Ayubu 21
1 Ndipo Ayubu akajibu:
Then Job answered,
2 “Yasikilizeni maneno yangu kwa makini; hii na iwe faraja mnayonipa mimi.
“Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
3 Nivumilieni ninapozungumza, nami nikishazungumza, endeleeni kunidhihaki.
Allow me, and I also will speak. After I have spoken, mock on.
4 “Je, kwani malalamiko yangu yanaelekezwa kwa mwanadamu? Kwa nini nisikose subira?
As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
5 Niangalieni mkastaajabu; mkaweke mkono juu ya vinywa vyenu.
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
6 Ninapowaza juu ya hili, ninaogopa, nao mwili wangu unatetemeka.
When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
7 Kwa nini waovu wanaendelea kuishi, wakifikia umri wa uzee na kuendelea kuwa na nguvu?
“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
8 Huwaona watoto wao wakithibitika wakiwa wamewazunguka, wazao wao mbele za macho yao.
Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
9 Nyumba zao zi salama wala hakuna hofu; fimbo ya Mungu haiko juu yao.
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Madume yao ya ngʼombe huvyaza bila kushindwa kamwe; ngʼombe wao huzaa wala hawaharibu mimba.
Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
11 Huwatoa watoto wao nje kama kundi; wadogo wao huchezacheza.
They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
12 Huimba nyimbo kwa matari na kwa kinubi, nao huifurahia sauti ya filimbi.
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 Lakini humwambia Mungu, ‘Tuache sisi!’ Hatuna haja ya kufahamu njia zako.
They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.
15 Mwenyezi ni nani hata tumtumikie? Tutapata faida gani kumwomba?
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
16 Lakini kufanikiwa kwao hakupo mikononi mwao wenyewe, hivyo najitenga mbali na shauri la waovu.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “Lakini ni mara ngapi taa ya waovu huzimwa? Ni mara ngapi maafa huwajia, yale yawapatayo ambayo Mungu huwapangia katika hasira yake?
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
18 Ni mara ngapi huwa kama majani makavu mbele ya upepo, kama makapi yachukuliwayo na dhoruba?
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
19 Imesemekana, ‘Mungu huiweka akiba adhabu ya mtu kwa ajili ya wanawe.’ Mungu na amlipe mtu mwenyewe, ili apate kulijua!
You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
20 Macho yake mwenyewe na yaone maangamizi yake; yeye na ainywe ghadhabu ya Mwenyezi.
Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 Kwani anajali nini kuhusu jamaa anayoiacha nyuma, miezi yake aliyopangiwa ifikapo mwisho?
For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
22 “Je, yuko mtu yeyote awezaye kumfundisha Mungu maarifa, iwapo yeye ndiye ahukumuye hata walio juu ya wote?
“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
23 Mtu mmoja hufa akiwa na nguvu zake kamili, akiwa salama na mwenye raha kamili,
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 mwili wake ukiwa umenawiri, nayo mifupa yake ikiwa imejaa mafuta ndani yake.
His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
25 Mtu mwingine hufa katika uchungu wa nafsi, akiwa hajafurahia kamwe jambo lolote zuri.
Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
26 Hao wote hulala mavumbini, nao mabuu huwafunika wote.
They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
27 “Ninayajua kikamilifu yale mnayoyafikiri, mipango ambayo kwayo mngenitendea mabaya.
“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.
28 Mwasema, ‘Iko wapi sasa nyumba ya huyo mtu mkuu, mahema ambayo watu waovu walikaa?’
For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’
29 Je, hamkuwahi kuwauliza hao wanaosafiri? Je, hamkutafakari taarifa zao:
Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,
30 kwamba mtu mwovu huepushwa kutoka siku ya maafa, kwamba huokolewa kutoka siku ya ghadhabu?
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
31 Ni nani hulaumu matendo yake mbele ya uso wake? Ni nani ampatilizaye kwa yale aliyoyatenda?
Who will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done?
32 Hupelekwa kaburini, nao ulinzi ukawekwa kwenye kaburi lake.
Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
33 Udongo ulio bondeni ni mtamu kwake; watu wote watamfuata, nao umati wa watu usiohesabika umemtangulia.
The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34 “Hivyo ninyi mnawezaje kunifariji kwa upuzi wenu? Hakuna kilichosalia cha majibu yenu isipokuwa uongo!”
So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”
