Ayubu 19
1 Ndipo Ayubu akajibu na kusema,
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 lini mtanifanya mimi kuteseka na kunivunja vunja mimi vipande vipnde kwa maneno?
Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?
3 Mara kumi hivi mmenishutumu mimi; ninyi hamuoni aibu kwamba mmenitendea mimi kwa ukatili.
These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me —
4 Kama ni dhahiri kweli mimi nimekosa, makosa yangu hubaki kuwa wajibu wangu.
And also — truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.
5 Kama ni dhahiri ninyi mtajiinua juu yangu mimi na kuutumia uvumilivu wangu kunipinga mimi,
If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;
6 kisha ninyi mnapaswa kutambua kwamba Mungu amefanya mabaya kwangu mimi na amenikamata mimi katika mtego wake yeye.
Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,
7 Tazama, Mimi ninalia kwa sauti, “dhuluma!” lakini sipati jibu. Mimi ninaita kwa ajili ya msaada, lakini hakuna haki.
Lo, I cry out — violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.
8 Yeye ameiwekea ukuta njia yangu, ili kwamba mimi nisiweze kupita, na yeye ameweka giza katika njia yangu.
My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
9 Yeye ameniondoa Mimi kutoka katika utukufu wangu, na ameichukua taji kutoka kwenye kichwa changu mimi.
Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.
10 Yeye amenivunjavunja mimi chini kwa kila upande, na Mimi nimetoweka; yeye amelikokota juu tumaini langu kama mti.
He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.
11 Yeye pia ameiongeza ghadhabu yake dhidi yangu mimi; yeye ananihesabu mimi kama mmoja wa adui zake.
And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.
12 Majeshi yake huja juu pamoja; wao wananikosesha tumaini kwa kuniteka nyara kwa kundi kubwa kupigana na mimi wakizunguka hema yangu.
Come in do His troops together, And they raise up 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 brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
14 Vizazi vyangu vimeniangusha mimi; rafiki zangu wa karibu wamenisahamu mimi.
Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends 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.
Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.
16 Mimi ninamwita mtumishi wangu, lakini yeye hanipi jibu japokuwa Mimi nimemsihi yeye kwa midomo yangu.
To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.
17 Pumzi yangu mimi ni chukizo kwa mke wangu; Hata mimi ninachukiwa na wale ambao walizaliwa kutoka katika tumbo la mama yangu mimi.
My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my [mother's] womb.
18 Hata watoto wachanga wananichukia mimi; ikiwa Mimi nitainuka kuzungumza, wao huzungumza dhidi yangu mimi.
Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.
19 Rafiki zangu wote ninaowazoea wananichukia sana mimi; wale ambao Mimi ninawapenda wamegeuka kinyume na mimi.
Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been 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 Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin 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.
Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.
22 Kwa nini mnanitesa mimi kama ninyi mlikuwa Mungu? kwa nini hamjatosheka bado kwa kula mwili wangu?
Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?
23 Laiti, hayo maneno yangu yangekuwa yameandikwa chini! Laiti, hayo yangekuwa yameandikwa katika kitabu!
Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
24 Laiti, kwa kalamu ya chuma na risasi hayo yangekuwa yamechorwa katika mwamba siku zote!
With a pen of iron and lead — For ever in a rock they may be hewn.
25 Lakini kama ilivyo kwangu mimi, Mimi ninafahamu kwamba mkombozi wangu anaishi, na kwamba hata mwisho atasimama katika nchi;
That — I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.
26 baada ya ngozi yangu, hivyo ndivyo, mwili huu, unaharibiwa, ndipo katika mwili wangu mimi Nitamwona Mungu.
And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:
27 Mimi nitamwona yeye kwa macho yangu mwenyewe-Mimi, na siyo mtu mwingine. Moyo wangu hushindwa ndani yangu mimi.
Whom I — I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.
28 Kama mnatasema, 'Kwa jinsi gani tutamtesa yeye? Mzizi wa mahangaiko yake unakaa katika yeye;
But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.
29 ndipo uwe umeogopeshwa kwa ule upanga, kwa sababu ghadhabu huleta hukumu ya upanga, hivyo kwamba wewe uweze kutambua kuna hukumu.”
Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious [are] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that [there is] a judgment.
