Ayubu 41
1 Je waweza kumvua mamba kwa ndoano ya samaki? Au kumfunga taya zake kwa kamba?
Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or tie up his jaws with a cord?
2 Je waweza kuweka kamba katika pua zake, au kumtoboa taya yake kwa ndoano?
Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3 Je atafanya maombi mengi kwako? Je atazungumza na wewe kwa maneno laini?
Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak soft words to you?
4 Je atafanya agano na wewe, ili kwamba umchukue kwa ajili ya mtumishi milele?
Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
5 Je utacheza pamoja naye kama ambavyo ungecheza na ndege? Je utamfunga kwa ajili ya mtumishi wako wa kike?
Will you play with him as you would with a bird? Will you tie him up for your servant girls?
6 Je makundi ya wavuvi waweza kumfanyia biashara? Je watamgawanya ili kufanya biashara miongoni mwa wafanya biashara?
Will the groups of fishermen bargain for him? Will they divide him up to trade among the merchants?
7 Je waweza kuijaza ngozi yake kwa vyusa au kichwa chake kwa mikuki ya kuvulia?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8 Weka mkono wako juu yake mara moja, nawe utaikumbuka vita na hautaendelea kufanya hivyo tena.
Put your hand on him just once, and you will remember the battle and do it no more.
9 Tazama, matumaini ya kila mtu ambaye hufanya hivyo ni uongo; je si kila mmoja atatupwa chini katika nchi mbele yake?
See, the hope of anyone who does that is a lie; will not anyone be thrown down to the ground just by the sight of him?
10 Hakuna aliye mkali ambaye aweza kuthubutu kumtikisa mamba; Ni nani basi awezaye kusimama mbele yake?
None is so fierce that he dare stir Leviathan up; who, then, is he who can stand before me?
11 Ni nani kwanza aliyenipa kitu chochote ili kwamba niweze kumlipa? Chochote kilicho chini ya anga ni changu.
Who has first given anything to me in order that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole sky is mine.
12 Sitanyamaza kimya kuhusu miguu ya mamba, wala kuhusu jambo linalohusu nguvu zake, wala kuhusu umbo lake zuri.
I will not keep silent concerning Leviathan's legs, nor about the matter of his strength, nor about his graceful form.
13 Nani awezaye kuiondoa ngozi yake? Nani anaweza kumchoma kwa silaha mara mbili?
Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double armor?
14 Nani awezaye kuifungua milango ya uso wake, imezungukwa na meno yake ambayo yanaogofya?
Who can open the doors of his face— ringed with his teeth, which are a terror?
15 Mgongo wake umefanywa kwa magamba yenye mistari, yamefungwa kwa pamoja kama chapa.
his back is made up of rows of shields, tight together as with a close seal.
16 Moja li karibu na jingine na ya kuwa hakuna hewa inaweza kupita katikati yake.
One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
17 Yameunganishwa moja kwa jingine; yamegandamana kwa pamoja, ili kwamba hayawezi kutenganishwa.
They are joined to each other; they stick together, so that they cannot be pulled apart.
18 Mwanga hung'ara kutoka katika kupumua kwake; macho yake ni kama kope za mapambazuko ya asubuhi.
Light flashes out from his snorting; his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning dawn.
19 Ndani ya mdomo wake hutoka miali ya mwanga, chembe za moto huruka nje.
Out of his mouth go burning torches, sparks of fire leap out.
20 Katika pua zake hutoka moshi kama chungu kinachotokota juu ya moto ambao umechochewa ili uwe na joto sana.
Out of his nostrils goes smoke like a boiling pot on a fire that has been fanned to be very hot.
21 Pumzi yake huwasha mkaa na kuwa mwali; moto hutoka katika mdomo wake.
His breath kindles coals into flame; fires go out from his mouth.
22 Katika shingo yake kuna nguvu, na kitisho hucheza mbele yake.
In his neck is strength, and terror dances in front of him.
23 Nofu za mwili wake zimeunganishwa pamoja; ziko imara katika yeye; wala haziwezi kuondolewa.
The folds of his flesh are joined together; they are firm on him; they cannot be moved.
24 Moyo wake ni mgumu kama jiwe - hakika, ni mgumu kama jiwe la chini la kusagia.
His heart is as hard as a stone— indeed, as hard as a lower millstone.
25 Na anaposimama mwenyewe, hata miungu huogopa; hurudi nyuma kwasababu ya hofu.
When he raises himself up, even the gods become afraid; because of fear, they draw back.
26 Na ikiwa atapigwa kwa upanga, hauwezi kumfanya kitu chochote, wala mkuki, wala mshale, wala aina yoyote ya silaha iliyochongoka.
If a sword strikes him, it does nothing— and neither does a spear, an arrow, or any other pointed weapon.
27 Yeye hufikiri juu ya chuma kana kwamba ni majani makavu na hufikiri juu ya fedha kana kwamba ni ubao uliooza.
He thinks of iron as if it were straw, and of bronze as if it were rotten wood.
28 Mshale hauwezi akamfanya akimbie; kwake yeye mawe ya kombeo huwa kama makapi.
An arrow cannot make him flee; to him sling stones become chaff.
29 Marungu huyaangalia kama majani makavu; yeye hucheka juu ya mkuki unaovuma.
Clubs are regarded as straw; he laughs at the whirring flight of a spear.
30 Sehemu zake za chini zi kama vipande vilivyochongoka vya vyungu; huacha alama zilizosambaa katika udongo kana kwamba alikuwa ni chombo cha kusagia.
His lower parts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; he leaves a spreading trail in the mud as if he were a threshing sledge.
31 Yeye hukifanya kilindi kichemke kama chungu cha maji ya moto; huifanya bahari kama chungu cha lihamu.
He makes the deep to foam up like a pot of boiling water; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 Yeye huifanya njia ing'are nyuma yake; mtu mmoja angedhani kilindi kuwa cheupe.
He makes a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair.
33 Hakuna cha kumlinganisha juu ya dunia, ambaye yeye alikuwa ameumbwa kuishi pasipo hofu.
On earth there is no equal to him, who has been made to live without fear.
34 Hukiona kila kitu chenye kiburi; yeye ni mfalme juu ya wana wote wa kiburi.”
He sees everything that is proud; he is king over all the sons of pride.”
