Job 6 – NIVUK & NEN

New International Version – UK

Job 6:1-30

Job

1Then Job replied:

2‘If only my anguish could be weighed

and all my misery be placed on the scales!

3It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas –

no wonder my words have been impetuous.

4The arrows of the Almighty are in me,

my spirit drinks in their poison;

God’s terrors are marshalled against me.

5Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass,

or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

6Is tasteless food eaten without salt,

or is there flavour in the sap of the mallow6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.?

7I refuse to touch it;

such food makes me ill.

8‘Oh, that I might have my request,

that God would grant what I hope for,

9that God would be willing to crush me,

to let loose his hand and cut off my life!

10Then I would still have this consolation –

my joy in unrelenting pain –

that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

11‘What strength do I have, that I should still hope?

What prospects, that I should be patient?

12Do I have the strength of stone?

Is my flesh bronze?

13Do I have any power to help myself,

now that success has been driven from me?

14‘Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend

forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

15But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,

as the streams that overflow

16when darkened by thawing ice

and swollen with melting snow,

17but that stop flowing in the dry season,

and in the heat vanish from their channels.

18Caravans turn aside from their routes;

they go off into the wasteland and perish.

19The caravans of Tema look for water,

the travelling merchants of Sheba look in hope.

20They are distressed, because they had been confident;

they arrive there, only to be disappointed.

21Now you too have proved to be of no help;

you see something dreadful and are afraid.

22Have I ever said, “Give something on my behalf,

pay a ransom for me from your wealth,

23deliver me from the hand of the enemy,

rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless”?

24‘Teach me, and I will be quiet;

show me where I have been wrong.

25How painful are honest words!

But what do your arguments prove?

26Do you mean to correct what I say,

and treat my desperate words as wind?

27You would even cast lots for the fatherless

and barter away your friend.

28‘But now be so kind as to look at me.

Would I lie to your face?

29Relent, do not be unjust;

reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.6:29 Or my righteousness still stands

30Is there any wickedness on my lips?

Can my mouth not discern malice?

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Ayubu 6:1-30

Hotuba Ya Pili Ya Ayubu

Ayubu Anajibu: Malalamiko Yangu Ni Ya Haki

1Kisha Ayubu akajibu:

26:2 Ay 31:6; Mit 11:1; Dan 5:27“Laiti uchungu wangu ungeweza kupimwa,

nayo taabu yangu yote ingewekwa kwenye mizani!

36:3 Mit 27:3; Ay 21:4; 16:6; 2Fal 4:29; Ay 6:11, 26; 7:11; 16:6Kwa kuwa hakika ingekuwa nzito kuliko mchanga wa bahari zote,

kwa hiyo si ajabu maneno yangu yamekuwa ya haraka.

46:4 Kum 32:23; Za 38:2; 88:15-18; Mao 3:12; Ay 16:12-14; Za 7:13; 18:14; 21:12; Mwa 17:1; Ay 7:20; 6:12, 13; Kum 32:32Mishale ya Mwenyezi iko ndani yangu,

roho yangu inakunywa sumu yake;

vitisho vya Mungu vimejipanga dhidi yangu.

56:5 Mwa 16:12; Ay 30:7; 30:24Je, punda-mwitu hulia akiwa na majani,

au ngʼombe dume hulia akiwa na chakula?

66:6 Ay 33:20; Za 107:18Je, chakula kisicho na ladha huliwa bila chumvi,

au upo utamu katika ute mweupe wa yai?

76:7 Za 31:22Ninakataa kuvigusa;

vyakula vya aina hii hunichukiza.

8“Laiti ningepata haja yangu,

kwamba Mungu angenijalia hilo nililotarajia,

96:9 1Fal 19:4; Za 31:22kwamba Mungu angekuwa radhi kuniponda,

kuuachia mkono wake na kunikatilia mbali!

106:10 Mk 8:38; Za 119:102; Law 19:2; 2Fal 19:22; Ay 2:11; 15:11; Za 94:19; 38:17; Yer 4:19; 45:3; Ay 22:22; 23:12Ndipo bado ningekuwa na hii faraja,

furaha yangu katika maumivu makali:

kwamba sikuwa nimeyakana maneno yake yeye Aliye Mtakatifu.

