Ayubu 7
1 Je mtu hana kazi ngumu juu ya nchi? Je siku zake si kama siku za mwajiriwa?
Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
2 Kama mtumwa atamaniye sana kivuli cha jioni, kama mwajiriwa atafutaye ujira wake -
As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
3 hivyo nami nimeumbwa kuvumilia miezi ya taabu; Nami nimepewa taabu - zimeujaza usiku.
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
4 Hapo nilalapo chini, najiuliza mwenyewe, 'Lini nitatoka kitandani na lini usiku utatoweka?' Nimejawa na kujitupa huku na huko hadi mwanzo wa siku.
If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
5 Mwili wangu umevikwa minyoo na madonda yenye vumbi; maumivu katika ngozi yangu yamekuwa magumu na kisha hutoweka na huendelea tena.
Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
6 Siku zangu zinakimbia kuliko chombo cha kufumia; zinapita bila tumaini.
My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
7 Mungu, anakumbuka kwamba maisha yangu ni pumzi tu; jicho langu halitaona mema tena.
Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
8 Jicho lake Mungu, huyo anionaye mimi, halitaniangalia tena; Macho ya Mungu yatanitazama, lakini sitakuwako.
The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.
9 kama vile wingu liishavyo na kutoweka, hivyo wale waendao sheoli hawatarudi tena kabisa. (Sheol h7585)
Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Yeye hatarudi tena nyumbani kwake, wala mahali pake hapatamtambua tena.
He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
11 Kwa sababu hiyo sitakizuia kinywa changu; Nitasema juu ya maumivu makubwa ya roho yangu; Nitanung'unika juu ya uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Je mimi ni bahari au kiumbe cha kutisha baharini hata ukaweka mlinzi juu yangu?
A sea -[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
13 Hapo nisemapo, 'kitanda changu kitanifariji, na malazi yangu yatatuliza manung'uniko yangu,'
When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
14 halafu unitishapo kwa ndoto na kunitisha kwa maono,
And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,
15 ili nichague kunyongwa na kufa kuliko kulinda mifupa yangu hii.
And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.
16 Ninayachukia kabisa maisha yangu; sitamani siku zote kuwa hai; usinisumbue maana siku zangu hazifai.
I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
17 Je mtu ni nini hata ukatia bidii kwake, na ukaweka akili yako kwake,
What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
18 na kumwangalia kila asubuhi, na kumjaribu kila mara?
And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?
19 Je itachukuwa muda gani kabla hujaacha kuniangalia, wala kunisumbua muda wa kutosha kwaajili ya kumeza mate yangu?
How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.
20 Hata kama nimefanya dhambi, itakusaidia nini, wewe ulindaye wanadamu? Kwa nini umenifanya shabaha yako, kiasi kwamba nimekuwa mzigo kwako?
I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself — and what?
21 Kwa nini hunisamehi makosa yangu na kuniondolea uovu wangu? kwa kuwa sasa nitalala mavumbini; na wewe utanitafuta kwa bidii, lakini sitakuwako.”
Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!
