Eliphaz Speaks
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Ndipo Elifazi, Mtemani, akajibu, na kusema,
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge,
And fill his belly with the east wind?
Je! Yapasa mtu mwenye hekima kujibu kwa ujuzi wa uvuvio, Na kujaza tumbo lake na upepo wa mashariki?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk?
Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Je! Ahoji na mazungumzo yasiyo faida, Au kwa maneno ambayo hawezi kufanya mema kwayo?
4 Yea, thou castest off fear,
And restrainest prayer before God.
Naam, wewe waondoa kicho, Nawe wazuia ibada mbele za Mungu.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity,
And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Kwani uovu wako unakufundisha kinywa chako, Nawe wachagua ulimi wake mwenye hila.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I:
Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Kinywa chako mwenyewe chakuhukumia makosa, wala si mimi; Naam, midomo yako mwenyewe hushuhudia juu yako.
7 Art thou the first man that was born?
Or wast thou made before the hills?
Je! Wewe u mtu wa kwanza aliyezaliwa? Au, ulizawa wewe kabla ya milima?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God?
And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Je! Umesikia mashauri ya siri ya Mungu? Nawe je! Wazuia hekima iwe yako tu?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not?
What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Je! Wewe wajua neno lipi, ambalo sisi hatulijui? Nawe wafahamu nini, ambalo halimo ndani yetu?
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men,
Much elder than thy father.
Wenye mvi, na walio wazee sana, wote wapo pamoja nasi, Ambao ni wazee kuliko baba yako.
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee?
Is there any secret thing with thee?
Je! Utulizi wa Mungu ni mdogo sana kwako, Na hilo neno la upole si kitu kwako?
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away?
And what do thy eyes wink at,
Mbona moyo wako unakutaharakisha! Na macho yako, je! Kwani kung'ariza?
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God,
And lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
Hata ukageuza roho yako iwe kinyume cha Mungu, Na kuyatoa maneno kama hayo kinywani mwako.
14 What is man, that he should be clean?
And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Je! Mwanadamu ni kitu gani, hata akawa safi? Huyo aliyezaliwa na mwanamke, hata awe na haki?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints;
Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Yeye hawategemei watakatifu wake; Naam, mbingu nazo si safi machoni pake.
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man,
Which drinketh iniquity like water?
Sembuse mtu ambaye ni mwenye kuchukiza na uchafu, Mwanadamu anywaye uovu kama anywavyo maji!
17 I will shew thee, hear me;
And that which I have seen I will declare;
Mimi nitakuonyesha, unisikilize; Na hayo yote niliyoyaona nitayanena;
18 Which wise men have told
From their fathers, and have not hid it:
(Ambayo watu wenye hekima wameyatangaza Tokea baba zao, wala hawakuyaficha;
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given,
And no stranger passed among them.
Waliopewa hiyo nchi peke yao, Wala mgeni hakupita kati yao);
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days,
And the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Mtu mwovu huwa na uchungu siku zake zote, Hata hesabu ya miaka aliyowekewa mwenye kuonea.
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears:
In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Sauti za utisho zi masikioni mwake; Katika kufanikiwa kwake mtekaji nyara atamjia juu yake;
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness,
And he is waited for of the sword.
Yeye hasadiki kwamba atarudi kutoka gizani, Naye hungojewa na upanga;
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying , Where is it?
He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Hutanga-tanga ili apate chakula, akisema, Ki wapi? Ajua kwamba siku ya giza i tayari karibu yake;
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid;
They shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Mateso na dhiki humtia hofu; Humshinda kama vile mfalme aliye tayari kwa vita;
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God,
And strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Kwa kuwa amenyosha mkono wake juu ya Mungu, Na kuendelea kwa kiburi kinyume cha Mwenyezi;
26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck,
Upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Humshambulia na shingo ngumu, Kwa mafundo makubwa ya ngao zake;
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness,
And maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Kwa kuwa amefunika uso wake na kunona kwake, Na kuwandisha mafuta kiunoni mwake; Naye amekaa katika miji iliyo ukiwa,
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities,
And in houses which no man inhabiteth,
Which are ready to become heaps.
Katika nyumba ambazo hapana mtu azikaaye, Zilizokuwa tayari kuwa magofu.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Hatakuwa tajiri, wala mali zake hazitadumu, Wala maongeo yao hayatainama nchi.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness;
The flame shall dry up his branches,
And by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Hataondoka gizani; Ndimi za moto zitayakausha matawi yake, Naye ataondoka kwa pumzi za kinywa chake.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity:
For vanity shall be his recompence.
Asiutumainie ubatili, na kujidanganya; Kwa kuwa huo ubatili ndio utakaokuwa ujira wake.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time,
And his branch shall not be green.
Jambo hili litatendeka kabla ya wakati wake, Na tawi lake halitasitawi.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
And shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Atayapukutisha mapooza yake kama mzabibu, Na kuyatupa maua yake kama mzeituni.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate,
And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Kwa kuwa jamii ya hao wasiomcha Mungu watakuwa tasa, Na moto utateketeza mahema yenye rushwa.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity,
And their belly prepareth deceit.
Wao hutunga mimba ya madhara, na kuzaa uovu, Nalo tumbo lao hutengeza udanganyifu.
