Ayubu 39
1 Je unajua ni wakati gani mbuzi mwitu huzaa watoto wao katika miamba? Je waweza kuwangalia paa wakati wanapozaa watoto wao?
“[Job], do you know at what time/season [of the year] the female mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the wild deer while their fawns were being born?
2 Waweza kuhesabu miezi ya kuchukua mimba? Je unaujua muda ambao huzaa watoto wao?
Do you know how many months pass from the time they become pregnant until their fawns are born?
3 Wanainama chini na kuzaa watoto wao, na kisha maumivu yao ya uzazi yanaishi.
[When they give birth, ] they crouch down so that the fawns do not [get hurt by] falling to the ground when they are born.
4 Watoto wao huwa na nguvu na kukua katika uwanda wa wazi; hutoka nje na hawarudi tena.
The young fawns grow up in the open fields, and then they leave their mothers and do not return to them again.
5 Ni nani huwaacha punda mwitu waende huru? Je nani amevilegeza vifungo vya punda wepesi,
“Who allows the wild donkeys to go wherever they want [DOU]?
6 ni nyumba ya nani nimeifanya katika Araba, au nyumba yake katika nchi ya chumvi?
I am the one who put them in the desert, in places where grass does not grow.
7 Hucheka kwa dharau katika kelele katika mji; hasikilizi kelele za mwongozaji.
They do not like the noise in the cities; [in the desert] they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work.
8 Hutembeatembea juu ya milima kama malisho yake; huko hutafuta kila mmea ulio wa kijani kwa ajili ya kula.
They go to the hills to find food; there they search for grass to eat.
9 Je nyati atakuwa na furaha kukutumikia? Je atakubali kukaa katika zizi lako?
:Will a wild ox agree to work for you? Will it allow you to keep it penned up at night in the place where you put feed for your animals?
10 Waweza kumwongoza nyati kulima mtaro kwa kamba? Je atachimba bonde kwa ajili yako?
And can you fasten it with a rope so that it will plow furrows/trenches in your fields?
11 Je waweza kumtumaini kwasababu ya nguvu zake nyingi? Je waweza kumwachia kazi yako ili aifanye?
Since it is very strong, can you trust it to work for you? Can you go away after you tell it what work it should do [and assume that it will do that work]?
12 Je waweza kumtegemea akuletee nyumbani nafaka, au kukusanya nafaka katika uwanda wako wa kupuria?
Can you rely on it to come back [from the field], bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it?
13 Mabawa ya mbuni hupunga kwa majivuno, bali je mabawa na manyoya yana upendo?
“[Think also about] the ostriches. [They] joyfully flap their wings, but they do not have wing feathers [that enable them to fly] like storks do.
14 Kwa maana huuacha mayai yake katika nchi, na huyaacha yapate joto katika mavumbi;
Ostriches lay their eggs on top of the ground [and then walk away], leaving the eggs to be warmed in the sand.
15 husahau kuwa mguu waweza kuyaharibu au kwamba mnyama mwitu aweza kuyakanyaga.
Ostriches do not worry that some wild animal may step on the eggs and crush them [DOU].
16 Huyatendea vibaya makinda yake kana kwamba si yake; haogopi kwamba kazi yake yaweza kupotea bure,
Ostriches act cruelly towards their chicks; they act as though the chicks belonged to some other ostrich. They are not concerned if [their chicks die], [and so] the laying of the eggs was in vain.
17 kwasababu Mungu amemnyima hekima na hajampa ufahamu wowote.
That is because I did not allow ostriches to be wise. I did not enable them to be intelligent.
18 Na wakati anapokimbia kwa haraka, huwacheka kwa dharau farasi na mpanda farasi wake.
But, when they get up and begin to run, they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders [because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches!]
19 Je umempa farasi nguvu zake? Je umeivika shingo yake kwa manyoya?
And [think about] horses. [Job], are you the one who caused horses to be strong? Are you the one who put flowing (manes/long hair) on their necks?
20 Je umemfanya aruke kama panzi? Enzi ya mlio wake ni wa kutisha.
Are you the one who enabled them to leap forward like locusts? When they (snort/blow loudly through their noses), they cause people to be afraid.
21 Hurarua kwa nguvu na kufurahia katika nguvu zake; hukimbia upesi kukutana na silaha.
They paw the ground, rejoicing about being very strong, as they prepare to rush into a battle.
22 Huidharau hofu na hashangazwi; huwa harudi nyuma kutoka katika upanga.
[It is as if] they laugh at the thought of being afraid. They are not afraid of anything! They do not run away when [the soldiers in the battle are fighting each other with] swords.
23 Podo hugongagonga ubavuni mwake, pamoja na mkuki unaong'aa na fumo.
The quivers containing the riders’ arrows rattle against the horses’ sides, and the spears and javelins flash [in the light of the sun].
24 Huimeza nchi kwa hasira na ghadhabu; katika sauti ya tarumbeta, hawezi kusimama sehemu moja.
The horses paw the ground fiercely/excitedly, [wanting the battle to begin, ] and they rush into the battle when the trumpet is blown.
25 Wakati wowote tarumbeta inapolia, husema, 'Ooh! Huisikia harufu ya vita kutoka mbali - vishindo vya radi za makamanda na makelele.
They neigh [joyfully] when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands [to their soldiers].
26 Je ni kwa hekima yako kwamba mwewe hupaa juu, na ya kuwa huyanyosha mabawa yake kwa upande wa kusini?
“[And think about big birds.] Are you the one who enabled hawks to spread their wings and fly to the south [for the winter]?
27 Je ni kwa agizo lako kwamba tai huruka juu na kufanya kiota chake katika sehemu za juu?
Do eagles fly high up [into the cliffs] to make their nests because you commanded them to do that?
28 Huishi katika majabali na hufanya makao yake katika vilele vya majabali, na ngomeni.
They live in [holes in] those cliffs. They are safe in those high pointed rocks [because no animals can reach them there].
29 Kutoka huko hutafuta mawindo; macho yake huyaona mawindo kutoka mbali.
As they watch carefully from there, they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals).
30 Makinda yake hunywa damu pia; na pale walipo watu wafu, ndipo na yeye alipo.
After an eagle kills an animal, the baby eagles drink the blood of that animal.”
