Job's Reply
1 Then Job answered and said,
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu, na kusema,
2 I have heard many such things:
Miserable comforters are ye all.
Nimesikia maneno mengi mfano wa hayo; Ninyi nyote ni wafariji wenye kutaabisha.
3 Shall vain words have an end?
Or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Je! Maneno yasiyo faida yatakuwa na mwisho? Au, kuna nini kinachokukasirisha, hata ukajibu?
4 I also could speak as ye do:
If your soul were in my soul's stead,
I could heap up words against you,
And shake mine head at you.
Mimi nami ningeweza kunena kama ninyi; Kama roho zenu zingekuwa mahali pa roho yangu, Ningeweza kutunga maneno juu yenu, Na kuwatikisia ninyi kichwa changu.
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the moving of my lips should asswage your grief .
Lakini ningewatia nguvu kwa kinywa changu, Na utuzo wa midomo yangu ungetuliza.
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged:
And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Nijapokuwa nanena, huzuni yangu haitulizwi; Nijapokuwa najizuia, nimepunguziwa kitu gani?
7 But now he hath made me weary:
Thou hast made desolate all my company.
Lakini sasa amenichokesha; Jamii yangu yote umeifanya ukiwa.
8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me:
And my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
Umenishika sana, ni ushahidi juu yangu; Na kukonda kwangu kwaniinukia, kwanishuhudia usoni pangu.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me:
He gnasheth upon me with his teeth;
Mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Amenirarua katika ghadhabu zake, na kunionea; Amesaga-saga meno juu yangu; Mtesi wangu hunikazia macho makali.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth;
They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully;
They have gathered themselves together against me.
Wamenifumbulia vinywa vyao; Wamenipiga shavuni kwa kunitukana; Hujikutanisha pamoja juu yangu.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Mungu amenitia kwa hao wapotovu, Na kunitupa mikononi mwao waovu.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder:
He hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces,
And set me up for his mark.
Nilikuwa katika raha, naye akanivunja-vunja; Naam, amenishika shingo, na kuniponda; Tena amenisimamisha niwe shabaha yake.
13 His archers compass me round about,
He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;
He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Wapigaji wake wa mishale hunizingira kotekote, Hunipasua viuno vyangu, asinihurumie; Nyonga zangu amezimwaga juu ya nchi.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach,
He runneth upon me like a giant.
Hunivunja kwa uvunjifu juu ya uvunjifu; Hunishambulia mfano wa jitu shujaa.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,
And defiled my horn in the dust.
Nimeshona nguo ya magunia juu ya mwili wangu, Na pembe yangu nimeidhili uvumbini.
16 My face is foul with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Uso wangu umeharibika kwa kutoa machozi, Na giza tupu li katika kope zangu;
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands:
Also my prayer is pure.
Ijapokuwa hapana jeuri mikononi mwangu, Na kuomba kwangu ni safi.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood,
And let my cry have no place.
Ee nchi, usiifunike damu yangu, Na kilio changu kisipate mahali pa kupumzika.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
And my record is on high.
Hata sasa, tazama, shahidi wangu yuko mbinguni. Na huyo atakayenidhamini yuko juu.
20 My friends scorn me:
but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Rafiki zangu hunidharau; Lakini jicho langu humwagia Mungu machozi;
21 O that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Laiti angemtolea mtu hoja mbele ya Mungu, Amtetee na mwanadamu mbele ya jirani yake.
22 When a few years are come,
Then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Kwani ikiisha pita miaka michache, Nitakwenda njia hiyo ambayo sitarudi tena.
