Hotuba Ya Saba Ya Ayubu
Ayubu Anajibu: Waovu Mara Nyingi Huenda Bila Kuadhibiwa
1Ndipo Ayubu akajibu:
221:2 Ay 13:17; 21:34“Yasikilizeni maneno yangu kwa makini;
hii na iwe faraja mnayonipa mimi.
321:3 Ay 6:14; 11:3; 16:10Nivumilieni ninapozungumza,
nami nikishazungumza, endeleeni kunidhihaki.
421:4 Za 22:1-3; Ay 6:3, 11; 1Sam 1:16“Je, kwani malalamiko yangu yanaelekezwa kwa mwanadamu?
Kwa nini nisikose subira?
521:5 Amu 18:19; Ay 40:4Niangalieni mkastaajabu;
mkaweke mkono juu ya vinywa vyenu.
621:6 Mwa 45:3; Ay 4:14Ninapowaza juu ya hili, ninaogopa,
nao mwili wangu unatetemeka.
721:7 Mhu 7:15; Mal 3:15; Yer 12:1-3Kwa nini waovu wanaendelea kuishi,
wakifikia umri wa uzee na kuendelea kuwa na nguvu?
821:8 Za 17:14; Mal 3:15Huwaona watoto wao wakithibitika
wakiwa wamewazunguka,
wazao wao mbele za macho yao.
921:9 Ay 5:24; Za 73:5Nyumba zao zi salama wala hakuna hofu;
fimbo ya Mungu haiko juu yao.
1021:10 Kut 23:26Madume yao ya ngʼombe huvyaza bila kushindwa kamwe;
ngʼombe wao huzaa wala hawaharibu mimba.
1121:11 Za 78:52; 107:41Huwatoa watoto wao nje kama kundi;
wadogo wao huchezacheza.
1221:12 1Nya 15:16; Mt 15:17Huimba nyimbo kwa matari na kwa kinubi,
nao huifurahia sauti ya filimbi.
1321:13 Ay 24:19; Za 49:14; Isa 14:15; Ay 3:13Huitumia miaka yao katika mafanikio
nao hushuka kaburini kwa amani.
1421:14 Ay 4:17; Kum 32:15; Isa 30:11; 1Sam 11:15Lakini humwambia Mungu, ‘Tuache sisi!’
Hatuna haja ya kufahamu njia zako.
1521:15 Yer 9:6; Mal 3:14Mwenyezi ni nani hata tumtumikie?
Tutapata faida gani kumwomba?
1621:16 Ay 22:18; Za 1:1; 26:5; 36:1Lakini kufanikiwa kwao hakupo mikononi mwao wenyewe,
hivyo najitenga mbali na shauri la waovu.
1721:17 Ay 18:5; 18:12; 20:22, 28“Lakini ni mara ngapi taa ya waovu huzimwa?
Ni mara ngapi maafa huwajia,
yale yawapatayo ambayo Mungu
huwapangia katika hasira yake?
1821:18 Ay 13:15; Mwa 19:15; Ay 7:10; Mit 10:25; Mwa 7:23Ni mara ngapi huwa kama majani makavu mbele ya upepo,
kama makapi yachukuliwayo na dhoruba?
1921:19 Kut 20:5; Yn 9:2Imesemekana, ‘Mungu huiweka akiba adhabu ya mtu
kwa ajili ya wanawe.’
Mungu na amlipe mtu mwenyewe,
ili apate kulijua!
2021:20 Ay 6:4; Isa 51:17; Yer 25:15; Ufu 14:10Macho yake mwenyewe na yaone maangamizi yake;
yeye na ainywe ghadhabu ya Mwenyezi.
2121:21 Ay 14:22; 14:5; 14:21; Mhu 9:5-6Kwani anajali nini kuhusu jamaa anayoiacha nyuma,
miezi yake aliyopangiwa ifikapo mwisho?
2221:22 Za 94:12; 86:8; Rum 11:34“Je, yuko mtu yeyote awezaye kumfundisha Mungu maarifa,
iwapo yeye ndiye ahukumuye hata walio juu ya wote?
