Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Tete Naamatitɔ, Zofar ɖo eŋu nɛ be,
2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
“Nu siwo le fu ɖem na nye susue dɔm be maɖo eŋu na wò elabena metsi dzi le ɖokuinye me ŋutɔ.
3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
Mese mokaname aɖe si ɖe bubu le ŋunye, eye nye gɔmesese de dzi ƒo nam be maɖo nyawo ŋu.
4 Knowest thou [not] this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
“Meka ɖe edzi be ènya ale si wònɔ tso blema, tso ɣeyiɣi si ke wowɔ amegbetɔ da ɖe anyigba dzi be
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe nukoko nu mesena yina o, eye Mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe aseyetsotso nɔa anyi ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe ko.
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Togbɔ be eƒe dada yi ɖatɔ dziƒo, eƒe ta yi ɖatɔ lilikpowo ke hã la,
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
atsrɔ̃ gbidii abe eya ŋutɔ ƒe afɔdzi ene eye ame siwo kpɔe la agblɔ be, ‘Afi ka wòle?’
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.
Edzona dzona abe drɔ̃e ene, womagakpɔe o eye wòabu abe ŋutega si wokpɔ le zã me ene.
9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Ŋku si kpɔe la magakpɔe akpɔ o, eye eƒe nɔƒe hã magakpɔe akpɔ o.
10 His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.
Ele be viawo nawɔ ɖɔɖɔɖo anyo dɔ me na ame dahewo, eya ŋutɔ ƒe asiwo aɖe asi le eƒe kesinɔnuwo ŋu.
11 His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Ɖekakpuimeŋusẽ dzodzoe si yɔ eƒe ƒuwo me la aku kplii ayi ke me.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
“Togbɔ be nu vɔ̃ɖi vivi le eƒe nu me, eye wòɣlae ɖe eƒe aɖe te,
13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
togbɔ be mate ŋu aɖe asi le eŋu o eye wòbe ɖe nu me nɛ hã la,
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
eƒe nuɖuɖu ave le eƒe dɔ me, eye wòazu da ƒe aɖi le eƒe dɔgbowo me.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Atu kesinɔnu siwo wòmi la aƒu gbe. Mawu ana eƒe dɔgbowo nadzɔ wo katã aƒo ɖi.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
Eno da ƒe aɖi eye ƒli ƒe aɖi awui.
17 He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
Makpɔ gome le tɔʋu kple tɔsisi siwo me anyitsi kple notsi babla le sisim le la me o.
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
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 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away an house, and he shall not build it up.
elabena ete ame dahewo ɖe to wozu hiãtɔwo eye wòxɔ aƒe siwo metu o.
20 Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
“Vavã makpɔ gbɔdzɔe le eƒe nudzodzrowo me o eye maɖe eɖokui to eƒe nunɔamesiwo dzi o.
21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Naneke masusɔ nɛ esi wòavuvu o eƒe kesinɔnuwo matɔ ɖi o.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
Le eƒe nukpɔkpɔ gbogboawo dome la, xaxa ava edzi eye hiãtuame ƒe ŋusẽ katã ava edzi.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Ne eƒe ƒodo yɔ nyuie la Mawu atrɔ eƒe dziku bibi akɔ ɖe edzi eye wòana eƒe dɔmedzoe nadza ɖe edzi.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Togbɔ be esi le gayibɔlãnu nu hã la, akɔbliŋutrɔ ƒo ɖee.
25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.
Eɖee do goe tso eƒe lãme eye wòho eƒe tsutsyɔeƒe le eƒe aklã me. Ŋɔdzi alée,
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; it shall consume that which 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 shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
Dziƒo aɖe eƒe vodada ɖe go eye anyigba atso ɖe eŋu.
28 The increase of his house shall depart, [his goods] shall flow away in 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 the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Esia nye gomekpɔkpɔ si Mawu ɖo ɖi na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo, eye wònye domenyinu tso Mawu gbɔ na wo.”
