Ayubu 32
1 Hivyo hawa watu watatu walikoma kumjibu Ayubu kwasababu alikuwa ni mwenye haki katika macho yake mwenyewe.
And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: for Job was righteous before them.
2 Ndipo iliwaka hasira ya Elihu mwana wa Barakeli Mbuzi, wa familia ya Ramu, iliwaka dhidi ya Ayubu kwa kuwa alijihesabia haki mwenyewe kuliko Mungu.
Then Elius the son of Barachiel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Ausis, was angered: and he was very angry with Job, because he justified himself before the Lord.
3 Hasira ya Elihu iliwaka pia kinyume cha marafiki zake watatu kwasababu hawakupata jibu kwa ajili ya Ayubu, na bado walimhukumu Ayubu.
And he was also very angry with [his] three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man.
4 Sasa Elihu alikuwa amemsubiri Ayubu ili aweze kuzungumza naye kwa kuwa watu wengine walikuwa wakubwa kuliko yeye.
But Elius had forborne to give an answer to Job, because they were older than he.
5 Hata hivyo, wakati Elihu alipoona ya kuwa hapakuwa na jibu katika midomo ya watu hawa watatu, hasira yake iliwaka.
And Elius saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men; and he was angered in his wrath.
6 Ndipo Elihu mwana wa Barakeli Mbuzi alinena na kusema, “Mimi ni mdogo, na ninyi ni wazee. Hii ndio sababu nilijizuia na sikuthubutu kuzungumza mawazo yangu mwenyewe.
And Elius the Buzite the son of Barachiel answered and said, I am younger in age, and ye are elder, wherefore I kept silence, fearing to declare to you my own knowledge.
7 Nilisema, “Urefu wa siku utazungumza; na wingi wa miaka utatufundisha hekima.
And I said, It is not time that speaks, though in many years [men] know wisdom:
8 Lakini kuna roho ndani ya mtu; pumzi ya Mwenye nguvu humpa yeye ufahamu.
but there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.
9 Si tu watu wakubwa ndio wenye hekima, wala watu wazee pekee ambao hufahamu haki.
The long-lived are not wise [as such]; neither do the aged know judgment.
10 Hivyo basi nakwambia wewe, “Nisikilizeni mimi; Nitakwambia pia uelewa wangu.'
Wherefore I said, Hear me, and I will tell you what I know.
11 Tazama, niliyasubiria maneno yenu; nilisikiliza hoja zenu wakati mlipokuwa mnafikiri juu ya kile cha kusema.
Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, until ye shall have tried [the matter] with words:
12 Hakika, niliwajali sana ninyi, lakini, tazama, hakuna hata mmoja wenu aliyeweza kumshawishi Ayubu wala ambaye aliweza kumjibu maneno yake.
and I shall understand as far as you; and, behold, there was no one of you that answered Job his words in argument,
13 Iweni waangalifu msije mkasema, 'Tumepata hekima!' Mungu atakuwa amemshinda Ayubu; mtu wa kawaida hawezi akafanya hivyo.
lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.
14 Kwa kuwa Ayubu hajasema mojamoja maneno yake juu yangu, basi sitamjibu kwa maneno yenu.
And ye have commissioned a man to speak such words.
15 Hawa watu watatu wamep igwa bumbuwazi; hawawezi kuendelea kumjibu Ayubu; hawana neno zaidi la kusema.
They were afraid, they answered no longer; they gave up their speaking.
16 Je ninapaswa kusubiria kwasababu hawazungumzi, kwa kuwa wamesimama pale kimya na wala hawajibu zaidi?
I waited, (for I had not spoken, ) because they stood still, they answered not.
17 La, nitajibu pia upande wangu; Nitawaambia pia ufahamu wangu.
And Elius continued, and said, I will again speak,
18 Kwa kuwa nimejawa na maneno mengi, roho ndani yangu inanisukuma.
for I am full of words, for the spirit of my belly destroys me.
19 Tazama, kifua changu ni kama divai yenye chachu ambayo haina tundu; kama viriba vipya, kiko tayari kupasuka.
And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine, bound up [and] ready to burst; or as a brazier's labouring bellows.
20 Nitazungumza ili kwamba niweze kuburudishwa; nitafungua kimya changu na kusema.
I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.
21 Sitaonesha upendeleo; wala sitatoa sifa za majina kwa mtu yeyote.
For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.
22 Kwa kuwa sijui namna ya kutoa sifa; kama nitafanya hivyo, Muumba wangu atanikatilia mimi mbali.
For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me.
