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