Job's Reply
1 Then Job answered and said,
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu, na kusema,
2 How long will ye vex my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
Je! Mtanichukiza nafsi yangu hata lini, Na kunivunja-vunja kwa maneno?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me:
Ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Mara kumi hizi mmenishutumu; Hamwoni haya kunifanyia mambo magumu.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred,
Mine error remaineth with myself.
Ingawaje nimekosa, Kosa langu hukaa kwangu mwenyewe.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me,
And plead against me my reproach:
Kwamba mtajitukuza juu yangu, Na kunena juu yangu shutumu langu;
6 Know now that God hath overthrown me,
And hath compassed me with his net.
Jueni basi kuwa Mungu amenipotosha, Na kunizingira kwa wavu wake.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:
I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Tazama, nalia, Udhalimu, lakini sisikiwi; Naulilia msaada, wala hapana hukumu.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass,
And he hath set darkness in my paths.
Yeye ameiziba njia yangu nisipate kupita, Na kutia giza katika mapito yangu.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
Amenivua utukufu wangu, Na kuiondoa taji kichwani mwangu.
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone:
And mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Amenibomoa pande zote, nami nimetoweka; Na tumaini langu ameling'oa kama mti.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me,
And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
Tena ameziwasha ghadhabu zake juu yangu, Akanihesabia kuwa mmoja katika watesi wake.
12 His troops come together,
And raise up their way against me,
And encamp round about my tabernacle.
Majeshi yake husongea pamoja, na kunipandishia njia yao, Na kupiga marago kuizunguka hema yangu.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me,
And mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
Amewaweka ndugu zangu mbali nami, Na wanijuao wametengwa nami kabisa.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Watu wa mbari yangu wamekoma, Na rafiki zangu niwapendao wamenisahau.
15 They that dwell in mine house,
And my maids, count me for a stranger:
I am an alien in their sight.
Wakaao nyumbani mwangu, na vijakazi vyangu, wanihesabu kuwa mgeni; Mimi ni mgeni machoni pao.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer;
I intreated him with my mouth.
Namwita mtumishi wangu, wala haniitikii, Ingawa namsihi kwa kinywa changu.
17 My breath is strange to my wife,
Though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
Pumzi zangu ni kama za mgeni kwa mke wangu, Nami ni machukizo kwa ndugu zangu.
18 Yea, young children despised me;
I arose, and they spake against me.
Hata watoto wadogo hunidharau; Nikiondoka, huninena.
19 All my inward friends abhorred me:
And they whom I loved are turned against me.
Wasiri wangu wote wanichukia; Na hao niliowapenda wamenigeukia.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh,
And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Mfupa wangu unagandamana na ngozi yangu na nyama yangu, Nami nimeokoka na ngozi ya meno yangu tu.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends;
For the hand of God hath touched me.
Nihurumieni, nihurumieni, enyi rafiki zangu, Kwa maana mkono wa Mungu umenigusa.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Mbona ninyi mnaniudhi kama Mungu, Wala hamkutosheka na nyama yangu?
23 Oh that my words were now written!
Oh that they were printed in a book!
Laiti maneno yangu yangeandikwa sasa! Laiti yangeandikwa kitabuni!
24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead
In the rock for ever!
Yakachorwa katika mwamba milele, Kwa kalamu ya chuma na risasi.
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth,
And that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Lakini mimi najua ya kuwa Mteteaji wangu yu hai, Na ya kuwa hatimaye atasimama juu ya nchi.
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body ,
Yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Na baada ya ngozi yangu kuharibiwa hivi, Lakini, pasipokuwa na mwili wangu nitamwona Mungu;
27 Whom I shall see for myself,
And mine eyes shall behold, and not another;
Though my reins be consumed within me.
Nami nitamwona mimi nafsi yangu, Na macho yangu yatamtazama, wala si mwingine. Mtima wangu unazimia ndani yangu.
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him,
Seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Kama mkisema, Jinsi tutakavyomwudhi! Kwa kuwa shina la jambo hili limeonekana kwake;
29 Be ye afraid of the sword:
For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword,
That ye may know there is a judgment.
Uogopeni upanga; Kwa maana adhabu za upanga zina ghadhabu, Mpate kujua ya kwamba hukumu iko.
