Ayubu 4
1 Ndipo Elifazi Mtemani akajibu:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 “Kama mtu akithubutu kuzungumza nawe, kutakukasirisha? Lakini ni nani awezaye kujizuia asiseme?
If we analyse to commune with you, will you be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Fikiri jinsi ambavyo umewafundisha watu wengi, jinsi ambavyo umeitia nguvu mikono iliyokuwa dhaifu.
Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
4 Maneno yako yamewategemeza wale waliojikwaa; umeyatia nguvu magoti yaliyokuwa dhaifu.
Your words have raised up him that was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees.
5 Lakini sasa hii taabu imekujia wewe, nawe unashuka moyo; imekupiga wewe, nawe unafadhaika.
But now it has come upon you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled.
6 Je, kumcha Mungu kwako hakupaswi kuwa ndiyo matumaini yako na njia zako kutokuwa na lawama ndilo taraja lako?
Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the uprightness of your ways?
7 “Fikiri sasa: Ni mtu yupi asiye na hatia ambaye aliwahi kuangamia? Ni wapi wanyofu waliwahi kuangamizwa?
Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
8 Kwa jinsi ambavyo mimi nimechunguza, wale walimao ubaya na wale hupanda uovu, huvuna hayo hayo hayo.
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9 Kwa pumzi ya Mungu huangamizwa; kwa mshindo wa hasira zake huangamia.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
10 Simba anaweza kunguruma na kukoroma, lakini bado meno ya simba mkubwa huvunjika.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 Simba anaweza kuangamia kwa kukosa mawindo, nao wana wa simba jike hutawanyika.
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
12 “Neno lililetwa kwangu kwa siri, masikio yangu yakasikia mnongʼono wake.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
13 Katikati ya ndoto za kutia wasiwasi wakati wa usiku, hapo usingizi mzito uwapatapo wanadamu,
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14 hofu na kutetemeka kulinishika na kufanya mifupa yangu yote itetemeke.
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Kuna roho aliyepita mbele ya uso wangu, nazo nywele za mwili wangu zikasimama.
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 Yule roho akasimama, lakini sikuweza kutambua kilikuwa kitu gani. Umbo fulani lilisimama mbele ya macho yangu, kukawa na ukimya kisha nikasikia sauti:
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17 ‘Je, binadamu aweza kuwa mwadilifu kuliko Mungu? Je, mtu aweza kuwa safi kuliko Muumba wake?
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Kama Mungu hawaamini watumishi wake, kama yeye huwalaumu malaika zake kwa kukosea,
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 ni mara ngapi zaidi wale waishio katika nyumba za udongo wa mfinyanzi, ambazo misingi yake ipo mavumbini, ambao wamepondwa kama nondo!
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
20 Kati ya mawio na machweo huvunjwa vipande vipande; bila yeyote kutambua, huangamia milele.
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Je, kamba za hema yao hazikungʼolewa, hivyo hufa bila hekima?’
Does not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
