Ayubu 19
1 Ndipo Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
Then answered Job, and said,
2 lini mtanifanya mimi kuteseka na kunivunja vunja mimi vipande vipnde kwa maneno?
How long will ye grieve my soul, and crush me with words?
3 Mara kumi hivi mmenishutumu mimi; ninyi hamuoni aibu kwamba mmenitendea mimi kwa ukatili.
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed when ye show yourselves as strangers to me.
4 Kama ni dhahiri kweli mimi nimekosa, makosa yangu hubaki kuwa wajibu wangu.
Yea, if it be indeed that I have erred, let my error remain with myself.
5 Kama ni dhahiri ninyi mtajiinua juu yangu mimi na kuutumia uvumilivu wangu kunipinga mimi,
But if indeed ye wish to magnify yourselves above me, and to prove against me my disgrace:
6 kisha ninyi mnapaswa kutambua kwamba Mungu amefanya mabaya kwangu mimi na amenikamata mimi katika mtego wake yeye.
Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.
7 Tazama, Mimi ninalia kwa sauti, “dhuluma!” lakini sipati jibu. Mimi ninaita kwa ajili ya msaada, lakini hakuna haki.
Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.
8 Yeye ameiwekea ukuta njia yangu, ili kwamba mimi nisiweze kupita, na yeye ameweka giza katika njia yangu.
My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.
9 Yeye ameniondoa Mimi kutoka katika utukufu wangu, na ameichukua taji kutoka kwenye kichwa changu mimi.
My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head.
10 Yeye amenivunjavunja mimi chini kwa kila upande, na Mimi nimetoweka; yeye amelikokota juu tumaini langu kama mti.
He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.
11 Yeye pia ameiongeza ghadhabu yake dhidi yangu mimi; yeye ananihesabu mimi kama mmoja wa adui zake.
He hath also kindled against me his wrath, and he counteth me with himself as one of his adversaries.
12 Majeshi yake huja juu pamoja; wao wananikosesha tumaini kwa kuniteka nyara kwa kundi kubwa kupigana na mimi wakizunguka hema yangu.
Altogether come on his troops, and make level against me their way, and encamp round about my tent.
13 Yeye amewaweka ndugu zangu mbali kutoka kwangu mimi; watu wangu wa karibu wote wamejitenga kutoka kwangu mimi.
My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
14 Vizazi vyangu vimeniangusha mimi; rafiki zangu wa karibu wamenisahamu mimi.
My near of kin have withdrawn, and those befriended by me have forgotten me.
15 Wale ambao mwanzoni walikaa kama wageni ndani ya nyumba yangu na watumishi wangu wa kike, hunihesabu mimi kama mgeni. Mimi nimekuwa mgeni katika macho yao.
Ye that sojourn in my house, and my maid-servants, regard me as a stranger: an alien am I become in their eyes.
16 Mimi ninamwita mtumishi wangu, lakini yeye hanipi jibu japokuwa Mimi nimemsihi yeye kwa midomo yangu.
I call for my servant, but he will not answer, though I were to entreat him with my mouth.
17 Pumzi yangu mimi ni chukizo kwa mke wangu; Hata mimi ninachukiwa na wale ambao walizaliwa kutoka katika tumbo la mama yangu mimi.
My breath is become nauseous to my wife, and my caressing, to the children of my own body.
18 Hata watoto wachanga wananichukia mimi; ikiwa Mimi nitainuka kuzungumza, wao huzungumza dhidi yangu mimi.
Yea, children even despise me: I rise up, but they speak against me.
19 Rafiki zangu wote ninaowazoea wananichukia sana mimi; wale ambao Mimi ninawapenda wamegeuka kinyume na mimi.
All that have had my confidence abominate me; and those whom I have loved are turned against me.
20 Mifupa yangu inashikamana kwenye ngozi yangu na kwenye mwili wangu; Mimi ninaishi tu kwa ngozi ya meno yangu.
To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.
21 Iweni na huruma juu yangu mimi, muwe na huruma juu yangu mimi, rafiki zangu, kwa maana mkono wa Mungu umenigusa mimi.
Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22 Kwa nini mnanitesa mimi kama ninyi mlikuwa Mungu? kwa nini hamjatosheka bado kwa kula mwili wangu?
Why will ye persecute me as God [hath done], and will never be satisfied with my flesh?
23 Laiti, hayo maneno yangu yangekuwa yameandikwa chini! Laiti, hayo yangekuwa yameandikwa katika kitabu!
Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!
24 Laiti, kwa kalamu ya chuma na risasi hayo yangekuwa yamechorwa katika mwamba siku zote!
That they were hewn with an iron pen and [blackened with] lead for eternity in the hard rock!
25 Lakini kama ilivyo kwangu mimi, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mkombozi wangu anaishi, na kwamba hata mwisho atasimama katika nchi;
And well I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he will remain as the last after the creatures of the dust [are passed away];
26 baada ya ngozi yangu, hivyo ndivyo, mwili huu, unaharibiwa, ndipo katika mwili wangu mimi Nitamwona Mungu.
And after my skin is cut to pieces will this be: and then freed from my body shall I behold God;
27 Mimi nitamwona yeye kwa macho yangu mwenyewe-Mimi, na siyo mtu mwingine. Moyo wangu hushindwa ndani yangu mimi.
Whom I shall myself behold to my happiness, and whom my eyes will see, and not as a stranger, [when even] my reins are consumed within my bosom.
28 Kama mnatasema, 'Kwa jinsi gani tutamtesa yeye? Mzizi wa mahangaiko yake unakaa katika yeye;
But if ye should say, How will we pursue him? seeing the root of the matter is found in me:
29 ndipo uwe umeogopeshwa kwa ule upanga, kwa sababu ghadhabu huleta hukumu ya upanga, hivyo kwamba wewe uweze kutambua kuna hukumu.”
Then have dread for yourselves of the sword; for the wrath [which ye excite] is an iniquity that bringeth the sword; in order that ye may know there is one that judgeth [in the world].