2321:23 Mwa 15:15; Ay 13:26; 3:13Mtu mmoja hufa akiwa na nguvu zake kamili,
akiwa salama na mwenye raha kamili,
2421:24 Mit 3:8mwili wake ukiwa umenawiri,
nayo mifupa yake ikiwa imejaa mafuta ndani yake.
2521:25 Ay 10:1Mtu mwingine hufa katika uchungu wa nafsi,
akiwa hajafurahia kamwe jambo lolote zuri.
2621:26 Mhu 9:2-3; Isa 14:11Hao wote hulala mavumbini,
nao mabuu huwafunika wote.
27“Ninayajua kikamilifu yale mnayoyafikiri,
mipango ambayo kwayo mngenitendea mabaya.
2821:28 Ay 1:3; 12:21; 29:25; 31:37; 8:22Mwasema, ‘Iko wapi sasa nyumba ya huyo mtu mkuu,
mahema ambayo watu waovu walikaa?’
29Je, hamkuwahi kuwauliza hao wanaosafiri?
Je, hamkutafakari taarifa zao:
3021:30 Ay 31:3; Mit 16:4; Isa 5:30; Rum 5:2kwamba mtu mwovu huepushwa kutoka siku ya maafa,
kwamba huokolewa kutoka siku ya ghadhabu?
3121:31 Ay 34:11; Za 62:12; Mit 24:11-12; Isa 59:18Ni nani hulaumu matendo yake mbele ya uso wake?
Ni nani ampatilizaye kwa yale aliyoyatenda?
3221:32 Isa 14:18Hupelekwa kaburini,
nao ulinzi ukawekwa kwenye kaburi lake.
3321:33 Ay 3:17-19; 17:16; 24:24Udongo ulio bondeni ni mtamu kwake;
watu wote watamfuata,
nao umati wa watu usiohesabika umemtangulia.
34“Hivyo ninyi mnawezaje kunifariji kwa upuzi wenu?
Hakuna kilichosalia cha majibu yenu isipokuwa uongo!”
Job
1Then Job replied:
2‘Listen carefully to my words;
let this be the consolation you give me.
3Bear with me while I speak,
and after I have spoken, mock on.
4‘Is my complaint directed to a human being?
Why should I not be impatient?
5Look at me and be appalled;
clap your hand over your mouth.
6When I think about this, I am terrified;
trembling seizes my body.
7Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?
8They see their children established around them,
their offspring before their eyes.
9Their homes are safe and free from fear;
the rod of God is not on them.
10Their bulls never fail to breed;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.
11They send forth their children as a flock;
their little ones dance about.
12They sing to the music of tambourine and lyre;
they make merry to the sound of the pipe.
13They spend their years in prosperity
and go down to the grave in peace.21:13 Or in an instant
14Yet they say to God, “Leave us alone!
We have no desire to know your ways.
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?”
16But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
17‘Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?
How often does calamity come upon them,
the fate God allots in his anger?
18How often are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff swept away by a gale?
19It is said, “God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.”
Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!
20Let their own eyes see their destruction;
let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.
21For what do they care about the families they leave behind
when their allotted months come to an end?
22‘Can anyone teach knowledge to God,
since he judges even the highest?
23One person dies in full vigour,
completely secure and at ease,
24well nourished in body,21:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
bones rich with marrow.
25Another dies in bitterness of soul,
never having enjoyed anything good.
26Side by side they lie in the dust,
and worms cover them both.
27‘I know full well what you are thinking,
the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28You say, “Where now is the house of the great,
the tents where the wicked lived?”
29Have you never questioned those who travel?
Have you paid no regard to their accounts –
30that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,
that they are delivered from21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to the day of wrath?
31Who denounces their conduct to their face?
Who repays them for what they have done?
32They are carried to the grave,
and watch is kept over their tombs.
33The soil in the valley is sweet to them;
everyone follows after them,
and a countless throng goes21:33 Or them, / as a countless throng went before them.
34‘So how can you console me with your nonsense?
Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!’
