Hotuba Ya Sita Ya Ayubu
Ayubu Anajibu: Najua Mkombozi Wangu Yu Hai
1Ndipo Ayubu akajibu:
219:2 1Sam 1:6; Za 6:2, 3; Ay 6:9; 13:25“Je, mtaendelea kunitesa mpaka lini,
na kuniponda kwa maneno yenu?
319:3 Mwa 31:7; Ay 20:3Mara kumi hizi mmenishutumu;
bila aibu mnanishambulia.
419:4 Ay 6:24; Za 19:12; Eze 18:4Kama ni kweli nimepotoka,
kosa langu ninabaki kuhusika nalo mwenyewe.
519:5 Za 38:16; 55:12; Mik 7:8Kama kweli mngejitukuza wenyewe juu yangu,
na kutumia unyonge wangu dhidi yangu,
619:6 Ay 6:29; 18:8; 10:3basi jueni kuwa Mungu amenitendea yaliyo mabaya,
naye amekokota wavu wake kunizunguka.
719:7 Ay 9:24; 30:20; Za 22:2; Hab 1:2-4“Ingawa ninalia, ‘Nimetendewa mabaya!’ sipati jibu;
ingawa ninaomba msaada, hakuna haki.
819:8 Mao 3:7; Hos 2:6; Mhu 6:4; Yer 14:19Yeye ameizuia njia yangu hivyo siwezi kupita;
ameyafunika mapito yangu na giza.
919:9 Ay 12:17; Za 89:39-44; Mao 5:16Amenivua heshima yangu,
na kuniondolea taji kichwani pangu.
1019:10 Ay 12:14; 7:6; 14:7Amenibomoa kila upande hadi nimeisha;
amelingʼoa tegemeo langu kama mti.
1119:11 Ay 16:9; 13:14Hasira yake imewaka juu yangu;
amenihesabu kuwa miongoni mwa adui zake.
1219:12 Ay 16:13; 16:10; 3:23Majeshi yake yananisogelea kwa nguvu;
yamenizingira,
yamepiga kambi kulizunguka hema langu.
1319:13 Ay 16:10-13; 30:12; Mt 26:56; 2Tim 4:16“Amewatenga ndugu zangu mbali nami;
wale tunaojuana nao wamefarakana nami kabisa.
1419:14 Ay 19:19; 2Sam 15:12; Ay 12:4; 16:20; Za 88:18; Yer 20:10; 38:22Watu wa jamaa yangu wamekwenda mbali;
rafiki zangu wamenisahau.
1519:15 Mwa 14:14; Mhu 2:7Wageni wangu na watumishi wangu wa kike wananiona kama mgeni;
wananitazama kama mgeni.
16Namwita mtumishi wangu, wala haitiki,
ingawa namwomba kwa kinywa changu mwenyewe.
1719:17 Za 38:5Pumzi ya kinywa changu ni kinyaa kwa mke wangu;
nimekuwa chukizo mno kwa ndugu zangu mwenyewe.
1819:18 2Fal 2:23; Ay 13:25Hata watoto wadogo hunidhihaki;
ninapojitokeza, hunifanyia mzaha.
1919:19 Za 38:11; 55:12-13; Ay 3:10Rafiki zangu wa moyoni wote wananichukia kabisa;
wale niwapendao wamekuwa kinyume nami.
2019:20 Ay 2:5Mimi nimebaki mifupa na ngozi tu;
nimeponea nikiwa karibu kufa.
2119:21 Ay 6:14; Amu 2:15; Ay 4:5; 10:3; Mao 3:1“Nihurumieni, rafiki zangu, kuweni na huruma,
kwa kuwa mkono wa Mungu umenipiga.
2219:22 Ay 13:25; 16:11; Mit 30:14; Isa 53:4Kwa nini mnanifuatia kama Mungu afanyavyo?
Hamtosheki kamwe na mwili wangu?
2319:23 Kut 17:16; Isa 30:8“Laiti maneno yangu yangewekwa kwenye kumbukumbu,
laiti kwamba yangeandikwa kwenye kitabu,
2419:24 Yer 17:1; Ay 16:18kwamba yangechorwa kwenye risasi kwa kifaa cha chuma,
au kuyachonga juu ya mwamba milele!
2519:25 Law 25:25; Mit 23:11; 1Sam 14:39; Ay 16:19Ninajua kwamba Mkombozi19:25 Au: Mtetezi. wangu yu hai,
naye kwamba mwishoni atasimama juu ya nchi.
2619:26 Hes 12:8; 1Yn 3:2Nami baada ya ngozi yangu kuharibiwa,
bado nikiwa na mwili huu nitamwona Mungu;
2719:27 Lk 2:30; Za 42:1; 63:1; 54:2mimi nitamwona kwa macho yangu mwenyewe:
mimi, wala si mwingine.
Tazama jinsi moyo wangu unavyomtamani sana!
28“Kama mkisema, ‘Tazama tutakavyomwinda,
maadamu mzizi wa tatizo uko ndani yake,’
2919:29 Ay 15:22; Za 58:11; Mhu 12:14ninyi wenyewe uogopeni upanga,
kwa kuwa ghadhabu italeta adhabu kwa upanga,
nanyi ndipo mtakapojua kwamba kuna hukumu.”
Job’s Reply
1Job replied,
2“How long will you people make me suffer?
How long will you crush me with your words?
3You have already accused me many times.
You have attacked me without feeling any shame.
4Suppose it’s true that I’ve gone down the wrong path.
Then it’s my concern, not yours.
5Suppose you want to place yourselves above me.
Suppose you want to use my shame to prove I’m wrong.
6Then I want you to know that God hasn’t treated me right.
In fact, he has captured me in his net.
7“I cry out, ‘Someone harmed me!’
But I don’t get any reply.
I call out for help.
But I’m not treated fairly.
8God has blocked my way, and I can’t get through.
He has made my paths so dark I can’t see where I’m going.
9He has taken my wealth away from me.
He has stripped me of my honor.
10He tears me down on every side until I’m gone.
He pulls up the roots of my hope as if I were a tree.
11His anger burns against me.
He thinks I’m one of his enemies.
12His troops march toward me in force.
They come at me from every direction.
They camp around my tent.
13“God has caused my family to desert me.
The people I used to know are now strangers to me.
14My relatives have gone away.
My closest friends have forgotten me.
15My guests and my female servants think of me as a stranger.
They look at me as if I were an outsider.
16I send for my servant, but he doesn’t answer.
He doesn’t come, even though I beg him to.
17My wife can’t stand the way my breath smells.
My own family won’t have anything to do with me.
18Even little children mock me.
When I appear, they make fun of me.
19All my close friends hate me.
Those I love have turned against me.
20I’m nothing but skin and bones.
I’ve barely escaped death.
21“Have pity on me, my friends! Please have pity!
God has struck me down with his powerful hand.
22Why do you chase after me as he does?
Aren’t you satisfied with what you have done to me already?
23“I wish my words were written down!
I wish they were written in a book!
24I wish they were cut into lead with an iron tool!
I wish they were carved in rock forever!
25I know that my redeemer lives.
In the end he will stand on the earth.
26Though my skin will be destroyed,
in my body I’ll see God.
27I myself will see him with my own eyes.
I’ll see him, and he won’t be a stranger to me.
How my heart longs for that day!
28“You might say, ‘Let’s keep bothering Job.
After all, he’s the cause of all his suffering.’
29But you should be afraid when God comes to judge you.
He’ll be angry. He’ll punish you with his sword.
Then you will know that he is the Judge.”
