Zophar's Speech
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Ndipo Sofari, Mnaamathi, akajibu, na kusema,
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer,
And for this I make haste.
Kwa hiyo mawazo yangu hunipa jawabu, Kwa ajili ya haraka niliyo nayo ndani yangu.
3 I have heard the check of my reproach,
And the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Nimesikia maonyo yanayonitahayarisha, Nayo roho ya ufahamu wangu hunijibu.
4 Knowest thou not this of old,
Since man was placed upon earth,
Je! Hujui neno hili tangu zamani za kale, Tangu wanadamu kuwekwa juu ya nchi,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Ya kuwa shangwe ya waovu ni kwa muda kidogo, Na furaha ya wapotovu ni ya dakika moja tu?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens,
And his head reach unto the clouds;
Ujapopanda ukuu wake mpaka mbinguni, Na kichwa chake kufikilia mawinguni;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:
They which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Hata hivyo ataangamia milele kama mavi yake mwenyewe; Hao waliomwona watasema, Yuko wapi?
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found:
Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Ataruka mfano wa ndoto, asionekane; Naam, atafukuzwa kama maono ya usiku,
9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more;
Neither shall his place any more behold him.
Jicho lililomwona halitamwona tena; Wala mahali pake hapatamtazama tena.
10 His children shall seek to please the poor,
And his hands shall restore their goods.
Watoto wake watataka fadhili kwa maskini, Na mikono yake itarudisha mali yake.
11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth,
Which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Mifupa yake imejaa ujana wake, Lakini utalala nchi naye mavumbini.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,
Though he hide it under his tongue;
Ingawa uovu una tamu kinywani mwake, Ingawa auficha chini ya ulimi wake;
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not;
But keep it still within his mouth:
Ingawa auhurumia, asikubali kuuacha uende zake. Lakini akaushika vivyo kinywani mwake;
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned,
It is the gall of asps within him.
Hata hivyo chakula chake matumboni mwake kinabadilika, Kimekuwa ni nyongo za majoka ndani yake.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:
God shall cast them out of his belly.
Amemeza mali, naye atayatapika tena; Mungu atayatoa tumboni mwake.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps:
The viper's tongue shall slay him.
Ataamwa sumu ya majoka; Na ulimi wa fira utamwua.
17 He shall not see the rivers,
The floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Hataiangalia hiyo mito ya maji, Vile vijito vilivyojaa asali na siagi.
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore,
And shall not swallow it down:
According to his substance shall the restitution be ,
and he shall not rejoice therein .
Aliyoyataabikia kazi atayarudisha, asiyameze; Kwa mali aliyoyapata, hatafurahi.
19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor;
Because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Kwa maana amewaonea na kuwaacha maskini; Amenyang'anya nyumba kwa jeuri, wala hataijenga.
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly,
He shall not save of that which he desired.
Kwa sababu hakujua utulivu ndani yake, Hataponya cho chote katika hicho alichokifurahia.
21 There shall none of his meat be left;
Therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Hakikusalia kitu asichokula; Kwa hiyo kufanikiwa kwake hakutadumu.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:
Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Katika kujaa kwa wingi wake atakuwa katika dhiki; Mkono wa kila anayesumbuliwa utamjia.
23 When he is about to fill his belly,
God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him,
And shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Hapo atakapo kulijaza tumbo lake, Mungu atamtupia ukali wa ghadhabu zake, Na kuunyesha juu yake akiwa anakula.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon,
And the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Ataikimbia silaha ya chuma, Na uta wa shaba utamchoma kwa pili.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body;
Yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall:
Terrors are upon him.
Yeye autoa, nao watoka mwilini mwake; Naam, ncha ing'aayo yatoka katika nyongo yake; Vitisho viko juu yake.
26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places:
A fire not blown shall consume him;
It shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Giza lote linawekwa kwa ajili ya hazina zake; Moto ambao haukuvuviwa na mtu utamla; Utayateketeza yaliyosalia hemani mwake.
27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity;
And the earth shall rise up against him.
Mbingu zitafunua wazi uovu wake, Nayo nchi itainuka kinyume chake.
28 The increase of his house shall depart,
And his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Maongeo ya nyumba yake yataondoka, Yatamwagika mbali katika siku ya ghadhabu zake.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Hii ndiyo sehemu ya mtu mwovu itokayo kwa Mungu, Na urithi aliowekewa na Mungu.