116:11 Ay 6:3“Ninazo nguvu gani, hata niendelee kutumaini?

Matazamio yangu ya mbele ni nini, hata niendelee kuwa mvumilivu?

126:12 Ay 26:2Je, mimi nina nguvu za jiwe?

Je, mwili wangu ni shaba?

136:13 Ay 26:2Je, ninao uwezo wowote wa kujisaidia mimi mwenyewe,

wakati ambapo mafanikio yamefukuziwa mbali nami?

146:14 Ay 4:5; 15:4; 1Sam 20:42; Za 38:11; 69:20; 1Yn 3:17; Mwa 17:1“Mtu anayekata tamaa angetazamia moyo wa kujitoa wa rafiki zake,

hata kama akiacha uchaji wa Mwenyezi.

156:15 Ay 13:4; 16:2; 21:34; Za 22:1; 38:11; Yer 15:18Lakini ndugu zangu sio wa kutegemewa,

ni kama vijito vya msimu,

ni kama vijito ambavyo hufurika

166:16 Za 147:18wakati vimefunikwa barafu iyeyukayo,

ambavyo hujazwa na theluji inayoyeyuka,

176:17 Ay 24:19lakini hukauka majira ya ukame,

na wakati wa hari hutoweka katika mikondo yake.

18Misafara hugeuka kutoka njia zake;

hukwea kwenda kwenye nchi ya ukiwa na kuangamia.

196:19 Mwa 25:15; Isa 21:14; Mwa 10:7, 28Misafara ya Tema inatafuta maji,

wafanyabiashara wa Sheba wanaosafiri

hutazama kwa matarajio.

206:20 Yer 14:3; Yoe 1:11Wamedhikika, kwa sababu walikuwa na matumaini;

wanafika huko, lakini wanahuzunika kwa kukosa walichotarajia.

216:21 Za 38:11Sasa nanyi mmethibitika kwamba hamna msaada wowote;

mnaona jambo la kutisha, nanyi mnaogopa.

226:22 Mdo 20:33; Hes 35:31; Ay 33:24; Za 49:7; Yer 15:10Je, nimewahi kusema, ‘Toeni kitu kwa ajili yangu,

au mnilipie fidia kutoka mali zenu,

236:23 2Fal 19:19au niokoeni mikononi mwa adui,

au nikomboeni kutoka makucha ya wasio na huruma’?

246:24 Mit 17:27; Mhu 5:2; Ay 2:10; 33:33; Za 39:1; 141:3; 39:1; Mit 10:19“Nifundisheni, nami nitanyamaza kimya;

nionyesheni nilikokosea.

256:25 Mhu 12:11; Isa 22:23Tazama yalivyo ya kuumiza maneno ya kweli!

Lakini mabishano yenu yanathibitisha nini?

266:26 Mwa 41:6; Yer 5:13; Ay 6:3; 8:2; 15:3; 16:3Je, mna maana ya kuyasahihisha ninayosema,

na kuyafanya maneno ya mtu anayekata tamaa kama upepo?

276:27 Nah 3:10; 2Pet 2:3; Eze 24:6; Yoe 3:3; Oba 1:11; Kut 22:22, 24; Isa 10:2; Ay 31:17Mngeweza hata kupiga kura kwa ajili ya yatima,

na kubadilishana rafiki yenu na mali.

286:28 Ay 9:15; 24:25; 27:4; 34:10; 33:1, 3; 34:6; 36:3, 4“Lakini sasa kuweni na huruma mkaniangalie mimi.

Je, ningeweza kusema uongo mbele zenu?

296:29 Za 66:10; Zek 13:9; Ay 19:6; 27:2; 40:8; Isa 40:27; Ay 2:3; 9:21; 10:7Tulizeni hasira, msiwe wadhalimu;

angalieni tena, kwa maana nimehatarisha uadilifu wangu.6:29 Au: haki yangu bado inasimama.

306:30 Ay 27:4; 33:8-12; Yak 3:13; Ay 12:11Je, pana uovu wowote midomoni mwangu?

Je, kinywa changu hakiwezi kupambanua hila?