Job's Reply
1 Then Job answered and said,
Ndipo Ayubu akajibu, na kusema,
2 I know it is so of a truth:
But how should man be just with God?
Kweli najua kuwa ndivyo hivyo; Lakini mtu huwaje mwenye haki mbele za Mungu?
3 If he will contend with him,
He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Kama akipenda kushindana naye, Hawezi kumjibu neno moja katika elfu.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
Who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Yeye ni mwenye hekima moyoni, na mwenye uwezo katika nguvu; Ni nani aliyejifanya kuwa mgumu juu yake, naye akafanikiwa?
5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not:
Which overturneth them in his anger.
Aiondoaye milima, nayo haina habari, Akiipindua katika hasira zake.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place,
And the pillars thereof tremble.
Aitikisaye dunia itoke mahali pake, Na nguzo zake hutetema.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not;
And sealeth up the stars.
Aliamuruye jua, nalo halichomozi; Nazo nyota huzipiga muhuri.
8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens,
And treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Ambaye peke yake ni mwenye kuzitandika mbingu, Na kuyakanyaga mawimbi ya bahari.
9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south.
Yeye afanyaye hizo nyota za Dubu, na Orioni, na hicho Kilimia, Na makundi ya nyota ya kusini.
10 Which doeth great things past finding out;
Yea, and wonders without number.
Atendaye mambo makuu yasiyotafutikana; Naam, mambo ya ajabu yasiyohesabika.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not:
He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Tazama, yuaenenda karibu nami, nisimwone; Tena yuapita kwenda mbele, nisimtambue.
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him?
Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Tazama, yuakamata, ni nani awezaye kumzuia? Ni nani awezaye kumwuliza, Wafanya nini?
13 If God will not withdraw his anger,
The proud helpers do stoop under him.
Mungu haondoi hasira zake; Hao wamsaidiao Rahabu huinama chini yake.
14 How much less shall I answer him,
And choose out my words to reason with him?
Je! Mimi nitamjibuje, Na kuyachagua maneno yangu kuhojiana naye?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer,
But I would make supplication to my judge.
Ambaye, nijapokuwa mimi ni mwenye haki, nisingemjibu; Ningemsihi-sihi mtesi wangu.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me;
Yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Kama ningemwita, naye akaniitikia; Hata hivyo singeamini kuwa amesikiza sauti yangu.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest,
And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Yeye anipondaye kwa dhoruba, Na kuziongeza jeraha zangu pasipokuwa na sababu.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath,
But filleth me with bitterness.
Haniachi nipate kuvuta pumzi, Lakini hunijaza uchungu.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong:
And if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Kama tukitaja nguvu za mashujaa, tazama yupo hapo! Kama tukitaja hukumu, ni nani atakayeniwekea muhula?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
If I say , I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Ingawa ni mwenye haki, kinywa changu mwenyewe kitanihukumu; Ingawa ni mkamilifu, kitanishuhudia kuwa ni mpotovu.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul:
I would despise my life.
Mimi ni mkamilifu; siangalii nafsi yangu; Naudharau uhai wangu.
22 This is one thing , therefore I said it ,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Hayo yote ni mamoja; kwa hiyo nasema, Yeye huangamiza wakamilifu na waovu pia.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly,
He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Kama hilo pigo likiua ghafula, Atayadhihaki majaribu yake asiye na kosa.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked:
He covereth the faces of the judges thereof;
If not, where, and who is he?
Dunia imetiwa mkononi mwa waovu; Yeye hufunika nyuso za waamuzi wake; Kama si yeye, ni nani basi?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post:
They flee away, they see no good.
Basi siku zangu zina mbio kuliko tarishi; Zakimbia, wala hazioni mema.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships:
As the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Zimepita kama merikebu ziendazo mbio; Mfano wa tai ayashukiaye mawindo.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint,
I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Nikisema, Mimi nitasahau kuugua kwangu, Nitaacha kununa uso nikachangamke moyo;
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows,
I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Mimi huziogopa huzuni zangu zote, Najua kuwa hutanihesabu kuwa sina hatia.
29 If I be wicked,
Why then labour I in vain?
Nitahukumiwa kuwa ni mkosa; Ya nini basi nitaabike bure?
30 If I wash myself with snow water,
And make my hands never so clean;
Ingawaje najiosha kwa maji ya theluji, Na kuitakasa mikono yangu kwa sabuni;
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch,
And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Lakini utanitupa shimoni, Nami hata nguo zangu zitanichukia.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him,
And we should come together in judgment.
Kwani yeye si mtu, kama mimi, hata nimjibu, Hata tukaribiane katika hukumu.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us,
That might lay his hand upon us both.
Hapana mwenye kuamua katikati yetu, Awezaye kutuwekea mkono sote wawili.
34 Let him take his rod away from me,
And let not his fear terrify me:
Na aniondolee fimbo yake, Na utisho wake usinitie hofu;
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him;
But it is not so with me.
Ndipo hapo ningesema, nisimwogope; Kwani sivyo nilivyo nafsini mwangu.
