Job 20
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,
Zoofaari Naaʼimaatichi akkana jedhee deebise:
2 Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, even because of my haste that is in me.
“Waan ani akka malee jeeqameef, yaadni koo akka ani deebii kennu na kakaasa.
3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answers me.
Ani dheekkamsa na qaanessu dhagaʼaan jira; qalbiin koos akka ani deebii kennu na kakaasa.
4 Know thou this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
“Ati erga namni lafa irra kaaʼamee bara duriitii jalqabee wanni kun akkam akka ture ni beekta mitii?
5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
Burraaquun jalʼootaa yeroo gabaabaaf tura; gammachuun warra Waaqaaf hin bullees akkuma liphsuu ijaa ti.
6 Though his height mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds,
Of tuulummaan isaa samiiwwan gaʼee mataan isaa duumessawwan tuqus,
7 yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
inni akkuma awwaaraa bara baraan bada; warri duraan isa arganis, ‘Inni eessa jira?’ jedhu.
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Inni akkuma abjuu fiigee bada; deebiʼees hin argamu; akkuma mulʼata halkaniis dafee dhabama.
9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
Iji isaa argee ture deebiʼee isa hin argu; iddoon isaas siʼachi isa hin ilaalu.
10 His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.
Ijoolleen isaa hiyyeeyyiif beenyaa baasu; harki isaas qabeenya inni saame deebisee kennuu qaba.
11 His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Jabinni dargaggummaa kan lafee isaa keessa guute sun, isa wajjin biyyoo keessa ciisa.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
“Hamminni afaan isaa keessatti miʼaawee inni arraba isaa jala dhokfatu iyyuu,
13 though he spares it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
inni afaanii baafatee gatuu jibbee afaanuma ofii isaa keessa turfatu iyyuu,
14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within him.
nyaanni isaa garaa isaa keessatti dhangaggaaʼa; isa keessattis hadhaa bofaa taʼa.
15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
Inni qabeenya liqimse sana ni tufa; Waaqnis akka garaan isaa waan sana diddigu ni godha.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
Inni summii bofaa xuuxa; arrabni buutiis isa ajjeesa.
17 He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
Inni laga yaaʼu, burqaa dammaatii fi dhadhaa hin argu.
18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
Inni waan itti dadhabe utuu hin nyaatin deebisa; buʼaa daldala isaa irraa argatettis hin gammadu.
19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Inni hiyyeeyyii hacuucee harka duwwaa hambiseeraatii; mana ofii hin ijaarinis humnaan fudhateera.
20 Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights.
“Hawwii isaa hamaa sana irraa boqonnaa hin argatu; inni qabeenya isaatiin of oolchuu hin dandaʼu.
21 There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Wanni inni nyaatu tokko iyyuu hin hafuuf; badhaadhummaan isaas itti fufee hin jiraatu.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.
Utuma inni waan hunda qabuu rakkinni isatti dhufa; dhiphinni cimaanis isa qabata.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Yeroo inni garaa isaa guutatutti, Waaqni dheekkamsa isaa sodaachisaa sana itti erga; dhaʼicha isaa illee itti roobsa.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Inni miʼa lolaa sibiilaa baqatu illee, xiyya naasiitu isa waraana.
25 He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body, yea, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors are upon him.
Dudga isaa keessaa xiyya, tiruu isaa keessaa immoo fiixee calaqqisu buqqisa. Sodaan guddaan isa qabata;
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
dukkanni limixiinis riphee qabeenya isaa eeggata. Ibiddi namni tokko iyyuu hin afarsin gubee isa fixa; waan dunkaana isaa keessatti hafes ni barbadeessa.
27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
Samiiwwan balleessaa isaa saaxilu; laftis isatti kaati.
28 The increase of his house shall depart, flowed away in the day of his wrath.
Guyyaa dheekkamsa Waaqaatti lolaan mana isaa, bishaan yaaʼus miʼa isaa fudhatee deema.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
Carraan Waaqni cubbamootaaf kennu, dhaalli Waaqni isaaniif qoodes kanuma.”
