Hotuba Ya Mwisho Ya Ayubu
Ayubu Anadumisha Uadilifu Wake
127:1 Ay 29:1Ndipo Ayubu akaendelea na hoja yake, akasema:
227:2 Ay 9:18; 34:5; Isa 45:9; 1Sam 1:10“Hakika kama Mungu aishivyo, aliyeninyima haki yangu,
Mwenyezi ambaye amenifanya
nionje uchungu wa nafsi,
327:3 Mwa 2:7; Za 144:4kwa muda wote nitakaokuwa na uhai ndani yangu,
nayo pumzi ya Mungu ikiwa puani mwangu,
427:4 Ay 6:28; 12:16; 16:17midomo yangu haitanena uovu,
wala ulimi wangu hautatamka udanganyifu.
527:5 Ay 2:9; 10:7; 32:2Sitakubaliana nanyi kabisa kuwa mko sahihi;
hadi nife, sitakana uadilifu wangu.
627:6 Ay 29:14; Za 119:121; Isa 59:17; 61:10; Rum 2:15Nitadumisha haki yangu wala sitaiacha;
dhamiri yangu haitanisuta muda wote ninaoishi.
7“Watesi wangu wawe kama waovu,
nao adui zangu wawe kama wasio haki!
827:8 Ay 8:13; Hes 16:22; Lk 12:20; Mt 16:26Kwa maana mtu asiyemcha Mungu
analo tegemeo gani anapokatiliwa mbali,
Mungu anapouondoa uhai wake?
927:9 Zek 7:13; Mik 3:4; 1Sam 8:18Je, Mungu husikiliza kilio chake,
shida zimjiapo?
1027:10 Ay 22:26Je, anaweza kumfurahia Mwenyezi?
Je, atamwita Mungu nyakati zote?
1127:11 Ay 36:23; 27:13“Nitawafundisha juu ya uweza wa Mungu;
njia za Mwenyezi sitazificha.
12Ninyi nyote mmeona hili wenyewe.
Ni ya nini basi mazungumzo haya yasiyo na maana?
1327:13 Ay 15:20; 16:19“Hili ndilo fungu ambalo Mungu humpa mtu mwovu,
urithi ule mtu mdhalimu anapokea kutoka kwa Mwenyezi:
1427:14 Mao 2:22; Es 9:10; Hos 9:13; Ay 20:10; 2Fal 10:6-10Hata kama watoto wake watakuwa wengi kiasi gani,
fungu lao ni kuuawa kwa upanga;
wazao wake hawatakuwa kamwe
na chakula cha kuwatosha.
1527:15 Za 78:64Tauni itawazika wale watakaonusurika miongoni mwao,
nao wajane wao hawatawaombolezea.
1627:16 Zek 9:3Ajapokusanya fedha nyingi kama mavumbi,
na mavazi kama malundo ya udongo wa mfinyanzi,
1727:17 Mit 13:22; Mhu 2:26yale yote mtu mwovu aliyojiwekea akiba, mwenye haki atayavaa,
naye asiye na hatia ataigawanya fedha yake.
1827:18 Ay 8:14; Isa 1:8; 24:20; Mao 2:6Nyumba aijengayo ni kama utando wa buibui,
kama kibanda alichotengeneza mlinzi.
1927:19 Ay 3:13; Hes 20:26Yeye hulala akiwa tajiri, lakini ndiyo mara ya mwisho;
afunguapo macho yake, yote yametoweka.
2027:20 Ay 15:21; 20:8Vitisho humjia kama mafuriko;
dhoruba humkumba ghafula usiku.
2127:21 Ay 38:24; Yer 13:24; Ay 30:22; 7:10; Yer 22:22Upepo mkali wa mashariki humchukua, naye hutoweka;
humzoa kutoka mahali pake.
2227:22 Yer 13:14; Eze 5:11; Ay 11:20Humvurumisha bila huruma,
huku akikimbia kasi kukwepa nguvu zake.
2327:23 Ay 7:10; 18:18Upepo humpigia makofi kwa dharau,
na kumfukuza atoke mahali pake.
1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,27.1 continued: Heb. added to take up 2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;27.2 vexed…: Heb. made my soul bitter 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;27.3 the spirit…: that is, the breath which God gave him 4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.27.6 so long…: Heb. from my days
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.27.11 by…: or, being in the hand, etc 12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.27.22 he…: Heb. in fleeing he would flee 23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
