Ayubu 7
1 “Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani? Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
[Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling?
2 Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni, au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;
3 ndivyo nilivyogawiwa miezi ya ubatili, nami nimeandikiwa huzuni usiku hata usiku.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 Wakati nilalapo ninawaza, ‘Itachukua muda gani kabla sijaamka?’ Usiku huwa mrefu, nami najigeuzageuza hadi mapambazuko.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.
5 Mwili wangu umevikwa mabuu na uchafu, ngozi yangu imetumbuka na kutunga usaha.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome.
6 “Siku zangu zinapita upesi kuliko mtande wa kufuma, nazo zinafikia mwisho wake bila matumaini.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Kumbuka, Ee Mungu, maisha yangu ni kama pumzi; macho yangu kamwe hayataona tena raha.
O remember that my life [is] wind: my eye will no more see good.
8 Lile jicho linaloniona sasa halitaniona tena; utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thy eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
9 Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka, vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini harudi tena. (Sheol h7585)
[As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more]. (Sheol h7585)
10 Kamwe harudi tena nyumbani mwake; wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 “Kwa hiyo sitanyamaza; nitanena kutokana na maumivu makuu ya roho yangu, nitalalama kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Je, mimi ni bahari, au mnyama mkubwa mno akaaye vilindini, hata uniweke chini ya ulinzi?
[Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 Ninapofikiri kwamba kitanda changu kitanifariji, nacho kiti changu cha fahari kitapunguza malalamiko yangu,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 ndipo wanitisha kwa ndoto na kunitia hofu kwa maono,
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 hivyo ninachagua kujinyonga na kufa, kuliko huu mwili wangu.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
16 Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi. Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
I lothe [it]; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.
17 “Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki, kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
What [is] man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?
18 kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi na kumjaribu kila wakati?
And [that] thou shouldst visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
19 Je, hutaacha kamwe kunitazama, au kuniacha japo kwa kitambo kidogo tu?
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
20 Ikiwa nimetenda dhambi, nimekufanyia nini, Ewe mlinzi wa wanadamu? Kwa nini umeniweka niwe shabaha yako? Je, nimekuwa mzigo kwako?
I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 Kwa nini husamehi makosa yangu na kuachilia dhambi zangu? Kwa kuwa hivi karibuni nitalala mavumbini; nawe utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.”
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
