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
1Then Job replied:
2‘How long will you torment me
and crush me with words?
3Ten times now you have reproached me;
shamelessly you attack me.
4If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error remains my concern alone.
5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and use my humiliation against me,
6then know that God has wronged me
and drawn his net around me.
7‘Though I cry, “Violence!” I get no response;
though I call for help, there is no justice.
8He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass;
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
9He has stripped me of my honour
and removed the crown from my head.
10He tears me down on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope like a tree.
11His anger burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.
12His troops advance in force;
they build a siege ramp against me
and encamp around my tent.
13‘He has alienated my family from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends have forgotten me.
15My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner;
they look upon me as a stranger.
16I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
17My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my own family.
18Even the little boys scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.
19All my intimate friends detest me;
those I love have turned against me.
20I am nothing but skin and bones;
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.19:20 Or only by my gums
21‘Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,
for the hand of God has struck me.
22Why do you pursue me as God does?
Will you never get enough of my flesh?
23‘Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,
24that they were inscribed with an iron tool on19:24 Or and lead,
or engraved in rock for ever!
25I know that my redeemer19:25 Or vindicator lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.19:25 Or on my grave
26And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then in19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from my flesh I will see God;
27I myself will see him
with my own eyes – I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!
28‘If you say, “How we will hound him,
since the root of the trouble lies in him,19:28 any Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me”
29you should fear the sword yourselves;
for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,
and then you will know that there is judgment.19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty’
