Ayubu 17
1 Roho yangu imemezwa, na siku zangu zimekwisha; kaburi lipo tayari kwa ajili yangu mimi.
I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
2 Hakika kuna wenye mzaha pamoja nami; ni lazima daima jicho langu litazame kukasirisha kwao.
Weary I entreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
3 Nipe sasa ahadi, uwe uthibitisho kwangu mimi pamoja na wewe mwenyewe; nani mwingine yuko pale ambaye atanisaidia mimi?
Who is this? let him join hands with me.
4 Kwa kuwa wewe Mungu umemeitunza mioyo yao kutoka katika ufahamu; kwa hiyo, wewe hautawaheshimisha wao juu yangu mimi.
For you have hid their heart from wisdom; therefore you shall not exalt them.
5 Yeye ambaye huwapinga rafiki zake hadharani, kwa ajili ya tuzo, macho ya watoto wake yatashindwa kuona.
He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children.
6 Lakini amenifanya mimi kuwa neno la kuzungumziwa na watu; wao wananitemea mate katika uso wangu mimi.
But you has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
7 Jicho langu pia halioni vizuri kwa sababu ya huzuni; sehemu zangu zote za mwili ni nyembamba kama vivuli.
For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
8 Watu wanyoofu watapendezwa na hiki; mtu asiye na hatia atajitia yeye mwenyewe juu ya kushindana dhidi ya watu wasiomcha Mungu.
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
9 Mtu mwenye haki ataendelea katika njia yake; yeye ambaye ana mikono iliyo safi ataendelea kuwa mwenye nguvu zaidi na zaidi.
But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
10 Lakini kama ilivyo kwenu ninyi nyote, njooni sasa; Mimi sitampata mtu mwenye hekima miongoni mwenu ninyi.
Howbeit, do you all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
11 Siku zangu zimepita; mipango yangu imenyamazishwa na hivyo ni matumaini ya moyo wangu.
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
12 Watu hawa, wenye kukejeli, badili usiku kuwa mchana; mchana uko karibu kuwa giza.
I have turned 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)
For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 tangu Mimi nimesema na shimo 'Wewe ni baba yangu,' na kwa funza, 'Wewe ni mama yangu au dada yangu;
I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister.
15 liko wapi tena tumaini langu? Kama kwa tumaini langu, nani awezaye kuona chochote?
Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
