Ayubu 19
1 Ndipo Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
Then Job replied:
2 lini mtanifanya mimi kuteseka na kunivunja vunja mimi vipande vipnde kwa maneno?
“How long will you [three] torment me and crush my spirit by saying to me [that I am wicked]?
3 Mara kumi hivi mmenishutumu mimi; ninyi hamuoni aibu kwamba mmenitendea mimi kwa ukatili.
You have already insulted me many [HYP] times; (are you not ashamed for saying these things to me?/you should be ashamed for saying these things to me.) [RHQ]
4 Kama ni dhahiri kweli mimi nimekosa, makosa yangu hubaki kuwa wajibu wangu.
Even if it were true that I have done things that are wrong, I have not injured you!
5 Kama ni dhahiri ninyi mtajiinua juu yangu mimi na kuutumia uvumilivu wangu kunipinga mimi,
If you truly think that you are better than I am, and you think that my being miserable now proves that I (am guilty/have committed many sins),
6 kisha ninyi mnapaswa kutambua kwamba Mungu amefanya mabaya kwangu mimi na amenikamata mimi katika mtego wake yeye.
you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. [It is as though] he has trapped me with his net.
7 Tazama, Mimi ninalia kwa sauti, “dhuluma!” lakini sipati jibu. Mimi ninaita kwa ajili ya msaada, lakini hakuna haki.
“I cry out, ‘Help me!’, but no one answers me. I call out loudly, but there is no one, [not even God, ] who acts fairly toward me.
8 Yeye ameiwekea ukuta njia yangu, ili kwamba mimi nisiweze kupita, na yeye ameweka giza katika njia yangu.
[It is as though] [MET] God has blocked my way, with the result that I cannot go where I want to; [it is as though] he has forced me to try to find my way in the darkness.
9 Yeye ameniondoa Mimi kutoka katika utukufu wangu, na ameichukua taji kutoka kwenye kichwa changu mimi.
He has (taken away my good reputation/caused people not to honor me any more); [it is as though] he removed [MET] a crown from my head.
10 Yeye amenivunjavunja mimi chini kwa kila upande, na Mimi nimetoweka; yeye amelikokota juu tumaini langu kama mti.
He batters me from every side, and I will soon die. He has caused me to no longer confidently expect [him to do good things for me].
11 Yeye pia ameiongeza ghadhabu yake dhidi yangu mimi; yeye ananihesabu mimi kama mmoja wa adui zake.
He attacks me because he is extremely angry with me [MET], and he considers that I am his enemy.
12 Majeshi yake huja juu pamoja; wao wananikosesha tumaini kwa kuniteka nyara kwa kundi kubwa kupigana na mimi wakizunguka hema yangu.
[It is as though] he sends his army to attack me; they surround my tent, preparing to attack me.
13 Yeye amewaweka ndugu zangu mbali kutoka kwangu mimi; watu wangu wa karibu wote wamejitenga kutoka kwangu mimi.
“God has caused my brothers to abandon me, and all those who know me act like strangers to me.
14 Vizazi vyangu vimeniangusha mimi; rafiki zangu wa karibu wamenisahamu mimi.
All my relatives and good friends have left 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.
The people who were guests in my house have forgotten me, and my female servants consider that I am a stranger or that I am a foreigner.
16 Mimi ninamwita mtumishi wangu, lakini yeye hanipi jibu japokuwa Mimi nimemsihi yeye kwa midomo yangu.
When I summon my servants, they do not answer; I plead with them to come [to help me, but they do not come].
17 Pumzi yangu mimi ni chukizo kwa mke wangu; Hata mimi ninachukiwa na wale ambao walizaliwa kutoka katika tumbo la mama yangu mimi.
My wife does not want to come close to me because my breath [smells very bad], and even my brothers detest me.
18 Hata watoto wachanga wananichukia mimi; ikiwa Mimi nitainuka kuzungumza, wao huzungumza dhidi yangu mimi.
Even young children despise me; when I stand up [to talk to them], they laugh at me.
19 Rafiki zangu wote ninaowazoea wananichukia sana mimi; wale ambao Mimi ninawapenda wamegeuka kinyume na mimi.
My dearest friends detest me, and those whom I love [very much] have turned against me.
20 Mifupa yangu inashikamana kwenye ngozi yangu na kwenye mwili wangu; Mimi ninaishi tu kwa ngozi ya meno yangu.
My body is [only] skin and bones; I am barely alive [IDM].
21 Iweni na huruma juu yangu mimi, muwe na huruma juu yangu mimi, rafiki zangu, kwa maana mkono wa Mungu umenigusa mimi.
[“I plead with] you, my [three] friends, pity me, because God has (struck [EUP] me with his hand/caused me to suffer greatly).
22 Kwa nini mnanitesa mimi kama ninyi mlikuwa Mungu? kwa nini hamjatosheka bado kwa kula mwili wangu?
Why do you cause me to suffer like God does? Why do you continue to slander [MET] me?
23 Laiti, hayo maneno yangu yangekuwa yameandikwa chini! Laiti, hayo yangekuwa yameandikwa katika kitabu!
“I wish/desire that someone would take these words of mine and write them permanently in a book [in order that people can read them].
24 Laiti, kwa kalamu ya chuma na risasi hayo yangekuwa yamechorwa katika mwamba siku zote!
Or else, I wish that he would carve them on a rock with (a chisel/an iron tool) in order that they would last forever.
25 Lakini kama ilivyo kwangu mimi, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mkombozi wangu anaishi, na kwamba hata mwisho atasimama katika nchi;
But I know that the one who vindicates/defends me in court is alive, and that some day he will stand [here] on the earth [and make the final decision about whether I deserve to be punished].
26 baada ya ngozi yangu, hivyo ndivyo, mwili huu, unaharibiwa, ndipo katika mwili wangu mimi Nitamwona Mungu.
And even after diseases have eaten away my skin, while I still have my body, I will see God.
27 Mimi nitamwona yeye kwa macho yangu mwenyewe-Mimi, na siyo mtu mwingine. Moyo wangu hushindwa ndani yangu mimi.
I will see him myself; I will see him with my own eyes! I am overwhelmed [as I think about that]!
28 Kama mnatasema, 'Kwa jinsi gani tutamtesa yeye? Mzizi wa mahangaiko yake unakaa katika yeye;
“If you three men say, ‘What more can we do to cause Job to suffer?’ and if you say, ‘He has caused his own [troubles],’
29 ndipo uwe umeogopeshwa kwa ule upanga, kwa sababu ghadhabu huleta hukumu ya upanga, hivyo kwamba wewe uweze kutambua kuna hukumu.”
you should be afraid that God will punish [MTY] you; he punishes those [like you] with whom he is angry; and when that happens, you will know that there is [someone who] judges [people].”
