Ayubu 2
1 Kisha kulikuwa na siku wana wa Mungu walipokwenda kujihudhurisha mbele za BWANA. Shetani pia alikwenda kati yao kujihudhulisha mbele za BWANA.
On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
2 BWANA akamuuliza Shetani, “umetoka wapi wewe?” Kisha Shetani akamjibu BWANA na kusema, “Natoka kuzunguka zunguka duniani, kutembea huku na huko humo.”
Yahweh asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan replied, “I have come from the earth, where I have been traveling back and forth, seeing what is happening.”
3 BWANA akamuuliza Shetani, “Je umemwangalia mtumishi wangu Ayubu? Kwa kuwa hapana mmoja aliye kama yeye duniani, mtu mwenye haki na mkamilifu, mmoja aliye mcha Mungu na kuepukana na uovu. Hata sasa anashikamana na utimilifu wake, japokuwa ulinichochea juu yake, nimwangamize pasipo sababu.”
Yahweh asked Satan, “Have you (noticed/thought about) my [faithful] servant Job? He is very godly/righteous [DOU], he greatly respects/reveres me, and he [always] avoids doing evil things. And he still acts in a very godly/righteous manner, even though you persuaded me to [let you] cause disastrous things to happen to him for no reason.”
4 Shetani akamjibu BWANA na kusema, “Ngozi kwa ngozi, kweli; mtu atatoa vyote alivyo navyo kwaajili ya uhai wake.
Satan replied to Yahweh, “He praises you only because you bless him [IDM]. People will give up everything they have to save their own lives.
5 Lakini nyosha mkono wako sasa na uguse mifupa yake na nyama yake, na uone kama hatakufuru mbele ya uso wako.”
But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
6 BWANA akamwambia Shetani, “Tazama, yumo mkononi mwako; ni uhai wake tu ambao lazima uutunze.”
Yahweh replied to Satan, “(All right/Okay), you may do to him whatever you want to do, but do not cause him to die.”
7 Kisha Shetani akatoka mbele ya uso wa BWANA. Akampiga Ayubu na majipu mabaya toka wayo wa mguu hadi kichwani.
So Satan left, and he caused Job to be afflicted with very painful boils, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.
8 Ayubu akachukua kipande cha kigae kujikunia, na akaketi chini majivuni.
Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped the boils on his skin, and he sat in ashes [as people did when they were mourning for those who had died].
9 Kisha mkewe akamuuliza, “Je hata sasa wewe unashikamana na utimilifu wako? Umkufuru Mungu na ufe.
His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to (be loyal to/faithfully trust in) God? You should curse God, and then you will die.”
10 Lakini yeye akamwambia, “Wewe unaongea kama mmoja wa hao wanawake wapumbavu waongeavyo. Je sisi tupate mema toka kwa Mungu na tusipate mabaya?” Katika mambo hayo yote, Ayubu hakutenda dhambi kwa midomo yake.
But Job replied, “You talk like people who do not know God talk. (Should we accept only the good things that God [does for us]?/We should not accept only the good things that God [does for us].) [RHQ] We should also accept bad things.” So in spite of all these [things that happened to] Job, [he] did not say anything against God.
11 Sasa wakati rafiki zake watatu wa Ayubu walipopata habari ya mabaya yaliyompata, kila mmoja wao akaja kutoka mahali pake: Elifazi Mtemani, Bildadi Mshuhi, na Sofari Mnaamathi. Wakatenga muda ili waende kuomboleza naye na kumfariji.
Among Job’s friends were Eliphaz from Teman [town], Bildad from Shuah [land] and Zophar from Naamah [land]. When they heard about all the terrible things that had happened to Job, they left their home areas and went together to Job to console/comfort him [DOU].
12 Walipoinua macho yao wakiwa mbali, hawakuweza kumtambua. Wakapaza sauti zao na kulia; kila mmoja wao akararua joho lake na kurusha majivu hewani na juu ya kichwa chake.
When they saw Job from a distance, they almost did not recognize him. They wailed loudly, they tore their robes, and they threw dust over their heads [to show how sorry they were because of what had happened to Job].
13 Kisha wakaketi chini pamoja naye kwa muda wa siku saba-mchana na usiku. Hakuna hata mmoja aliyesema naye neno, kwa kuwa waliona kuwa huzuni yake ilikuwa kuu mno.
Then they sat on the ground with Job for seven days. None of them said anything to Job, because they saw that he was suffering greatly, [and they did not think that anything that they said would lessen his pain].
