Job 24
1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Kwa nini nyakati za kuwahukumu waovu hazikuwekwa na Mwenyezi? Kwa nini siyo wale waliowaaminifu kwa Mungu huziona siku za hukumu zikija?
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Kuna waovu waondoao alama za mipaka; kuna waovu walichukua kundi kwa nguvu na kulifanya lao.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Wanawadhurumu wanyonge punda wao; wanachukua ng'ombe wa mjane kuwa dhamana.
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Wanawaondoa wahitaji katika njia zao kwa lazima; masikini wa dunia yote wanajificha kutoka kwao.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising early for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
Tazama, masikini hawa huenda kufanya kazi kama punda-mwitu mwituni, akitafuta chakula kwa uangalifu; pengine Araba itawapatia chakula kwa ajili ya watoto wao.
6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Masikini huvuna katika mashamba ya wengine usiku; wanakusanya zabibu kidogo kutokana na mapato ya waovu.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Wana lala bila kujifunika wakati wa usiku; hawana cha kujifunika wakati wa baridi.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
Wanalowanishwa na mvua ya milimani; wanalala pembeni mwa miamba mikubwa kwani hawana makao.
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Kuna waovu wanaowapokonya yatima katika kifua cha mama zao, na waovu wawachukuao watoto kama dhamana kutoka kwa masikini.
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Lakini masikini wanatembea uchi; wajapokaa na njaa, wanabebea wengine chakula.
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Masikini wanazalisha vinono ndani ya nyumba za waovu; wanakanyaga mashinikizo ya waovu, lakini wanakiu.
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God lays not folly to them.
Watu wananung'unika mjini; waliojeruhiwa wanaomboleza, lakini Mungu hasikilizi maombi yao.
13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Baadhi ya waovu hawa wanaiasi nuru; hawafahamu njia zake, wala kukaa katika njia zake.
14 The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Muaji huinuka na nuru; huuwa masikini na waitaji; ni kama mwizi wakati wa usiku.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.
Pia, mzinifu hungoja wakati wa usiku; husema, 'Hakuna anionaye.' Hujibadilisha.
16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Waovu huingia katika nyumba gizani, lakini hujifungia wakati wa mchana; hawajari nuru.
17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Kwa kuwa asubuhi kwao wote ni kama giza totoro; wanaamani na vitisho vya giza totoro.
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholds not the way of the vineyards.
Wanapotea polepole, lakini, kama povu juu ya maji; shamba lao limelaaniwa; hakuna anayekwenda kufanya kazi katika mashamba yao ya mizabibu.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those which have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
Kiangazi na joto huondoa barafu; ndivyo kuzimu pia kunavyowaaribu waliotenda dhambi. (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Mama yake atamsahau; polepole funza watamuuma; hatakumbukwa tena; kwa hiyo, waovu watavunjika kama mti.
21 He evil entreats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow.
Mwovu anamrarua mgumba; hawatendi jema lolote kwa mjane.
22 He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, and no man is sure of life.
Bado Mungu huwaondoa wenye nguvu kwa nguvu zake; huinuka na kuwadhoofisha.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he rests; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
Mungu huwaacha wajione wako salama, na wanalifurahia hilo, lakini anayaangalia maisha yao.
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Watu hawa wanatukuzwa; bado, kitambo tu, watapotea; hakika, watashushwa; watakusanywa kama wengine wote; wataondolewa kama sehemu ya juu ya masikio ya nafaka.
25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Ikiwa sivyo, nani atanithibitisha kuwa mwongo; atakaye fanya maneno yangu kuwa si kitu?”
