Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said,
Tete Naamatitɔ, Zofar ɖo eŋu nɛ be,
2 Even therefore do my inmost thoughts give me an answer, and for this reason do I feel a strong excitement within me.
“Nu siwo le fu ɖem na nye susue dɔm be maɖo eŋu na wò elabena metsi dzi le ɖokuinye me ŋutɔ.
3 Reproof which casteth shame on me must I hear; yet out of my understanding will the spirit give me an answer.
Mese mokaname aɖe si ɖe bubu le ŋunye, eye nye gɔmesese de dzi ƒo nam be maɖo nyawo ŋu.
4 Dost thou know this? from the very beginning of things, from the very time when man was placed upon earth it was,
“Meka ɖe edzi be ènya ale si wònɔ tso blema, tso ɣeyiɣi si ke wowɔ amegbetɔ da ɖe anyigba dzi be
5 That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.
ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe nukoko nu mesena yina o, eye Mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe aseyetsotso nɔa anyi ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe ko.
6 Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds;
Togbɔ be eƒe dada yi ɖatɔ dziƒo, eƒe ta yi ɖatɔ lilikpowo ke hã la,
7 Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?
atsrɔ̃ gbidii abe eya ŋutɔ ƒe afɔdzi ene eye ame siwo kpɔe la agblɔ be, ‘Afi ka wòle?’
8 Like a dream will he fly away, and men will find him no more; yea, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
Edzona dzona abe drɔ̃e ene, womagakpɔe o eye wòabu abe ŋutega si wokpɔ le zã me ene.
9 If an eye have surveyed him, it will not do so again, and it will not behold him any more in his place.
Ŋku si kpɔe la magakpɔe akpɔ o, eye eƒe nɔƒe hã magakpɔe akpɔ o.
10 His children will suffer oppression from the indigent, and his hands will have to restore his [ill-gotten] wealth.
Ele be viawo nawɔ ɖɔɖɔɖo anyo dɔ me na ame dahewo, eya ŋutɔ ƒe asiwo aɖe asi le eƒe kesinɔnuwo ŋu.
11 [Now] his bones are full of his youthful vigor; but it will [suddenly] lie down with him in the dust.
Ɖekakpuimeŋusẽ dzodzoe si yɔ eƒe ƒuwo me la aku kplii ayi ke me.
12 If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;
“Togbɔ be nu vɔ̃ɖi vivi le eƒe nu me, eye wòɣlae ɖe eƒe aɖe te,
13 He will cherish it, and not forsake it; and hold it back within his palate;
togbɔ be mate ŋu aɖe asi le eŋu o eye wòbe ɖe nu me nɛ hã la,
14 His food is thus changed within his bowels, and becometh the venom of asps within him.
eƒe nuɖuɖu ave le eƒe dɔ me, eye wòazu da ƒe aɖi le eƒe dɔgbowo me.
15 The wealth which he hath swallowed, will he have to vomit up again; God will drive it out of his belly.
Atu kesinɔnu siwo wòmi la aƒu gbe. Mawu ana eƒe dɔgbowo nadzɔ wo katã aƒo ɖi.
16 The poison of asps will he have to suck; the viper's tongue will slay him.
Eno da ƒe aɖi eye ƒli ƒe aɖi awui.
17 He shall not look with pleasure on streams, on flowing brooks of honey and cream.
Makpɔ gome le tɔʋu kple tɔsisi siwo me anyitsi kple notsi babla le sisim le la me o.
18 He restoreth what he hath labored for, and will not swallow it down; however much he may have obtained by toil, he will not have any joy of it.
Maɖu nu siwo ŋu wòdze agbagba le o, ke boŋ atsɔ wo ana eye maɖu viɖe si do tso eƒe asitsatsa hã me o
19 Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;
elabena ete ame dahewo ɖe to wozu hiãtɔwo eye wòxɔ aƒe siwo metu o.
20 Because he knew not quietness in his bosom, shall he not escape through what is the most precious to him.
“Vavã makpɔ gbɔdzɔe le eƒe nudzodzrowo me o eye maɖe eɖokui to eƒe nunɔamesiwo dzi o.
21 Nothing was spared from his craving to eat: therefore shall his wealth not prosper.
Naneke masusɔ nɛ esi wòavuvu o eƒe kesinɔnuwo matɔ ɖi o.
22 In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of [those he] troubled will come against him.
Le eƒe nukpɔkpɔ gbogboawo dome la, xaxa ava edzi eye hiãtuame ƒe ŋusẽ katã ava edzi.
23 In order to fill his belly, [God] will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.
Ne eƒe ƒodo yɔ nyuie la Mawu atrɔ eƒe dziku bibi akɔ ɖe edzi eye wòana eƒe dɔmedzoe nadza ɖe edzi.
24 If he flee from the iron weapon, the brazen bow will strike him through.
Togbɔ be esi le gayibɔlãnu nu hã la, akɔbliŋutrɔ ƒo ɖee.
25 He draweth it, and it cometh out of the body; yea, out of his gall the glittering [arrow] cometh forth: over him come the terrors [of death].
Eɖee do goe tso eƒe lãme eye wòho eƒe tsutsyɔeƒe le eƒe aklã me. Ŋɔdzi alée,
26 Entire darkness is laid by for his treasures: a fire not urged by blowing will consume him; it will destroy any one that is left in his tent.
eye viviti tsiɖitsiɖi le eƒe kesinɔnuwo lalam. Dzo si womeƒlɔ ɖo o la afiae eye wòabi nu si susɔ ɖe eƒe agbadɔ me la keŋkeŋkeŋ.
27 The heavens will lay open his iniquity; and the earth will raise herself up against him.
Dziƒo aɖe eƒe vodada ɖe go eye anyigba atso ɖe eŋu.
28 The product of his house will be banished, flowing away on the day of his wrath.
Tsiɖɔɖɔ akplɔ eƒe aƒe adzoe eye le Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoeŋkeke la dzi la, tsi sisiwo akplɔe adzoe.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and his decreed heritage from God.
Esia nye gomekpɔkpɔ si Mawu ɖo ɖi na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo, eye wònye domenyinu tso Mawu gbɔ na wo.”
