Job 12 – NIV & NEN

New International Version

Job 12:1-25

Job

1Then Job replied:

2“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,

and wisdom will die with you!

3But I have a mind as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know all these things?

4“I have become a laughingstock to my friends,

though I called on God and he answered—

a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

5Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune

as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

6The tents of marauders are undisturbed,

and those who provoke God are secure—

those God has in his hand.12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand

7“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,

or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;

8or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,

or let the fish in the sea inform you.

9Which of all these does not know

that the hand of the Lord has done this?

10In his hand is the life of every creature

and the breath of all mankind.

11Does not the ear test words

as the tongue tastes food?

12Is not wisdom found among the aged?

Does not long life bring understanding?

13“To God belong wisdom and power;

counsel and understanding are his.

14What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;

those he imprisons cannot be released.

15If he holds back the waters, there is drought;

if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.

16To him belong strength and insight;

both deceived and deceiver are his.

17He leads rulers away stripped

and makes fools of judges.

18He takes off the shackles put on by kings

and ties a loincloth12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt around their waist.

19He leads priests away stripped

and overthrows officials long established.

20He silences the lips of trusted advisers

and takes away the discernment of elders.

21He pours contempt on nobles

and disarms the mighty.

22He reveals the deep things of darkness

and brings utter darkness into the light.

23He makes nations great, and destroys them;

he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;

he makes them wander in a trackless waste.

25They grope in darkness with no light;

he makes them stagger like drunkards.

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Ayubu 12:1-25

Hotuba Ya Nne Ya Ayubu

Ayubu Anajibu: Mimi Ni Mtu Wa Kuchekwa

1Ndipo Ayubu akajibu:

212:2 Ay 15:8; 17:10“Bila shaka ninyi ndio watu,

nayo hekima itakoma mtakapokufa!

312:3 Ay 13:2; 15:9Lakini mimi ninao ufahamu kama ninyi;

mimi si duni kwenu.

Ni nani asiyejua mambo haya yote?

412:4 Mwa 6:9; 38:23; Ay 21:3; 15:16; Za 91:15“Nimekuwa mtu wa kuchekwa na rafiki zangu,

ingawa nilimwita Mungu naye akanijibu:

mimi ni mtu wa kuchekwa tu,

ingawa ni mwadilifu na nisiye na hatia!

512:5 Za 123:4; 17:5; 37:31; 38:16; 66:9; 73:2; 94:18; Mit 14:2Wanadamu wakiwa katika utulivu huwa na dharau kwa wale wenye msiba

kana kwamba ndiyo haki ya wale ambao miguu yao inateleza.

612:6 Ay 5:24; 22:18; 9:24Hema za wanyangʼanyi hazisumbuliwi,

wale wanaomghadhibisha Mungu wako salama:

wale wamchukuao mungu wao mikononi mwao.

712:7 Ay 35:11; 18:3; Mt 6:26; Rum 1:20“Lakini ulizeni wanyama, nao watawafundisha,

au ndege wa angani, nao watawaambia;

8au zungumzeni na dunia, nayo itawafundisha,

au acheni samaki wa baharini wawape taarifa.

912:9 Isa 41:20; 1:3; Ay 9:24Ni nani miongoni mwa hawa wote asiyejua

kwamba mkono wa Bwana ndio uliofanya hili?

1012:10 Hes 16:22; Mdo 17:28; Dan 5:23Mkononi mwake kuna uhai wa kila kiumbe,

na pumzi ya wanadamu wote.

1112:11 Ay 34:3Je, sikio haliyajaribu maneno

kama vile ulimi uonjavyo chakula?

1212:12 1Fal 4:2; Ay 15:10; 17:4; 32:7, 9; 34:4, 10Je, hekima haipatikani katikati ya wazee?

Je, maisha marefu hayaleti ufahamu?

1312:13 Mit 21:30; Isa 45:9; Yer 32:19; 1Kor 1:24; Dan 1:17“Hekima na nguvu ni vya Mungu;

shauri na ufahamu ni vyake yeye.

1412:14 Ay 16:9; 9:3; Kum 13:16; Eze 26:14; Ufu 3:7; Za 127:1; Isa 24:20; 25:2Kile anachokibomoa hakiwezi kujengeka tena;

mtu aliyefungiwa naye hawezi kufunguliwa.

1512:15 1Fal 8:35; Isa 40:12; Kum 28:22; Mwa 7:11, 14Akizuia maji, huwa pana ukame;

akiyaachia maji, huharibu nchi.

1612:16 2Nya 18:22; Rum 2:11; Ay 9:4; 13:7, 9; 27:4Kwake kuna nguvu na ushindi;

adanganywaye na adanganyaye, wote wawili ni wake.

1712:17 Ay 12:19; 19:9; Isa 20:4; Ay 3:14; 1Kor 1:20Yeye huwaondoa washauri wakiwa wametekwa nyara,

naye huwapumbaza wanaotoa maamuzi.

1812:18 Za 107:14; 116:16; Nah 1:13; Ay 12:21; 34:18Huondoa pingu zilizofungwa na wafalme,

na kuwafunga mishipi ya kiunoni.

1912:19 Dan 2:21, 34; Kum 24:15; Ay 9:24; 14:20; 22:8; 24:12, 22; 12:17; Isa 2:22Huwaondoa makuhani wakiwa wametekwa nyara,

na kuwaangusha waliojiimarisha muda mrefu.

2012:20 Yer 32:9; Kum 4:33-34; Ay 12:12, 24; Dan 4:33-34Hunyamazisha midomo ya washauri wanaoaminika,

na kuondoa busara ya wazee.

2112:21 Ay 12:18; 3:15; Isa 34:12Huwamwagia dharau wanaoheshimika,

na kuwavua silaha wenye nguvu.

2212:22 1Kor 4:5; Ay 3:5; Za 139:12; Dan 2:22Hufunua mambo ya ndani ya gizani,

na kuyaleta nuruni yale yaliyositirika sana.

2312:23 Isa 13:4; 54:3; Kut 34:24; Mt 10:26Huyafanya mataifa yatukuke na kuyaangamiza;

hufanya mataifa kuwa makubwa, naye huyatawanya.

24Huwaondolea viongozi wa nchi akili zao;

huwapeleka watangetange nyikani pasipo na njia.

2512:25 Kum 28:29; Ay 5:14; Za 107:27; Isa 24:20Hupapasa gizani pasipokuwa na mwanga;

huwafanya wapepesuke kama walevi.