Yobu 20
1 Pamenepo Zofari wa ku Naama anayankha kuti
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
2 “Kuvutika kwa mʼmaganizo kwanga kwandifulumiza kuti ndiyankhe chifukwa ndasautsidwa kwambiri.
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
3 Ndikumva kudzudzula kondinyoza, ndipo kumvetsetsa kwanga kwa zinthu kwandifulumiza kuti ndiyankhe.
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.
4 “Ndithudi iwe ukudziwa momwe zinthu zakhala zikuchitikira kuyambira kale, kuchoka nthawi imene munthu analengedwa pa dziko lapansi,
Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
5 kuti chisangalalo cha woyipa nʼchosachedwa kutha, chimwemwe cha wosapembedza Mulungu nʼchakanthawi kochepa.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6 Ngakhale atamayenda mapewa ake ali mmwamba ndipo mutu wake uli nengʼaa,
Though his excellency 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?’
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'
8 Adzazimirira ngati maloto ndipo sadzapezekanso, adzachotsedwa ngati masomphenya a usiku.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9 Diso limene linamuona silidzamuonanso; sadzapezekanso pamalo pake.
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 Ana ake adzabwezera zonse zimene iyeyo analanda anthu osauka;
His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.
11 Mphamvu zaunyamata zimene zili mʼthupi mwake zidzagona naye limodzi mʼfumbi.
His bones are full of his youth, 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, though he hide it under his tongue;
13 ngakhale salola kuzilavula, ndipo amazisunga mʼkamwa mwake,
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
14 koma chakudya chake chidzawawasa mʼmimba mwake; chidzasanduka ngati ndulu ya njoka mʼkati mwa iyeyo.
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15 Adzachisanza chuma chimene anachimeza; Mulungu adzachitulutsa mʼmimba mwa munthuyo.
He hath swallowed down riches, and 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 slay him.
17 Sadzasangalala ndi timitsinje, mitsinje yoyenda uchi ndi mafuta.
He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.
18 Ayenera kubweza zimene anazigwirira ntchito osazidya; sadzasangalala ndi phindu la malonda ake.
That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
19 Pakuti iye anapondereza anthu osauka ndipo anawasiya wopanda thandizo; iyeyo analanda nyumba zimene sanamange.
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
20 “Chifukwa choti umbombo wake sutha, sadzatha kusunga chilichonse chimene amakondwera nacho.
Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,
21 Palibe chatsala kuti iye adye; chuma chake sichidzachedwa kutha.
There was nothing left that he devoured not — 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; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
23 Akadya nʼkukhuta, Mulungu adzamugwetsera ukali wamoto ngati mvula yosalekeza.
It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him, and shall cause it to rain upon him into his flesh.
24 Ngakhale athawe mkondo wachitsulo, muvi wamkuwa wosongoka udzamulasa.
If he flee 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, and it cometh out of his body; yea, the glittering point cometh 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 by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that 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, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29 Izi ndi zimene Mulungu amasungira anthu oyipa, mphotho imene Mulungu amayikira iwowo.”
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
