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Ndipo Ayubu akajibu, na kusema,
Then Job answered:
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Jinsi ulivyomsaidia huyo asiye na uwezo! Jinsi ulivyouokoa mkono usio na nguvu!
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
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Jinsi ulivyomshauri huyo asiye na hekima! Na kutangaza ujuzi wa kweli kwa wingi!
How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!
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Je! Umetamka maneno kwa nani? Kisha ni roho ya nani iliyotoka kwako?
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
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Hao waliokufa watetema Chini ya maji na hao wayakaao.
The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
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Kaburi li wazi mbele yake, Uharibifu nao hauna kifuniko.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
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Yeye hutandaza kaskazi juu ya nafasi isiyo na kitu, Na kuutundika ulimwengu pasipo kitu.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
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Huyafunga maji ndani ya mawingu yake mazito; Na hilo wingu halipasuki chini yake.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
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Husitiri uso wa kiti chake cha enzi, Na kulitandaza wingu lake juu yake.
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
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Amepiga duara kuwa ni mpaka juu ya uso wa maji, Hata hapo mwanga na giza vinapopakana.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
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Nguzo za mbingu zatetemeka, Na kustaajabu kwa kukemea kwake.
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
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Huichafua bahari kwa uwezo wake, Na kumtema Rahabu kwa akili zake.
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
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Hizo mbingu hupambwa kwa roho yake; Mkono wake umemchoma nyoka aendaye mbio.
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
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Tazama, hivi ni viunga tu vya njia zake; Na jinsi yalivyo madogo manong'ono tusikiayo katika habari zake! Lakini ngurumo za uweza wake ni nani awezaye kuelewa nazo?</p>
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”