Ayubu 17
1 Roho yangu imemezwa, na siku zangu zimekwisha; kaburi lipo tayari kwa ajili yangu mimi.
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
2 Hakika kuna wenye mzaha pamoja nami; ni lazima daima jicho langu litazame kukasirisha kwao.
Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
3 Nipe sasa ahadi, uwe uthibitisho kwangu mimi pamoja na wewe mwenyewe; nani mwingine yuko pale ambaye atanisaidia mimi?
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?
4 Kwa kuwa wewe Mungu umemeitunza mioyo yao kutoka katika ufahamu; kwa hiyo, wewe hautawaheshimisha wao juu yangu mimi.
For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
5 Yeye ambaye huwapinga rafiki zake hadharani, kwa ajili ya tuzo, macho ya watoto wake yatashindwa kuona.
He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 Lakini amenifanya mimi kuwa neno la kuzungumziwa na watu; wao wananitemea mate katika uso wangu mimi.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
7 Jicho langu pia halioni vizuri kwa sababu ya huzuni; sehemu zangu zote za mwili ni nyembamba kama vivuli.
Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
8 Watu wanyoofu watapendezwa na hiki; mtu asiye na hatia atajitia yeye mwenyewe juu ya kushindana dhidi ya watu wasiomcha Mungu.
Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
9 Mtu mwenye haki ataendelea katika njia yake; yeye ambaye ana mikono iliyo safi ataendelea kuwa mwenye nguvu zaidi na zaidi.
Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
10 Lakini kama ilivyo kwenu ninyi nyote, njooni sasa; Mimi sitampata mtu mwenye hekima miongoni mwenu ninyi.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 Siku zangu zimepita; mipango yangu imenyamazishwa na hivyo ni matumaini ya moyo wangu.
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12 Watu hawa, wenye kukejeli, badili usiku kuwa mchana; mchana uko karibu kuwa giza.
They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
13 Tangu mimi nitazame katika Kuzimu kama nyumbani kwangu; tangu Mimi nimetandaza kiti changu katika giza; (Sheol h7585)
If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness; (Sheol h7585)
14 tangu Mimi nimesema na shimo 'Wewe ni baba yangu,' na kwa funza, 'Wewe ni mama yangu au dada yangu;
If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';
15 liko wapi tena tumaini langu? Kama kwa tumaini langu, nani awezaye kuona chochote?
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
