1 I made a covenant with mine eyes;
Why then should I think upon a maid?
Nilifanya agano na macho yangu; Basi nawezaje kumwangalia msichana?
2 For what portion of God is there from above?
And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Kwani sehemu ya Mungu itokayo juu ingekuwa nini, Na urithi wa Mwenyezi utokao juu?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked?
And a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Je! Siyo msiba kwa wasio haki, Na hasara kwao watendao uovu?
4 Doth not he see my ways,
And count all my steps?
Je! Yeye hazioni njia zangu, Na kuzihesabu hatua zangu zote?
5 If I have walked with vanity,
Or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Kwamba nimetembea katika ubatili, Na mguu wangu umeukimbilia udanganyifu;
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance,
That God may know mine integrity.
(Na nipimwe katika mizani iliyo sawasawa, Ili Mungu aujue uelekevu wangu);
7 If my step hath turned out of the way,
And mine heart walked after mine eyes,
And if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
Kwamba hatua yangu imekengeuka na kuiacha njia, Na moyo wangu kuyaandama macho yangu, Tena kwamba kipaku cho chote kimeshikamana na mikono yangu;
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat;
Yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
Basi na nipande, mwingine ale; Naam, mazao ya shamba langu na yang'olewe.
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman,
Or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
Kama moyo wangu ulishawishwa kwa mwanamke, Nami nimeotea mlangoni pa jirani yangu;
10 Then let my wife grind unto another,
And let others bow down upon her.
Ndipo hapo mke wangu na asage kwa mwingine, Na wengine na wainame juu yake.
11 For this is an heinous crime;
Yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Kwani hilo lingekuwa kosa kuu; Naam, lingekuwa ni uovu wa kuadhibiwa na waamuzi;
12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction,
And would root out all mine increase.
Kwa kuwa ni moto uteketezao hata Uharibifu, Nao ungeyang'oa maongeo yangu yote.
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant,
When they contended with me;
Kama nimeidharau daawa ya mtumishi wangu, au ya kijakazi changu, Waliposhindana nami;
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up?
And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Basi Mungu atakapoinuka nitafanya nini? Naye atakapozuru, nitamjibuje?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?
Je! Huyo aliyenifanya mimi ndani ya tumbo, siye aliyemfanya na yeye? Si yeye mmoja aliyetufinyanga tumboni?
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Ikiwa nimewanyima maskini haja zao, Au kama nimeyatia kiwi macho ya mwanamke mjane;
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone,
And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Au kama nimekula tonge langu peke yangu, Mayatima wasipate kulila;
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father,
And I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
(La, tangu ujana wangu alikua pamoja nami kama kwa baba; Nami nimekuwa ni kiongozi cha mjane tangu tumbo la mamangu);
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing,
Or any poor without covering;
Ikiwa nimemwona mtu kuangamia kwa kukosa nguo, Au wahitaji kukosa mavazi;
20 If his loins have not blessed me,
And if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Ikiwa viuno vyake havikunibarikia, Au kama hakupata moto kwa manyoya ya kondoo zangu;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,
When I saw my help in the gate:
Ikiwa nimewainulia mayatima mkono, Nilipoona msaada wangu langoni;
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade,
And mine arm be broken from the bone.
Basi bega langu na lianguke kutoka mahali pake, Na mkono wangu uvunjike mfupani mwake.
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me,
And by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Kwani msiba utokao kwa Mungu ulikuwa na kitisho kwangu, Na kwa sababu ya ukuu wake sikuweza kufanya neno.
24 If I have made gold my hope,
Or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Ikiwa nimeifanya dhahabu kuwa tumaini langu, Na kuiambia dhahabu safi, Wewe u tegemeo langu;
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great,
And because mine hand had gotten much;
Kama nilifurahi kwa kuwa mali yangu yalikuwa mengi, Na kwa sababu mkono wangu umepata vitu vingi;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined,
Or the moon walking in brightness;
Kama nililitazama jua lilipoangaza, Au mwezi ukiendelea katika kung'aa;
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed,
Or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Na moyo wangu umeshawishwa kwa siri, Na midomo yangu imeubusu mkono wangu;
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge:
For I should have denied the God that is above.
Hilo nalo lingekuwa uovu wa kuadhibiwa na waamuzi; Kwani ningemwambia uongo Mungu aliye juu.
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,
Or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Kama nilifurahi kwa kuangamia kwake huyo aliyenichukia, Au kujitukuza alipopatikana na maovu;
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin
By wishing a curse to his soul.
(Naam, sikukiacha kinywa changu kufanya dhambi Kwa kuutaka uhai wake kwa kuapiza);
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not,
Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
Kama watu wa hemani mwangu hawakunena, Ni nani awezaye kumpata mtu asiyeshibishwa na yeye kwa nyama?
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street:
But I opened my doors to the traveller.
Mgeni hakulala njiani; Lakini nilimfungulia msafiri milango yangu;
33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam,
By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Ikiwa kama mwanadamu nimeyafunika makosa yangu, Kwa kuuficha uovu wangu kifuani mwangu;
34 Did I fear a great multitude,
Or did the contempt of families terrify me,
That I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Kwa sababu niliwaogopa mkutano mkubwa, Na dharau la jamaa lilinitia hofu, Hata nilinyamaa kimya, nisitoke mlangoni-
35 Oh that one would hear me!
Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me,
And that mine adversary had written a book.
Laiti ningekuwa na mtu wa kunisikia! (Tazama, sahihi yangu ni hii, Mwenyezi na anijibu); Laiti ningekuwa na hayo mashitaka yaliyoandikwa na adui yangu!
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder,
And bind it as a crown to me.
Hakika ningeyachukua mabegani; Ningejifungia mfano wa kilemba.
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps;
As a prince would I go near unto him.
Ningemwambia hesabu ya hatua zangu Ningemkaribia kama vile mkuu.
38 If my land cry against me,
Or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Kama nchi yangu yalia juu yangu, Na matuta yake hulia pamoja;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,
Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Kama nimeyala matunda yake pasipo kulipa, Au kama nimewafanya wenyewe kupotewa na uhai;
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat,
And cockle instead of barley.
The words of Job are ended.
Miiba na imee badala ya ngano, Na magugu badala ya shayiri. Maneno ya Ayubu yamekoma hapa.
