Job 20
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
Ndipo Sofari, Mnaamathi alijibu na kusema,
2 Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.
“Mawazo yangu yananifanya mimi nijibu kwa haraka kwa sababu ya mashaka yaliyomo ndani yangu mimi.
3 The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
Mimi ninasikia kukemewa ambako kunaniondolea heshima mimi, lakini roho kutoka katika ufahamu wangu hunijibu mimi.
4 This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?
Je, unafahamu kwamba ukweli huu kutoka enzi za kale, wakati Mungu alipomweka mwanadamu juu ya nchi:
5 That the singing of the wicked [is] short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
ushindi wa mtu mwovu ni mfupi, na furaha ya mtu asiyemcha Mungu hudumu kwa kitambo tu?
6 Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike —
Ingawa urefu wake yeye hufikia juu kwenye mbingu, na kichwa chake yeye kufikia kwenye mawingu,
7 As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where [is] he?'
bado mtu huyo atapotea siku zote kama mavi yake yeye mwenyewe; wale waliokuwa wamemuona yeye watasema, 'Yuko wapi yeye'?
8 As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
Yeye atapaa mbali kama ndoto na hataonekana; ndivyo ilivyo, yeye atakuwa amefukuzwa mbali kama ono la
9 The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.
usiku. Jicho ambalo lilimuona yeye halitamuona yeye tena; mahali pake hapatamuona yeye tena.
10 His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.
Watoto wake wataomba msamaha kwa watu maskini, mikono yake itaweza kurudisha utajiri wake.
11 His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.
Mifupa yake imejaa nguvu za ujanani, lakini zitalala naye chini katika mavumbi.
12 Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,
Japokuwa uovu ni mtamu katika mdomo wake yeye, japokuwa yeye anauficha chini ya ulimi wake yeye,
13 Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,
japokuwa anaushikilia pale na hauruhusu kwenda lakini bado huushikilia katika mdomo wake yeye -
14 His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps [is] in his heart.
chakula katika koromeo lake yeye hugeuka kuwa uchungu; hugeuka kuwa sumu ya majoka ndani yake yeye.
15 Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.
Yeye humeza chini utajiri, lakini yeye atautapika tena; Mungu atautoa nje kutoka katika tumbo lake yeye.
16 Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
Yeye atamumunya sumu ya majoka; ulimi wa nyoka mwenye sumu utamwua yeye.
17 He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.
Yeye hatafurahia vijito vya maji, wingi wa asali na siagi.
18 He is giving back [what] he laboured for, And doth not consume [it]; As a bulwark [is] his exchange, and he exults not.
Yeye atayarudisha matunda ya kazi yake na hataweza kuyala; yeye hatafurahia utajiri alioupata kwa biashara zake yeye.
19 For he oppressed — he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
Kwa kuwa yeye amewakandamiza na kuwasahau watu maskini; yeye kwa uonevu, amezichukua mbali nyumba ambazo hakuzijenga yeye.
20 For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.
Kwa sababu yeye mwenyewe hakujua utoshelevu wowote, yeye hataweza kuokoa kitu chochote katika kile ambacho alijifurahisha.
21 There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay.
Hakuna chochote kilichoachwa ambacho yeye hakukimeza; kwa hiyo mafanikio yake yeye hayatakuwa ya kudumu.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.
katika wingi wa utajiri wake yeye ataanguka katika mahangaiko; mkono wa kila mmoja ambaye yuko katika umaskini utakuja kinyume chake yeye.
23 It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.
Wakati akiwa katika kulijaza tumbo lake, Mungu atatupa hasira ya ghadhabu yake juu yake yeye; Mungu ataunyeshea chini juu yake yeye wakati yeye anakula.
24 He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.
Ingawa mtu huyo atakimbia kutoka katika silaha ya chuma, upinde wa shaba utampiga yeye.
25 One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him [are] terrors.
Mshale utatoboa kupitia mgongoni mwake na utatokezea; ni dhahiri, ncha inayong'ra itatokezea nje kupitia ini lake yeye; watesi huja tena juu yake.
26 All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.
Giza lliilo kamilika limetunzwa kwa akiba zake; moto usiopulizwa utamla yeye kwa haraka; utameza kile kilichoachwa katika hema yake.
27 Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.
Mbingu zitauweka wazi uovu wake, na nchi itainuka juu dhidi yake yeye kama shahidi.
28 Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.
Utajiri wa nyumba yake utatoweka; bidhaa zake zitamwagika mbali siku ya ghadhabu ya Mungu.
29 This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.
Hii ndiyo sehemu ya mtu mwovu kutoka kwa Mungu, urithi uliotunzwa akiba na Mungu kwa ajili yake yeye.”
