Ayubu 20
1 Ndipo Sofari Mnaamathi akajibu:
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2 “Mawazo yanayonisumbua yananisukuma kujibu, kwa sababu nimehangaika sana.
“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3 Ninasikia makaripio ambayo yananivunjia heshima, nao ufahamu wangu unanisukuma kujibu.
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
4 “Hakika unajua jinsi ilivyokuwa tangu zamani, tangu zamani mwanadamu alipowekwa duniani,
Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
5 macheko ya mtu mwovu ni ya muda mfupi, nayo furaha ya wasiomcha Mungu hudumu kwa kitambo tu.
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6 Ingawa kujikweza kwake hufikia mbinguni na kichwa chake hugusa mawingu,
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
7 ataangamia milele kama mavi yake mwenyewe. Wale waliomwona watauliza, ‘Yuko wapi?’
yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 Kama ndoto hutoweka, wala hapatikani tena, amefukuziwa mbali kama maono ya usiku.
He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 Jicho lililomwona halitamwona tena; mahali pake hapatamwona tena.
The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
10 Watoto wake watalipa yote baba yao aliyowadhulumu maskini, nayo mikono yake itarudisha mali yote aliyonyangʼanya watu.
His children will seek the favour of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
11 Nguvu za ujana zilizoijaza mifupa yake, zitalala naye mavumbini.
His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
12 “Ingawa uovu ni mtamu kinywani mwake naye huuficha chini ya ulimi wake,
“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
13 ingawa hawezi kukubali kuuachia uende, lakini huuweka kinywani mwake.
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
14 Hata hivyo chakula chake kitakuwa kichungu tumboni mwake, nacho kitakuwa sumu kali ya nyoka ndani yake.
yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
15 Atatema mali alizozimeza; Mungu atalifanya tumbo lake kuzitapika.
He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
16 Atanyonya sumu za majoka; meno ya nyoka mwenye sumu kali yatamuua.
He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17 Hatafurahia vijito, mito inayotiririsha asali na siagi.
He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18 Vile alivyovitaabikia atavirudisha bila kuvila; hatafurahia faida itokanayo na biashara yake.
He will restore that for which he laboured, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
19 Kwa kuwa aliwaonea maskini na kuwaacha pasipo kitu; amenyangʼanya kwa nguvu nyumba asizozijenga.
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
20 “Hakika hatakuwa na raha katika kutamani kwake sana; hawezi kujiokoa mwenyewe kwa hazina zake.
“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
21 Hakuna chochote kitakachosalia kwa ajili yake ili ale; kufanikiwa kwake hakutadumu.
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 Katikati ya wingi wa ustawi wake, dhiki itampata; taabu itamjia kwa nguvu zote.
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
23 Atakapokuwa amelijaza tumbo lake, Mungu ataionyesha ghadhabu kali dhidi yake, na kumnyeshea mapigo juu yake.
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
24 Ijapokuwa aikimbia silaha ya chuma, mshale wa shaba utamchoma.
He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
25 Atauchomoa katika mgongo wake, ncha ingʼaayo kutoka ini lake. Vitisho vitakuja juu yake;
He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
26 giza nene linavizia hazina zake. Moto usiopepewa na mtu utamteketeza, na kuangamiza yaliyosalia nyumbani mwake.
All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.
27 Mbingu zitaweka wazi hatia yake, nayo nchi itainuka kinyume chake.
The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.
28 Mafuriko yataichukua nyumba yake, maji yaendayo kasi katika siku ya ghadhabu ya Mungu.
The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
29 Hili ndilo fungu Mungu alilowagawia waovu, urithi uliowekwa kwa ajili yao na Mungu.”
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
