Ayubu 20
1 Nake Zofaru ũrĩa Mũnaamathi agĩcookia atĩrĩ:
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered by saying:
2 “Meciiria makwa nĩ mathĩĩnĩku, na nĩkĩo ngũcookia, nĩ ũndũ nĩndangĩkĩte mũno.
In response, various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind moves quickly through different ideas.
3 Ndĩraigua irũithia rĩa kũnjonorithia, naguo ũmenyo wakwa nĩũranjĩkĩra hinya wa gũcookia.
The teaching you use to admonish me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding will respond for me.
4 “Ti-itherũ nĩũũĩ ũrĩa gũtũire kuuma tene rĩrĩa mũndũ aigirwo gũkũ thĩ ĩno,
This, I know, is from the beginning, from the time that man was set over the earth:
5 atĩ kũrũũhia kwa arĩa aaganu no gwa kahinda, o nakĩo gĩkeno kĩa andũ arĩa matooĩ Ngai no gĩa kahinda kanini.
that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.
6 O na gũtuĩka mwĩtĩĩo wake nĩ ũkinyaga o igũrũ, naguo mũtwe wake ũkahutia matu-rĩ,
If his pride ascends even towards the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
7 agaathira nginya tene o ta mai make mwene; arĩa manamuona mooragie atĩrĩ, ‘Kaĩ aathiire kũ?’
in the end, he will be destroyed like a trash heap, and those who had seen him will say: “Where is he?”
8 Airagĩria ta kĩroto, akaaga kuoneka rĩngĩ, akaingatwo ta kĩoneki kĩa ũtukũ.
Like a dream that flies away, he will not be found; he will pass away like a nightmare.
9 Riitho rĩrĩa rĩamuonaga rĩtikamuona rĩngĩ; harĩa aaikaraga hatikamuona rĩngĩ.
The eyes that had seen him, will not see him; no longer will his own place admire him.
10 Ciana ciake ikaageragia kwĩiguithania na athĩĩni; moko make mwene no nginya magaacookia ũtonga wake kũrĩa aaũrutire.
His sons will be worn away by poverty, and his own hands will deliver his grief to him.
11 Hinya wa wĩthĩ ũrĩa ũiyũrĩte mahĩndĩ-inĩ make ũgaakoma hamwe nake rũkũngũ-inĩ.
His bones will be filled with the vices of his youth, and they will sleep with him in the dust.
12 “O na gũtuĩka ũũru ũrĩ mũrĩo ũrĩ kanua gake, na nĩaũhithaga rungu rwa rũrĩmĩ rwake,
For, when evil will be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
13 o na gũtuĩka ndangĩhota kũũrekia na aũigaga kanua gake-rĩ,
He will permit it, and not abandon it, and he will conceal it in his throat.
14 irio ciake nĩikarũra irĩ nda yake; igaatuĩka ũrũrũ wa nduĩra thĩinĩ wake.
His bread in his belly will be turned into the venom of snakes within him.
15 Nĩagatahĩka ũtonga ũrĩa ameretie; Mũrungu nĩagatũma aũtahĩke.
The riches that he devours, he will vomit up, and from his stomach God will draw them out.
16 Nĩakoonga thumu wa nyoka; magego ma nyoka nĩmo makaamũũraga.
He will suck the head of snakes, and the tongue of the viper will kill him.
17 Ndagakenera tũrũũĩ, njũũĩ iria ithereraga ũũkĩ na ngorono.
(May he never see the streams of the river, the torrents of honey and butter.)
18 Kĩndũ kĩrĩa anogeire no nginya agagĩcookia atakĩrĩte; ndagakenera uumithio wa wonjoria wake.
He will be repaid for all he has done, yet he will not be consumed; according to the multitude of his schemes, so also will he suffer.
19 Nĩgũkorwo nĩahinyĩrĩirie athĩĩni, akamatiga matarĩ na kĩndũ; nĩatunyanĩte nyũmba iria ataakire.
For, having broken in, he stripped the poor. He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build.
20 “Ti-itherũ merirĩria make matingĩthira; ndangĩĩhonokia na indo iria eigĩire.
And yet his stomach will not be satisfied, and when he has the things he desires, he will not be able to possess them.
21 Gũtirĩ kĩndũ atigĩirio gĩa kũrĩa; ũtonga wake ndũgatũũra.
Nothing remained of his portion, and, because of this, nothing will continue of his kind.
22 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aiganĩire nĩ ũndũ wa kũingĩhia indo, mĩnyamaro nĩĩkamũnyiita; ũkĩa nĩũkamũkora na nditi nene.
When he will be satisfied, he will be constrained; he will seethe, and all anguish will fall upon him.
23 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aiyũrĩtie nda yake-rĩ, nĩguo Ngai akaarekereria marakara make mahiũ mamũkore na amuurĩrie mahũũra make.
May his stomach be filled, so that God may send forth the fury of his wrath to him and may rain down his battle upon him.
24 O na angĩũrĩra indo cia mbaara cia kĩgera, akaarathwo na mũguĩ wa gĩcango.
He will flee from weapons of iron, and he will fall in an arc of brass,
25 Aũcomoraga kuuma ngʼongʼo wake, mũtheece ũcio mũkengu akaũcomora kuuma ini-inĩ rĩake. Imakania nĩikamũkorerera;
which had been drawn and had issued forth from its sheath, glittering in its bitterness: the horrible ones will go forth and approach over him.
26 nduma nene nĩyetereire igĩĩna ciake. Mwaki ũtarĩ mũhurutĩre nĩũkamũcina, na ũniine kĩrĩa gĩtigaire thĩinĩ wa hema yake.
All darkness has been hidden in his secrecy. A fire that has not been set will devour him; he will be thrown down and forsaken in his tabernacle.
27 Igũrũ nĩrĩkaguũria wĩhia wake; thĩ nayo nĩĩkarahũka ĩmũũkĩrĩre.
The heavens will reveal his sinfulness, and the earth will rise up against him.
28 Kĩguũ nĩgĩgathereria nyũmba yake, indo cia nyũmba yake ithererio nĩ kĩguũ mũthenya ũcio wa mangʼũrĩ ma Ngai.
The offspring of his house will be exposed; he will be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.
29 Ũcio nĩguo ũndũ ũrĩa Ngai agayagĩra arĩa aaganu, igai rĩrĩa maathĩrĩirwo nĩ Mũrungu.”
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his words from the Lord.
