Bildad's Speech
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Ndipo Bildadi, Mshuhi, akajibu, na kusema,
2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words?
Mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Je! Hata lini utayategea maneno mitambo? Fikiri, kisha baadaye tutanena.
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts,
And reputed vile in your sight?
Twahesabiwa kuwa wanyama kwa sababu gani, Tena kuwa wanajisi machoni pako?
4 He teareth himself in his anger:
Shall the earth be forsaken for thee?
And shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Wewe ujiraruaye mwenyewe katika hasira yako, Je! Dunia itaachwa kwa ajili yako wewe? Au jabali litaondolewa mahali pake?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,
And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Naam, mwanga wa waovu utazimika, Wala mwali wa moto wake hautang'aa.
6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle,
And his candle shall be put out with him.
Mwanga hemani mwake utakuwa giza, Nayo taa iliyo juu yake itazimishwa.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened,
And his own counsel shall cast him down.
Hatua zake za nguvu zitasongwa, Na shauri lake mwenyewe litamwangusha chini.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walketh upon a snare.
Kwani ametupwa katika wavu na miguu yake mwenyewe, Naye huenda juu ya matanzi.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel,
And the robber shall prevail against him.
Tanzi litamshika kisigino chake, Na mtambo utamgwia.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground,
And a trap for him in the way.
Amefichiwa tanzi chini, Na mtego amewekewa njiani.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side,
And shall drive him to his feet.
Matisho yatamtia hofu pande zote, Na kumfukuza karibu na visigino vyake.
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten,
And destruction shall be ready at his side.
Nguvu zake zitaliwa na njaa, Na msiba utakuwa tayari kwa kusita kwake.
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin:
Even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
Utakula via vya mwili wake, Naam, mzaliwa wa kwanza wa mauti atavila via vyake.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle,
And it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Atang'olewa katika hema yake aliyokuwa akiitumaini; Naye atapelekwa kwake mfalme wa utisho.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his:
Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Ambacho si chake kitakaa katika hema yake; Kiberiti kitamwagwa juu ya makazi yake.
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath,
And above shall his branch be cut off.
Chini, mizizi yake itakaushwa; Na juu, tawi lake litasinyaa.
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth,
And he shall have no name in the street.
Kumbukumbu lake litakoma katika nchi, Wala hatakuwa na jina mashambani.
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
Atakimbizwa kutoka mwangani hata gizani, Na kufukuzwa atoke duniani.
19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Hatakuwa na mwana wala mjukuu kati ya watu wake, Wala hatasalia mtu hapo alipokaa.
20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day,
As they that went before were affrighted.
Hao wanaokaa magharibi watastaajabia siku yake, Kama vile wanaokaa mashariki walivyotiwa hofu.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Hakika ndivyo yalivyo makazi ya wapotovu, Na hapa ni mahali pake asiyemjua Mungu.
