahali pa kupumzika.
“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
19 Hata sasa, tazama, ushuhuda wangu uko mbinguni; yeye ambaye ashuhudiaye kwa ajili yangu mimi yuko juu.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
20 Rafiki zangu wananicheka kwa dharau, lakini jicho langu linamwaga machozi kwa Mungu.
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
21 Mimi ninaomba ule ushuhuda ulioko mbinguni kumtetea mtu huyu na Mungu kama mwanadamu afanyavyo na jirani yake.
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbour!
22 Kwa maana wakati miaka michache itakapokuwa imepita, Mimi nitakwenda mahali ambapo mimi sitaweza kurudi.
For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
