Ayubu 20
1 Ndipo Sofari, Mnaamathi alijibu na kusema,
Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said,
2 “Mawazo yangu yananifanya mimi nijibu kwa haraka kwa sababu ya mashaka yaliyomo ndani yangu mimi.
Even therefore do my inmost thoughts give me an answer, and for this reason do I feel a strong excitement within me.
3 Mimi ninasikia kukemewa ambako kunaniondolea heshima mimi, lakini roho kutoka katika ufahamu wangu hunijibu mimi.
Reproof which casteth shame on me must I hear; yet out of my understanding will the spirit give me an answer.
4 Je, unafahamu kwamba ukweli huu kutoka enzi za kale, wakati Mungu alipomweka mwanadamu juu ya nchi:
Dost thou know this? from the very beginning of things, from the very time when man was placed upon earth it was,
5 ushindi wa mtu mwovu ni mfupi, na furaha ya mtu asiyemcha Mungu hudumu kwa kitambo tu?
That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.
6 Ingawa urefu wake yeye hufikia juu kwenye mbingu, na kichwa chake yeye kufikia kwenye mawingu,
Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds;
7 bado mtu huyo atapotea siku zote kama mavi yake yeye mwenyewe; wale waliokuwa wamemuona yeye watasema, 'Yuko wapi yeye'?
Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?
8 Yeye atapaa mbali kama ndoto na hataonekana; ndivyo ilivyo, yeye atakuwa amefukuzwa mbali kama ono la
Like a dream will he fly away, and men will find him no more; yea, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 usiku. Jicho ambalo lilimuona yeye halitamuona yeye tena; mahali pake hapatamuona yeye tena.
If an eye have surveyed him, it will not do so again, and it will not behold him any more in his place.
10 Watoto wake wataomba msamaha kwa watu maskini, mikono yake itaweza kurudisha utajiri wake.
His children will suffer oppression from the indigent, and his hands will have to restore his [ill-gotten] wealth.
11 Mifupa yake imejaa nguvu za ujanani, lakini zitalala naye chini katika mavumbi.
[Now] his bones are full of his youthful vigor; but it will [suddenly] lie down with him in the dust.
12 Japokuwa uovu ni mtamu katika mdomo wake yeye, japokuwa yeye anauficha chini ya ulimi wake yeye,
If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue;
13 japokuwa anaushikilia pale na hauruhusu kwenda lakini bado huushikilia katika mdomo wake yeye -
He will cherish it, and not forsake it; and hold it back within his palate;
14 chakula katika koromeo lake yeye hugeuka kuwa uchungu; hugeuka kuwa sumu ya majoka ndani yake yeye.
His food is thus changed within his bowels, and becometh the venom of asps within him.
15 Yeye humeza chini utajiri, lakini yeye atautapika tena; Mungu atautoa nje kutoka katika tumbo lake yeye.
The wealth which he hath swallowed, will he have to vomit up again; God will drive it out of his belly.
16 Yeye atamumunya sumu ya majoka; ulimi wa nyoka mwenye sumu utamwua yeye.
The poison of asps will he have to suck; the viper's tongue will slay him.
17 Yeye hatafurahia vijito vya maji, wingi wa asali na siagi.
He shall not look with pleasure on streams, on flowing brooks of honey and cream.
18 Yeye atayarudisha matunda ya kazi yake na hataweza kuyala; yeye hatafurahia utajiri alioupata kwa biashara zake yeye.
He restoreth what he hath labored for, and will not swallow it down; however much he may have obtained by toil, he will not have any joy of it.
19 Kwa kuwa yeye amewakandamiza na kuwasahau watu maskini; yeye kwa uonevu, amezichukua mbali nyumba ambazo hakuzijenga yeye.
Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;
20 Kwa sababu yeye mwenyewe hakujua utoshelevu wowote, yeye hataweza kuokoa kitu chochote katika kile ambacho alijifurahisha.
Because he knew not quietness in his bosom, shall he not escape through what is the most precious to him.
21 Hakuna chochote kilichoachwa ambacho yeye hakukimeza; kwa hiyo mafanikio yake yeye hayatakuwa ya kudumu.
Nothing was spared from his craving to eat: therefore shall his wealth not prosper.
22 katika wingi wa utajiri wake yeye ataanguka katika mahangaiko; mkono wa kila mmoja ambaye yuko katika umaskini utakuja kinyume chake yeye.
In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of [those he] troubled will come against him.
23 Wakati akiwa katika kulijaza tumbo lake, Mungu atatupa hasira ya ghadhabu yake juu yake yeye; Mungu ataunyeshea chini juu yake yeye wakati yeye anakula.
In order to fill his belly, [God] will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.
24 Ingawa mtu huyo atakimbia kutoka katika silaha ya chuma, upinde wa shaba utampiga yeye.
If he flee from the iron weapon, the brazen bow will strike him through.
25 Mshale utatoboa kupitia mgongoni mwake na utatokezea; ni dhahiri, ncha inayong'ra itatokezea nje kupitia ini lake yeye; watesi huja tena juu yake.
He draweth it, and it cometh out of the body; yea, out of his gall the glittering [arrow] cometh forth: over him come the terrors [of death].
26 Giza lliilo kamilika limetunzwa kwa akiba zake; moto usiopulizwa utamla yeye kwa haraka; utameza kile kilichoachwa katika hema yake.
Entire darkness is laid by for his treasures: a fire not urged by blowing will consume him; it will destroy any one that is left in his tent.
27 Mbingu zitauweka wazi uovu wake, na nchi itainuka juu dhidi yake yeye kama shahidi.
The heavens will lay open his iniquity; and the earth will raise herself up against him.
28 Utajiri wa nyumba yake utatoweka; bidhaa zake zitamwagika mbali siku ya ghadhabu ya Mungu.
The product of his house will be banished, flowing away on the day of his wrath.
29 Hii ndiyo sehemu ya mtu mwovu kutoka kwa Mungu, urithi uliotunzwa akiba na Mungu kwa ajili yake yeye.”
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and his decreed heritage from God.
