Hotuba Ya Nane Ya Ayubu
Ayubu Anajibu: Kulalamika Kwangu Ni Uchungu
1Ndipo Ayubu akajibu:
223:2 Ay 6:3; 7:11; 1Sam 1:10“Hata leo malalamiko yangu ni chungu;
mkono wake ni mzito juu yangu hata nikiugua.
323:3 Kum 4:29Laiti ningefahamu mahali pa kumwona;
laiti ningeweza kwenda mahali akaapo!
423:4 Ay 13:18; 9:15Ningeliweka shauri langu mbele zake,
na kukijaza kinywa changu na hoja.
5Ningejua kwamba angenijibu nini,
na kuelewa lile ambalo angelisema.
623:6 Ay 9:4, 19; Isa 27:4Je, angenipinga kwa nguvu nyingi?
La, asingenigandamiza.
723:7 Mwa 3:8; Ay 9:3Hapo mtu mwadilifu angeweka shauri lake mbele zake,
nami ningeokolewa milele na mhukumu wangu.
8“Lakini nikienda mashariki, hayupo;
nikienda magharibi, simpati.
923:9 Ay 9:11Anapokuwa kazini pande za kaskazini, simwoni;
akigeukia kusini, nako simwoni hata kidogo.
1023:10 Za 66:10; 139:1-3; 12:6; 1Pet 1:7; Yak 1:12Lakini anaijua njia niiendeayo;
akiisha kunijaribu, nitatoka kama dhahabu.
1123:11 Za 17:5; Ay 31:7; Yer 11:20; Za 44:18; 125:5Nyayo zangu zimefuata hatua zake kwa karibu;
nimeishika njia yake bila kukengeuka.
1223:12 Ay 6:10; 15:11; Yn 4:32, 34; Mt 4:4Sijaziacha amri zilizotoka midomoni mwake;
nimeyathamini maneno ya kinywa chake kuliko chakula changu cha kila siku.
1323:13 Za 115:3; Isa 55:11; Mhu 3:14; Rum 9:19“Lakini yeye husimama peke yake; ni nani awezaye kumpinga?
Yeye hufanya lolote atakalo.
1423:14 1The 3:3; 1Pet 4:12Hutimiliza maagizo yake dhidi yangu,
na bado anayo mipango mingi kama hiyo ambayo ameiweka akiba.
1523:15 Mwa 45:3; Yos 24:14; Mhu 3:14; 12:13; 2Kor 5:11Hiyo ndiyo sababu ninaingiwa na hofu mbele zake;
nifikiriapo haya yote ninamwogopa.
1623:16 Za 22:14; Yer 51:46; Ay 27:223:16 Kum 20:3; Ay 27:2; Kut 3:6; Ufu 6:16Mungu ameufanya moyo wangu kuzimia;
yeye Mwenyezi amenitia hofu.
1723:17 Ay 3:6; 6:9; 19:8Hata hivyo sijanyamazishwa na giza,
wala kwa giza nene linalofunika uso wangu.
Job
1Then Job replied:
2“Even today my complaint is bitter;
his hand23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me is heavy in spite of23:2 Or heavy on me in my groaning.
3If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!
4I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would find out what he would answer me,
and consider what he would say to me.
6Would he vigorously oppose me?
No, he would not press charges against me.
7There the upright can establish their innocence before him,
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
14He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.
15That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.
16God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
