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Ndipo Ayubu akamjibu Bwana, na kusema.
Then Job replied to the LORD:
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Najua ya kuwa waweza kufanya mambo yote, Na ya kuwa makusudi yako hayawezi kuzuilika.
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
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Ni nani huyu afichaye mashauri bila maarifa? Kwa maana, nimesema maneno nisiyoyafahamu, Mambo ya ajabu ya kunishinda mimi, nisiyoyajua.
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
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Sikiliza, nakusihi, nami nitanena; Nitakuuliza neno, nawe niambie.
You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
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Nilikuwa nimesikia habari zako, kwa kusikia kwa masikio; Bali sasa jicho langu linakuona.
My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
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Kwa sababu hiyo najichukia nafsi yangu, na kutubu Katika mavumbi na majivu.
Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
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Basi ikawa, baada ya Bwana kumwambia Ayubu maneno hayo, Bwana akamwambia huyo Elifazi Mtemani, Hasira zangu zinawaka juu yako, na juu ya hao rafiki zako wawili; kwa kuwa ninyi hamkunena yaliyo sawa katika habari zangu, kama alivyonena mtumishi wangu Ayubu.
After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
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Basi sasa, jitwalieni ng'ombe waume saba, na kondoo waume saba, mkamwendee mtumishi wangu Ayubu, mjisongezee sadaka ya kuteketezwa; na huyo mtumishi wangu Ayubu atawaombea ninyi; kwa kuwa nitamridhia yeye, nisiwatende sawasawa na upumbavu wenu; kwani ninyi hamkunena maneno yaliyonyoka katika habari zangu, kama alivyonena mtumishi wangu Ayubu.
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
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Basi Elifazi, Mtemani, na Bildadi, Mshuhi, na Sofari, Mnaamathi, wakaenda, wakafanya kama vile Bwana alivyowaamuru; naye Bwana akamridhia Ayubu.
So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
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Kisha Bwana akaugeuza uteka wa Ayubu, hapo alipowaombea rafiki zake; Bwana naye akampa Ayubu mara mbili kuliko hayo aliyokuwa nayo kwanza.
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
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Ndipo wakamwendea nduguze wote, waume kwa wake, nao wote waliojuana naye hapo zamani, wakala chakula pamoja naye katika nyumba yake; nao wakamlilia na kumtuza moyo katika habari za huo uovu wote Bwana aliouleta juu yake; kila mtu akampa kipande cha fedha, na pete ya dhahabu kila mmoja.
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
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Basi hivyo Bwana akaubarikia huo mwisho wa Ayubu zaidi ya mwanzo wake; naye alikuwa na kondoo kumi na nne elfu, na ngamia elfu sita, na jozi za ng'ombe elfu, na punda wake elfu.
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
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Tena alikuwa na wana waume saba, na binti watatu.
And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
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Akamwita huyo wa kwanza jina lake Yemima; na wa pili akamwita jina lake Kesia; na wa tatu akamwita jina lake Keren-hapuhu.
He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
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Katika nchi hiyo yote hawakuwapo wanawake waliokuwa wazuri kama hao wana wa Ayubu; na baba yao akawapa urithi kati ya ndugu zao wana waume.
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
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Kisha baada ya mambo hayo Ayubu akaishi miaka mia na arobaini, naye akawaona wanawe, na wana wa wanawe, hata vizazi vinne.
After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
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Basi Ayubu akafa, mzee sana mwenye kujawa na siku.
And so Job died, old and full of years.