Ayubu: Mateso Yangu Hayana Mwisho
17:1 Ay 14:6, 13-14; Isa 40:2; Law 25:50; Za 39:4; Mhu 3:1, 2; Ay 5:7“Je, mwanadamu hana kazi ngumu duniani?
Siku zake si kama zile za mtu aliyeajiriwa?
27:2 Law 19:13; Ay 14:1; Mhu 2:23; Ay 14:6Kama mtumwa anavyovionea shauku vivuli vya jioni,
au mtu aliyeajiriwa anavyoungojea mshahara wake,
37:3 Mhu 4:1; Mao 1:2, 16; Za 39:5; Mhu 1:14; Isa 16:9; Yer 9:1ndivyo nilivyogawiwa miezi ya ubatili,
nami nimeandikiwa huzuni usiku hata usiku.
47:4 Kum 28:67; Ay 7:13-14Wakati nilalapo ninawaza, ‘Itachukua muda gani kabla sijaamka?’
Usiku huwa mrefu, nami najigeuzageuza hadi mapambazuko.
57:5 Ay 17:14; Za 38:5-7; Isa 1:6Mwili wangu umevikwa mabuu na uchafu,
ngozi yangu imetumbuka na kutunga usaha.
Ayubu Anamlilia Mungu
67:6 Za 39:5; 52:9; Isa 38:15; Ay 9:25; 13:15“Siku zangu zinapita upesi kuliko mtande wa kufuma,
nazo zinafikia mwisho wake bila matumaini.
77:7 Mhu 7:15; Yak 4:14; Ay 9:25; Za 78:39Kumbuka, Ee Mungu, maisha yangu ni kama pumzi;
macho yangu kamwe hayataona tena raha.
87:8 Isa 41:12; Mdo 20:25; Ay 20:9Lile jicho linaloniona sasa halitaniona tena;
utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.
97:9 Ay 30:15; 38:17; 2Sam 12:23; Za 39:13Kama vile wingu liondokavyo na kutoweka,
vivyo hivyo yeye ashukaye kaburini7:9 Kaburini hapa maana yake ni Kuzimu, kwa Kiebrania ni Sheol. harudi tena.
107:10 Ay 18:21; 21:18; 27:21; Za 58:9; Yer 18:17; 19:8; Za 37:10; 104:35Kamwe harudi tena nyumbani mwake;
wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
117:11 Za 39:1, 9“Kwa hiyo sitanyamaza;
nitanena kutokana na maumivu makuu ya roho yangu,
nitalalama kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
127:12 Mwa 1:21; Eze 32:2-3; Ay 38:8-11; Isa 1:14Je, mimi ni bahari, au mnyama mkubwa mno akaaye vilindini,
hata uniweke chini ya ulinzi?
137:13 Ay 7:11Ninapofikiri kwamba kitanda changu kitanifariji,
nacho kiti changu cha fahari kitapunguza malalamiko yangu,
147:14 Ay 9:34; 3:26; Mwa 41:8ndipo wanitisha kwa ndoto
na kunitia hofu kwa maono,
157:15 1Fal 19:4; Yn 4:3; Ay 6:9; Ufu 9:6hivyo ninachagua kujinyonga na kufa,
kuliko huu mwili wangu.
167:16 Mwa 27:46; Za 62:9; 1Fal 19:4; Ay 10:1; Mhu 6:11Ninayachukia maisha yangu; nisingetamani kuendelea kuishi.
Niache; siku zangu ni ubatili.
177:17 Za 144:3; 8:4; Ebr 2:6; Ay 4:19“Mwanadamu ni kitu gani hata umjali kiasi hiki,
kwamba unamtia sana maanani,
187:18 Ay 23:10; 14:3; Za 139:23; 17:3; 26:2; 66:10; 73:14kwamba unamwangalia kila asubuhi
na kumjaribu kila wakati?
197:19 Ay 7:16; 9:18; 13:26; 14:6; 27:2; Za 139:7Je, hutaacha kamwe kunitazama,
au kuniacha japo kwa kitambo kidogo tu?
207:20 Yer 7:19; Ay 6:4; 16:12; 35:6; Za 36:6Ikiwa nimetenda dhambi, nimekufanyia nini,
Ewe mlinzi wa wanadamu?
Kwa nini umeniweka niwe shabaha yako?
Je, nimekuwa mzigo kwako?
217:21 Yer 31:34; Mwa 3:19; Ay 9:28; Ebr 1:3; Za 119:120; 7:5; 22:15; 90:3; 104:29; Isa 43:25Kwa nini husamehi makosa yangu
na kuachilia dhambi zangu?
Kwa kuwa hivi karibuni nitalala mavumbini;
nawe utanitafuta, wala sitakuwepo.”
1Job continued,
“Don’t all human beings have to work hard on this earth?
Aren’t their days like the days of hired workers?
2I’ve been like a slave
who longs for the evening shadows to come.
I’ve been like a hired worker
who is waiting to be paid.
3I’ve been given several months that were useless to me.
My nights have been filled with suffering.
4When I lie down I think,
‘How long will it be before I can get up?’
The night drags on.
I toss and turn until sunrise.
5My body is covered with worms and sores.
My skin is broken. It has boils all over it.
6“My days pass by faster than a weaver can work.
They come to an end. I don’t have any hope.
7God, remember that my life is only a breath.
I’ll never be happy again.
8The eyes that see me now won’t see me anymore.
You will look for me. But I’ll be gone.
9When a cloud disappears, it’s gone forever.
And anyone who goes down to the grave never returns.
10He never comes home again.
Even his own family doesn’t remember him.
11“So I won’t keep quiet.
When I’m suffering greatly, I’ll speak out.
When my spirit is bitter, I’ll tell you how unhappy I am.
12Am I the ocean? Am I the sea monster?
If I’m not, why do you guard me so closely?
13Sometimes I think my bed will comfort me.
I think my couch will keep me from being unhappy.
14But even then you send me dreams that frighten me.
You send me visions that terrify me.
15So I would rather choke to death.
That would be better than living in this body of mine.
16I hate my life. I don’t want to live forever.
Leave me alone. My days don’t mean anything to me.
17“What are human beings that you think so much of them?
What are they that you pay so much attention to them?
18You check up on them every morning.
You test them every moment.
19Won’t you ever look away from me?
Won’t you leave me alone even for one second?
20If I’ve really sinned, tell me what I’ve done to you.
You see everything we do.
Why do you shoot your arrows at me?
Have I become a problem to you?
21Why don’t you forgive the wrong things I’ve done?
Why don’t you forgive me for my sins?
I’ll soon lie down in the dust of my grave.
You will search for me. But I’ll be gone.”
