Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Tete Naamatitɔ, Zofar ɖo eŋu nɛ be,
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.
“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 check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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, 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 hypocrite [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 excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to 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 who 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 will 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 also [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 to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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 the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Ɖekakpuimeŋusẽ dzodzoe si yɔ eƒe ƒuwo me la aku kplii ayi ke me.
12 Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, [though] he may hide it under his tongue;
“Togbɔ be nu vɔ̃ɖi vivi le eƒe nu me, eye wòɣlae ɖe eƒe aɖe te,
13 [Though] he may spare it, and forsake it not; 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 food 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 see the river, the floods, the brooks of honey and buttermilk.
Makpɔ gome le tɔʋu kple tɔsisi siwo me anyitsi kple notsi babla le sisim le la me o.
18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it]: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [in 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 hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
elabena ete ame dahewo ɖe to wozu hiãtɔwo eye wòxɔ aƒe siwo metu o.
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
“Vavã makpɔ gbɔdzɔe le eƒe nudzodzrowo me o eye maɖe eɖokui to eƒe nunɔamesiwo dzi o.
21 There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Naneke masusɔ nɛ esi wòavuvu o eƒe kesinɔnuwo matɔ ɖi o.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked 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 fury 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 steel shall strike him through.
Togbɔ be esi le gayibɔlãnu nu hã la, akɔbliŋutrɔ ƒo ɖee.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword 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 [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
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 heaven 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, [and 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 to him by God.
Esia nye gomekpɔkpɔ si Mawu ɖo ɖi na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo, eye wònye domenyinu tso Mawu gbɔ na wo.”
