Job 20
1 Then Zophar replied,
Ndipo Sofari Mnaamathi akajibu:
2 “I am very perturbed about what you have said, so I want to reply very quickly.
“Mawazo yanayonisumbua yananisukuma kujibu, kwa sababu nimehangaika sana.
3 By saying these things you have insulted me, but I know how (OR, because I understand very much) I can reply to you.
Ninasikia makaripio ambayo yananivunjia heshima, nao ufahamu wangu unanisukuma kujibu.
4 “Do you not know that from long ago, ever since people were first put on the earth,
“Hakika unajua jinsi ilivyokuwa tangu zamani, tangu zamani mwanadamu alipowekwa duniani,
5 wicked people [like you] do not continue to rejoice for a long time, ungodly people are happy only for a (moment/very short time) [HYP]?
macheko ya mtu mwovu ni ya muda mfupi, nayo furaha ya wasiomcha Mungu hudumu kwa kitambo tu.
6 [Even] though their reputation/pride reaches up to the sky and their fame goes up as high as the clouds,
Ingawa kujikweza kwake hufikia mbinguni na kichwa chake hugusa mawingu,
7 they will disappear forever, like their own dung, and those who knew them will ask, ‘(Where did they go/What happened to them)?’
ataangamia milele kama mavi yake mwenyewe. Wale waliomwona watauliza, ‘Yuko wapi?’
8 They will be forgotten like [SIM] a dream is, and they will exist no more. They will vanish, like visions [that people see] during the night.
Kama ndoto hutoweka, wala hapatikani tena, amefukuziwa mbali kama maono ya usiku.
9 Those who saw those people previously will never see them again; even their families [MTY] will not see them any more.
Jicho lililomwona halitamwona tena; mahali pake hapatamwona tena.
10 Their children will be forced to return the valuable things that those children stole from poor people [DOU].
Watoto wake watalipa yote baba yao aliyowadhulumu maskini, nayo mikono yake itarudisha mali yote aliyonyangʼanya watu.
11 Previously their bodies were young and strong, but they will die and [their bodies will] be buried in the ground.
Nguvu za ujana zilizoijaza mifupa yake, zitalala naye mavumbini.
12 “Doing wicked things was like having sweet food in their mouths, and they wanted to continue to taste it.
“Ingawa uovu ni mtamu kinywani mwake naye huuficha chini ya ulimi wake,
13 And they did not want to stop doing those things,
ingawa hawezi kukubali kuuachia uende, lakini huuweka kinywani mwake.
14 [but some day] the evil things that they enjoyed doing will become like food [that they swallow] [and which becomes] as bitter as snake venom.
Hata hivyo chakula chake kitakuwa kichungu tumboni mwake, nacho kitakuwa sumu kali ya nyoka ndani yake.
15 Wicked people will not continue to keep the money they have accumulated, like people do not keep the food that they vomit. God takes their wealth from them.
Atatema mali alizozimeza; Mungu atalifanya tumbo lake kuzitapika.
16 What wicked people do is [like] [MET] swallowing snake venom; it will kill them like [MET] the bite of a poisonous snake kills people.
Atanyonya sumu za majoka; meno ya nyoka mwenye sumu kali yatamuua.
17 They will not remain alive to see abundant blessings [IDM] [from God], milk and olive oil and honey, that are [so abundant they are] like [MET] a stream that flows by.
Hatafurahia vijito, mito inayotiririsha asali na siagi.
18 They will be forced to give back the things that they stole from the poor; they will not be able to continue to enjoy those things. They will not remain happy because of what they got from their businesses,
Vile alivyovitaabikia atavirudisha bila kuvila; hatafurahia faida itokanayo na biashara yake.
19 because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses [by cheating them].
Kwa kuwa aliwaonea maskini na kuwaacha pasipo kitu; amenyangʼanya kwa nguvu nyumba asizozijenga.
20 “They were always greedy and never satisfied. They just keep dreaming about owning more and more things.
“Hakika hatakuwa na raha katika kutamani kwake sana; hawezi kujiokoa mwenyewe kwa hazina zake.
21 When they finished eating their food, there was never anything left over [because they had greedily eaten it all]; but now their prosperity will end.
Hakuna chochote kitakachosalia kwa ajili yake ili ale; kufanikiwa kwake hakutadumu.
22 When they are extremely prosperous/wealthy, they will suddenly experience a lot of trouble. (Misery will strike them and crush them [PRS]/They will suffer very greatly).
Katikati ya wingi wa ustawi wake, dhiki itampata; taabu itamjia kwa nguvu zote.
23 When the wicked people are filling their stomachs, God will show that he is very angry with them and punish them; the punishment [that he gives them] will be like [MET] rain falling on them.
Atakapokuwa amelijaza tumbo lake, Mungu ataionyesha ghadhabu kali dhidi yake, na kumnyeshea mapigo juu yake.
24 They will try to escape from [being killed by] iron weapons, but arrows with bronze points will pierce them.
Ijapokuwa aikimbia silaha ya chuma, mshale wa shaba utamchoma.
25 The arrows will [go completely through their bodies and] stick out of their backs; the shiny points of the arrows will have blood dripping from them, and those wicked people will be terrified.
Atauchomoa katika mgongo wake, ncha ingʼaayo kutoka ini lake. Vitisho vitakuja juu yake;
26 Their valuable possessions will all be destroyed; a fire that is not lit by humans, [but by God, ] will burn them up and also destroy the things that are left in their tents.
giza nene linavizia hazina zake. Moto usiopepewa na mtu utamteketeza, na kuangamiza yaliyosalia nyumbani mwake.
27 The [angels in] heaven [MTY] will reveal the sins that those wicked people have committed, and [people on] earth will stand up and testify against them.
Mbingu zitaweka wazi hatia yake, nayo nchi itainuka kinyume chake.
28 When God punishes [MTY] [people], all the possessions in the wicked people’s houses will be carried away by a flood.
Mafuriko yataichukua nyumba yake, maji yaendayo kasi katika siku ya ghadhabu ya Mungu.
29 That is what will happen to wicked people [like you]; that is what God has decided will happen to them.”
Hili ndilo fungu Mungu alilowagawia waovu, urithi uliowekwa kwa ajili yao na Mungu.”
