Yobu 20
1 Pamenepo Zofari wa ku Naama anayankha kuti
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 “Kuvutika kwa mʼmaganizo kwanga kwandifulumiza kuti ndiyankhe chifukwa ndasautsidwa kwambiri.
Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
3 Ndikumva kudzudzula kondinyoza, ndipo kumvetsetsa kwanga kwa zinthu kwandifulumiza kuti ndiyankhe.
I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
4 “Ndithudi iwe ukudziwa momwe zinthu zakhala zikuchitikira kuyambira kale, kuchoka nthawi imene munthu analengedwa pa dziko lapansi,
Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 kuti chisangalalo cha woyipa nʼchosachedwa kutha, chimwemwe cha wosapembedza Mulungu nʼchakanthawi kochepa.
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
6 Ngakhale atamayenda mapewa ake ali mmwamba ndipo mutu wake uli nengʼaa,
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
7 iye adzatheratu monga momwe imatayikira ndowe yake yomwe; iwo amene ankamuona adzati, ‘Kodi uje uja ali kuti?’
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 Adzazimirira ngati maloto ndipo sadzapezekanso, adzachotsedwa ngati masomphenya a usiku.
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
9 Diso limene linamuona silidzamuonanso; sadzapezekanso pamalo pake.
The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
10 Ana ake adzabwezera zonse zimene iyeyo analanda anthu osauka;
His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
11 Mphamvu zaunyamata zimene zili mʼthupi mwake zidzagona naye limodzi mʼfumbi.
His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
12 “Ngakhale zoyipa zili zozuna mʼkamwa mwake ndipo amazibisa kunsi kwa lilime lake,
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue,
13 ngakhale salola kuzilavula, ndipo amazisunga mʼkamwa mwake,
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,
14 koma chakudya chake chidzawawasa mʼmimba mwake; chidzasanduka ngati ndulu ya njoka mʼkati mwa iyeyo.
His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
15 Adzachisanza chuma chimene anachimeza; Mulungu adzachitulutsa mʼmimba mwa munthuyo.
He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 Iye adzayamwa ndulu ya njoka ndipo ululu wa mphiri udzamupha.
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
17 Sadzasangalala ndi timitsinje, mitsinje yoyenda uchi ndi mafuta.
He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.
18 Ayenera kubweza zimene anazigwirira ntchito osazidya; sadzasangalala ndi phindu la malonda ake.
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].
19 Pakuti iye anapondereza anthu osauka ndipo anawasiya wopanda thandizo; iyeyo analanda nyumba zimene sanamange.
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
20 “Chifukwa choti umbombo wake sutha, sadzatha kusunga chilichonse chimene amakondwera nacho.
Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
21 Palibe chatsala kuti iye adye; chuma chake sichidzachedwa kutha.
Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
22 Ngakhale ndi munthu wachuma, mavuto adzamugwera; mavuto aakulu adzamugwera.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
23 Akadya nʼkukhuta, Mulungu adzamugwetsera ukali wamoto ngati mvula yosalekeza.
It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
24 Ngakhale athawe mkondo wachitsulo, muvi wamkuwa wosongoka udzamulasa.
If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25 Muviwo adzawutulutsira ku msana, songa yake yowala kuchoka mʼmphafa mwake. Adzagwidwa ndi mantha aakulu;
He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
26 mdima wandiweyani ukudikira chuma chake. Moto wopanda wowukoleza udzamupsereza ndi kuwononga zonse zotsala mʼnyumba yake.
All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
27 Zamumlengalenga zidzawulula kulakwa kwake; dziko lapansi lidzamuwukira.
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 Chigumula cha madzi chidzawononga nyumba yake, katundu wake adzatengedwa pa tsiku la ukali wa Mulungu.
The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.
29 Izi ndi zimene Mulungu amasungira anthu oyipa, mphotho imene Mulungu amayikira iwowo.”
This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
