1 My soul is weary of my life;
I will leave my complaint upon myself;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Nafsi yangu inachoka na maisha yangu; Sitajizuia na kuugua kwangu; Nitanena kwa uchungu wa roho yangu.
2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me;
Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Nitamwambia Mungu, Usinihukumie makosa; Nionyeshe sababu ya wewe kushindana nami.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,
That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands,
And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Je! Ni vema kwako wewe kuonea, Na kuidharau kazi ya mikono yako, Na kuyaangazia mashauri ya waovu?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh?
Or seest thou as man seeth?
Je! Wewe una macho ya kimwili, Au je! Waona kama aonavyo binadamu?
5 Are thy days as the days of man?
Are thy years as man's days,
Je! Siku zako ni kama siku za mtu, Au je! Miaka yako ni kama siku za mtu,
6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity,
And searchest after my sin?
Hata ukauliza-uliza habari za uovu wangu, Na kuitafuta dhambi yangu,
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked;
And there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Ujapojua ya kuwa mimi si mwovu; Wala hapana awezaye kuokoa na mkono wako?
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me
Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Mikono yako imeniumba na kunifinyanga; Nawe utageuka na kuniangamiza?
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay;
And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Kumbuka, nakusihi ulivyonifinyanga kama vile udongo; Nawe, je! Utanirudisha uvumbini tena?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk,
And curdled me like cheese?
Je! Wewe hukunimimina kama maziwa, Na kunigandisha mfano wa jibini?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh,
And hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Umenivika ngozi na nyama, Na kuniunga pamoja kwa mifupa na mishipa.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour,
And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Umenijazi uhai na upendeleo, Na maangalizi yako yameilinda roho yangu.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart:
I know that this is with thee.
Lakini mambo haya uliyaficha moyoni mwako; Najua kuwa haya yamo nafsini mwako;
14 If I sin, then thou markest me,
And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Nikifanya dhambi, ndipo waniangalia, Wala hutaniachilia na uovu wangu.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me;
And if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head.
I am full of confusion;
Therefore see thou mine affliction;
Mimi nikiwa mbaya, ole wangu! Nami nikiwa mwenye haki, walakini sitainua kichwa changu; Mimi nimejaa aibu Na kuyaangalia mateso yangu.
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion:
And again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Kichwa changu kikijiinua, waniwinda kama simba; Tena wajionyesha kwangu kuwa wa ajabu.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me,
And increasest thine indignation upon me;
Changes and war are against me.
Wewe warejeza upya hao mashahidi yako juu yangu, Na kasirani yako waiongeza juu yangu; Jeshi kwa jeshi juu yangu.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?
Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
Kwa nini basi kunitoa tumboni? Ningekata roho, lisinione jicho lo lote.
19 I should have been as though I had not been;
I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Ningalikuwa kama mtu asiyekuwapo; Ningalichukuliwa kaburini kutoka tumboni.
20 Are not my days few? Cease then ,
And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Je! Siku zangu si chache? Acha basi, Usinisumbue, nipate ngaa kutuzwa moyo kidogo.
21 Before I go whence I shall not return,
Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Kabla sijaenda huko ambako sitarudi kutoka huko tena, Ni hiyo nchi ya giza, giza tupu;
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself ;
And of the shadow of death, without any order,
And where the light is as darkness.
Ni nchi ya giza kuu, kama giza lenyewe lilivyo; Ni nchi ya giza tupu, isiyo na matengezo ya mambo yo yote, Nchi ambayo nuru yake ni kama giza.
